The US Army has scheduled the execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan for December 3, 2026, ordering that he be put to death by firing squad at the Texas base where he massacred American service members in 2009.
According to The Post Millennial, Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle signed the formal execution directive on Tuesday, setting the time for 1 p.m. Central at Fort Hood, the site of Hasans deadly rampage. The order records that President Donald Trump approved the death sentence on October 2 and specifies that the punishment be carried out by firing squad under existing Army regulations, naming the commandant of the United States Disciplinary Barracks as the officer responsible for overseeing the execution.
The move follows a recommendation from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who urged that Hasan face a U.S. Army firing squad rather than languish indefinitely on death row. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell publicly confirmed the decision on Monday, writing, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended and President Donald J. Trump has approved death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009.
Parnell underscored the brutality and ideological nature of the attack, noting Hasans jihadist motivation and the scale of the carnage. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting Allahu Akbar during the attack, Parnell added. Judgment Day for Hasan has finally come.
Hasan, then an Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire on November 5, 2009, inside Fort Hoods Soldier Readiness Processing Center, targeting troops preparing for deployment. He murdered 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounded 32 others before being shot by responding law enforcement officers, an encounter that left him paralyzed and in custody.
In 2013, a military jury convicted Hasan of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, imposing the death penalty under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Since that verdict, he has been confined on military death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the nations highest-security military prison.
Hasan chose to represent himself at his court-martial and openly embraced his role in the atrocity, eliminating any doubt about his responsibility. He told jurors that the evidence would show he was the shooter and described himself as a soldier who had switched sides, even attempting to justify his actions as a supposed defense of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
The Supreme Court refused to hear Hasans appeal in 2025, leaving both his conviction and death sentence undisturbed. That decision cleared a major legal hurdle and opened the door for the Army, under President Trumps leadership, to move forward with enforcing the jurys verdict.
If the execution proceeds as ordered, Hasan will be the first U.S. service member executed since 1961, when Army Pvt. John Bennett was hanged at Fort Leavenworth for rape and attempted murder. The Army has not carried out an execution by firing squad since 1945, when Pvt. Eddie Slovik was shot in France after being convicted of desertion during World War II, a reminder that the ultimate sanction is reserved for the gravest offenses against military order and national security.
Hasan remains housed at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks as the December 3 date approaches, with the military justice system poised to deliver long-delayed accountability for the victims and their families. Although the execution order is in place, Hasan can still pursue habeas corpus review in the civilian federal courts, a final avenue of litigation that could slow but not erase the firm message that under this administration, jihadist betrayal of the uniform carries the highest price.
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