--- description: Kathy Platoni is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and a survivor of the Fort Hood massacre. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kathy Platoni ## Kathy Platoni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Kathy Platoni is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and a survivor of the Fort Hood massacre._ ## Kathy Platoni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Apr 19, 2016 ### [Neglecting Fort Hood Survivors Is a National Disgrace](https://time.com/4294106/fort-hood-survivors/) Too many survivors don't have access to the benefits they need [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kathy-platoni/","name":"Kathy Platoni"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kathy-platoni/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kathy-platoni/"},"name":"Kathy Platoni","jobTitle":null,"description":"Kathy Platoni is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and a survivor of the Fort Hood massacre.","url":"https://time.com/author/kathy-platoni/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```