West Point Captain busted for videotaping his female soldiers

Fort Hood soldier convicted on over 60 counts in court-martial

Posted: Jan 31, 2014 2:35 PM CST




Tyler Forbes Ho


FORT HOOD - A former Fort Hood Captain has been convicted on over 60 counts, including videotaping female soldiers without their permission or knowledge, at a court-martial held Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Capt. Tyler Forbes Ho, 27, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Brigade, was convicted on 48 counts of indecent videotaping of female soldiers without their permission or knowledge, nine counts of unlawfully viewing the private area of females, and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.

The military judge sentenced Ho to seven years confinement, loss of all pay and allowances, and dismissed Ho from the service.

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Ho was a gymnast from Tempe, Arizona and educated at West Point on our government dime. Commissioned an officer and a gentlemen, apparently thought it was appropriate as a Company Commander to place hidden cameras in the private areas of his female soldiers.

He will be making new friends at Fort Leavenworth and be given an opportunity to help teach classes to those "less educated".

Maybe he can give Hussein his daily sponge bath,......and change his bag.

Maybe he can give Hussein his daily sponge bath,......and change his bag. Originally Posted by Swordmaster69

Fu@&er! maybe he can call Hussein sir. didn't he used to be a major? both of them got educated on my hard earned money. I want a refund.

Sad state of affairs in our military.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence than on character.




Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that the number of officers who left the Army due to misconduct more than tripled in the past three years. The number of enlisted soldiers forced out for drugs, alcohol, crimes and other misconduct shot up from about 5,600 in 2007, as the Iraq war peaked, to more than 11,000 last year.

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In 2010, 119 Army officers were forced to leave the service because of misconduct; that number was fairly consistent with the annual totals since 2000. Last year the number was 387.

As a man still attached to the service, I think this is a good/bad thing. Good that it is finally happening! Bad that it had to happen at all! There are a great many people still in that do not deserve to wear the uniform. But yes Sarge, disgraceful for our military to go through.

I watched the purge after Vietnam drawdown. I was on active duty when Reagan cleaned up the mess that Jimmy Carter's administration left. There was a big quality purge then. I was around when the Clinton administration cut huge numbers. My class alone saw a 50% reduction in strength in a period of 14 months. The draw downs and purges are a side effect of the swelling of the ranks needed in wartime, as well as the fact that we lower our enlistment standards during wartime.

This misbehavior from officers is NOT ACCEPTABLE at any time. We spend 4 years training them before we commission them.

Leadership starts at the top and fortunately some of my good friends are there (Gen Odierno and GEN Via and others I knew as LTCs....) and I have no doubt that Gen O will clean house.

Unbelievable !

Unfortunately, not that unbelieveable given current trends. The level of poor behavior amongst senior leaders for all branches of the service is quite disturbing. There have been a rash who have been punished for ethics breaches, sexual misconduct, and financial woes. This sends a message that the senior leaders are bad apples and creates the mental image that if "they can do it so can we" and "sure they caught one but how many more are there who haven't."