Fort McCoy Commander relieved in aftermath of chain-of-command wall missing Trump, Vance, and Hegseth portraits

Colonel Sheyla Baez Ramirez was removed as garrison commander at Fort McCoy. (US Army)

Colonel Sheyla Baez Ramirez, Fort McCoy commander, was relieved of duty. Ramirez gained social media attention after the base chain-of-command board showed no photo where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should’ve been. Ramirez’s suspension came in the aftermath of a probe into why the frames were missing photos.

From Fox News:

The commander of Fort McCoy was relieved of duty after the U.S. Army base failed to install photos of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a wall displaying their chain of command.

Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez was suspended as garrison commander of Ft. McCoy in Wisconsin. “This suspension is not related to any misconduct,” the U.S. Army Reserve Command said in a statement, “We have no further details to provide at this time while this matter is under review.”

Hegseth on Sunday reposted an X post claiming: “Commander of Fort McCoy, whose base chain-of-command board was missing photos of Trump, Vance and Hegseth, has been SUSPENDED.”

It came after the Defense Department (DOD) announced a probe into why a wall displaying the chain of command had empty frames on the wall where Trump, Vance and Hegseth’s images would typically be displayed.

A new image they posted of the wall showed the frames had been filled.

“Regarding the Ft. McCoy Chain of Command wall controversy…. WE FIXED IT! Also, an investigation has begun to figure out exactly what happened,” the department’s rapid response account posted on X.

Ramirez assumed the garrison commander role in ??July of last year.

Previously, she had served as chief of the Reserve Program, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and in other roles throughout the Army and Army Reserves.

The move came after a series of leadership shake-ups across the U.S. military. Earlier this month, the Pentagon fired the base commander for Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland after she “undermined” Vance.

Additional Reading:

Phillips, M. (2025, April 21). Army suspends commander after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board. Fox News. Link.

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