Groundbreaking female Army commander suspended for Trump photo scandal: report

The U.S. Army suspended a Wisconsin female commander after discovering portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall, according to an Associated Press report.

Fort McCoy’s website has an undated statement which says, Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended as the base’s garrison commander. The statement did not provide any details as to why, but said the matter was “under review.”

Baez Ramirez was the first female commander at the training base.

The outlet noted an April 14 X (formerly Twitter) post, which the Department of Defense showed photos of the Trump and Hegseth portraits on the base’s chain of command wall had been turned to face the wall.

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A second photo from the post showed they had been flipped back to face the corridor. “Regarding the Ft. McCoy Chain of Command wall controversy ... WE FIXED IT!” the post read. “Also, an investigation has begun to figure out exactly what happened. ”

No one immediately returned email and voicemail messages The Associated Press left for Fort McCoy public affairs officials.

According to the AP, Baez Ramirez assumed the role of garrison commander at Fort McCoy in July 2024.

She previously served as chief of the Reserve Program, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

She was commissioned as a military intelligence officer through the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1999.