The US Army has suspended a Wisconsin training base's first female commander after discovering portraits of President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall. The Army has posted an undated statement on Fort McCoy's website saying Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended as the base's garrison commander, per the AP. The statement said the suspension isn't related to any misconduct but provided no other details, saying the matter was under review. It comes after the Department of Defense on April 14 posted photos on X showing portraits of Trump and Hegseth on the base's chain of command wall had been turned to face the wall, adding "an investigation has begun to figure out exactly what happened."
Baez Ramirez assumed the role of garrison commander at Fort McCoy in July 2024 after serving as chief of the Reserve Program, US Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She was commissioned as a military intelligence officer in 1999 and holds a bachelor's degree in psychology/mental health from the University of Puerto Rico and a master's in strategic studies from the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She holds numerous citations and decorations and served as chief of operations of the US Army Reserve Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, deputy commander of the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade, and deputy chief of the Special US Liaison Advisor Korea at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.
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