Under the Hood Café

It billed itself as being a safe place for local soldiers to spend off-duty time at, where the normal issues of rank are irrelevant.

Under the Hood Cafe described itself as being part of the tradition of The Oleo Strut, a famous GI coffee house during the Vietnam war.

The cafe was also outspoken in encouraging combat veterans to be tested and treated for TBI (traumatic brain injury),[3] and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)[8] In August 2010 members of the IVAW took part in protesting the deployment of the 3rd ACR as the troops were leaving for Iraq.

The Army has also repeatedly demonstrated that it is more interested in making soldiers "deployable" than it is in helping them fully recover from PTSD and other mental health issues.

We demand transparency from the Army and other federal agencies involved with this investigation.Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a soldier who had not deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or any combat zone, was later convicted of the shootings.