FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation will host the sixth annual Run for Remembrance 5K Run/Walk at 7 a.m. June 29 beginning on Sadowski Field to honor our nation’s fallen service members. More than 7,000 combat boots will line the […]
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Department of Defense identifies death of a Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Soldier
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – The Department of Defense announced June 27 the death of a Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Sgt. James Gregory Johnston, 24, whose home of record is listed as Trumansburg, New York, was assigned to 79th Ordnance Battalion (Explosive Ordnance […]
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Host’s Rockin’ Fest at Bronco Youth Center
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation will host “Rockin’ Fest” 9 a.m.-noon June 29 at Bronco Youth Center here. The event is free and open to the public. Festivities will include: Face painting, arts and crafts, games, music, bounce and water inflatables, child safety demos and free food […]
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Palmer Theater offers free screening of ‘I Am That Man’
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Soldiers and Families can attend a free advanced screening of Hazel Blue Productions’ “I Am That Man,” followed by a question-and-answer session with director and star Matthew Marsden at the Palmer Theater here. Marsden stars as John Beckett, a former Navy SEAL trying to reintegrate into civilian life when his close friend […]
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to host Change of Command ceremony June 28
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will host a change of command ceremony at 8:30 a.m., Friday, June 28 at Sadowski Field marking the transfer of leadership from Col. David R. Gibson to Col. Richard G. Malish. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson, Commanding General, Regional Health Command – Central will […]
Pilots, ground troops combine to test new Apache helicopter upgrades
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — During the largest Aviation test of 2019, Apache and Unmanned Aerial System pilots joined combat ground forces to test an upgraded Apache helicopter version. The complex operational test of the AH64E Version 6 Apache helicopter […]