FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s school-based health program is expanding to the Copperas Cove Independent School District beginning March 21. Medical appointments will be available at Copperas Cove High School on Thursdays. Clinic operating hours are 8-11:30 a.m. Services such as labs, physicals, acute care, immunizations, […]
Fort Cavazos News
CRDAMC offers EMTs and Army medics convenient and cost-effective training
by Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas—When it comes to saving victims of life-threatening illnesses and injuries, emergency medicine technicians and first-responders need to know what to do and be able to do it quickly. Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center ensures its emergency medicine services personnel are educated […]
Ft. Hood chemical, engineer, EOD Soldiers apply missions to test new robot capabilities
By Robert Richardson, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Chemical, engineer, and explosive ordinance disposal unit Soldiers here are joining a National Guard Civil Support Team to put the Army’s latest robotic system to the test. The Man Transportable Robotic System […]
TIME UPDATE – Air Cav to welcome home more than 100 troopers from Iraq
NOTE: Time changes in bold. FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade will conduct a welcome home ceremony scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on March 1 on Cooper Field here. More than 100 Soldiers from Company F, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, are returning from a nine-month deployment to Iraq […]
Ivy Division 2IBCT snipers fire 8-K rounds testing new small arms sniper rifle upgrade
By Maj. Michael P. Brabner, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Operational Test Command FORT CARSON, Colo. — Eight Ivy Division snipers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team field tested an upgrade to the Army’s sniper rifle in the shadows of the fabled Rocky Mountains. Engineered as an upgrade to the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper […]
Air Cav to welcome home more than 100 troopers from Iraq
Air Cav to welcome home more than 100 troopers from Iraq FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade will conduct a welcome home ceremony scheduled for 4 p.m. on March 1 on Cooper Field here. More than 100 Soldiers from Company F, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, are returning […]
