President Trump has approved death by Army firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan nearly 17 years after the massacre, the first military execution since 1961, with judgment finally moving forward.

President Donald Trump has signed off on the execution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by U.S. Army firing squad for the 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded.

Associated Press reporting confirms the approval came days after a failed lethal-injection attempt in Tennessee, with the Army secretary now set to fix the time and place.

Hasan, then an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were receiving checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar,” and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. He later said the attack aimed to stop troops from deploying to Afghanistan and killing fellow Muslims, describing himself as a soldier who had “switched sides.”

A military jury convicted him in 2013 on all charges of murder and attempted murder. He made almost no effort to defend himself and told jurors the evidence would show he was the shooter.

Hegseth recommendation unlocks the first military execution in decades

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended the firing-squad sentence, and Trump approved it. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the decision.

In a post on X, Parnell stated the full scope of the order.

"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."

Breitbart carried Parnell’s further line that judgment day for Hasan has finally come. The Army secretary will set the precise schedule.

This marks the first U.S. military execution since 1961, when Pvt. John Bennett was hanged. Four men, including Hasan, sit on military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. President George W. Bush approved the execution of Army Spc. Ronald Gray in 2008, but a judge halted it; Gray remains confined there.

Trump previously resumed federal executions after an informal pause, with the government carrying out 13 between 2020 and early 2021. That record made him the most prolific execution president in more than 130 years. The same focus on final accountability appears in coverage of how Trump approves Army firing squad for Fort Hood terrorist nearly 17 years later.

December date set as appeals window remains

Fox News reports the execution is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood itself, the first successful presidential sign-off on a military death sentence since Bennett’s hanging.

An article in the magazine Army Lawyer noted that Trump’s approval starts a series of procedural steps. Hasan could still seek a hold through a habeas corpus appeal in civilian federal court, potentially stretching the timeline by years.

Just The News underscored that the case would become the first death sentence carried out by the military since 1961 if the schedule holds.

Parnell repeated the core facts of the 2009 rampage in his statement: Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar.”

"Judgement day for Hasan has finally come."

The approval landed shortly after Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection. That state’s governor halted further executions for the year and ordered an independent review. Trump called the Tennessee episode “an interesting situation” and said of lethal injections, “It shouldn’t be very difficult.” Readers tracking capital cases will recall how Trump questions Tennessee after Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection.

Unarmed soldiers paid the price for a traitor’s choice

Hasan targeted troops who were unarmed and simply preparing for medical checks. He chose the side of those trying to kill Americans rather than the uniform he wore. Military justice has now received the green light to finish the sentence a court-martial imposed more than a decade ago.

Washington Examiner reporting confirms War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recommendation and Trump’s final authorization of the firing-squad method.

Accountability inside the ranks matters whether the failure is battlefield betrayal or command misconduct, a point reinforced when the Army removes Lt. Gen. Costanza from V Corps command in Europe over unspecified conduct.

The victims’ families have waited since 2009. Thirteen Americans never came home from a medical building on a Texas post. More than thirty others still carry the wounds. Hasan’s own words left no mystery about motive or allegiance.

Trump’s decision restores a basic expectation: when a soldier murders his own in the name of jihad, the sentence handed down by a military court is not an abstract paper exercise. It is carried out.

Justice delayed for nearly seventeen years is still justice owed, and the firing squad now stands ready to deliver it.