UPDATE 1: Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Directorate of Emergency Services officials have reopened Turkey Run Road at Turkey Run Creek and Tank Destroyer at Turkey Run Creek. ********************** 11:33 a.m. Oct. 16, 2018 FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Directorate of Emergency Services officials have […]
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Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) postpones National Night Out and BBQ until Oct 20
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Due to inclement weather, Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) and III Corps officials have postponed the annual National Night Out and BBQ celebration originally scheduled for tonight Oct. 15. The National Night Out event is joining forces with the “Operation Phantom Warrior Salute Celebration and Concert” […]
UPDATE: Airborne Soldiers test Spider networked munition system upgrade
Oct. 25, 2018; updated with two new photographs: Original release Oct. 11, 2018: By Maj. Nayari Cameron, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two units of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are testing an upgrade to the Spider munition system here, used […]
CRDAMC opens new medical home in west Killeen area
By Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas— West Killeen Medical Home, the fourth of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s community-based medical clinics, opened for patients October 1. The newest medical home joins Killeen, Copperas Cove and Harker Heights Medical Homes which have been established in the communities where […]
III Corps hosts 15-day Operation Phantom Warrior Salute for its centennial
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Celebrating its centennial, III Corps will host Operation Phantom Warrior Salute a 15-day event as part of the yearlong celebration as “America’s Hammer.” III Corps’ headquarters recently returned from deployment supporting Operation Inherent Resolve—the mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Operation Phantom Warrior Salute is […]
Chemical detection, decontamination system runs through operational test
By Mr. Clarence White, Military Test Plans Analyst, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs DUGWAY PROVING Ground, Utah — Over 60 Soldiers joined operational testers here, using the Contamination Indication Decontamination Assurance System (CIDAS) Small Scale Application Nerve (SSA-N) while conducting immediate decontamination missions. The initial operational test […]
