BREAKING NEWS: Fort Hood commander is REMOVED from his post after the suspicious deaths of soldiers including Vanessa Guillen at the army base

Major General Scott Efflandt

The commander of Fort Hood has been from his post following the suspicious deaths of several soldiers including Vanessa Guillen at the army base. 

Major General Scott Efflandt has been removed from his position as commander of the base and will also no longer take on the role of commander of a division at Fort Bliss, the US Army announced in a statement Tuesday.  

The army will announce the name of a new commander for the 1st Armored Division in the coming days, the statement read.

The decision comes after the base in Killeen, Texas has been plagued by at least 15 fatalities and disappearances of soldiers.

Last week, the body of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23, was discovered after he went missing back on August 17.

Fernandes was not reported missing for two days. 

It then emerged he had claimed he was being sexually abused by a male superior prior to his disappearance.

This came after the April disappearance of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen, who vanished after telling her family she was being sexually harassed. 

Her dismembered body was discovered in July.

Fellow soldier Spc. Aaron Robinson, 20, killed and dismembered Guillen and had the remains disposed of in nearby woods, federal and state investigators said.

Guillen's family said she told them before she vanished that she was being sexually harassed by Robinson.    

The commander of Fort Hood has been from his post following the suspicious deaths of several soldiers including Vanessa Guillen at the army base. Fort Hood pictured above 

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