8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Soldiers prepare to execute an optically tracked wire guided (TOW) live-fire at Yakima Training Center, Washington during operational testing of the Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) vehicle. (Photo by Lawrence Boyd, Visual Information Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command) By Maj. Jacob Baker, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Army […]
Fort Cavazos News
The 1st Cavalry Division holds Virtual Army Ten-Miler Run
Over 200 soldiers and civilians have volunteered to participate in the Army’s annual Ten-Miler run being held here on Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos). Typically, the run is conducted in our nation’s capital by the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, but this year COVID mitigations have required the run to be conducted virtually. […]
Media Advisory: U.S. Army Operational Test Command to hold CSM assumption of responsibility ceremony Friday
WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – The U.S. Army Operational Test Command will hold a command sergeant major assumption of responsibility ceremony at its headquarters here Friday at 10 a.m. Command Sgt. Maj. Martin M. Conroy will arrive after serving as command sergeant major of the 181st Infantry Brigade, First Army Division […]
CRDAMC modifying hours for federal holiday
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas –Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s primary care and specialty clinics will modify operating hours in observance of the extended Columbus Day weekend. The Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery and Inpatient services are open 24 hours a day. All CRDAMC clinics and pharmacies will resume normal operations on […]
Central Texas man becomes 42nd inductee at Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame ceremony
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — A Central Texas man who tested Army equipment for four decades was honored here as the newest inductee into the Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame. Dr. Richard A. Kass of Bastrop, Texas, became the 42nd […]
1st Cavalry Division Takes First Place for Retention Rates in the Army
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Headquarters, Department of the Army announced today that the 1st Cavalry Division has placed number one in the Army in Retention rates for fiscal year 20. More than 5,480 Soldiers in the division re-enlisted to continue to serve in the Army. “34.2 percent of those Soldiers re-enlisted […]
