By Maj. Nathaniel Holman, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky — 101st Airborne Division field artillery Soldiers have been testing modified Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) here to serve as the prime mover and ammunition carrier for their M119A3 105mm Howitzers. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, […]
Fort Cavazos News
Media Advisory: 3d Cavalry Regiment renames chapel to honor cavalry history
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — 3d Cavalry Regiment will rename 19th Street Chapel to Lucky 16 Chapel in a ceremony here, Oct. 4. Since May, the regiment has been changing the landscape in their footprint to honor their 175 years of rich history, most recently dedicating Tal Afar Field to the regiment’s […]
Media Advisory: Louisiana National Guard joint staff director visits Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) to present Humanitarian Service Medal to 3d Cavalry Regiment troopers
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Brigadier General Thomas C. Friloux will present troopers from Regimental Support Squadron, 3d Cavalry Regiment, with the Humanitarian Service Medal here Sept. 30. The Humanitarian Service Medal was created Jan. 19, 1977 by President Gerald Ford and is awarded to any member of the United States military […]
The 259th MCT supported Eastern Europe
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), TEXAS – As increasingly more units are supporting European Deterrence Initiative rotational deployments in Eastern Europe, the 259th Movement Control Team (MCT) just completed a nine month rotation in July 2021. While deployed, the 259th MCT fell underneath the 53rd Movement Control Battalion (MCB) with the mission to provide […]
Defense Health Agency formally establishes Central Texas Market
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Defense Health Agency (DHA) Assistant Director for Health Care Administration, Dr. Brian Lein, and Central Texas Market Director and Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Commander, Col. Daniel Moore, will host a virtual market establishment ceremony and teleconference media roundtable at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center […]
3d Cavalry Regiment dedicates field to Tal Afar, gold star family joins
By: Maj. Gabby Thompson 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Regimental leadership, troopers, past members of the regiment, community leaders and families gathered to dedicate a nameless baseball field, honoring the 39 troopers lost in the 2005 to 2006 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, […]
