Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) fire response B-roll ————————————————————— By Dave Larsen Command Information Officer FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — While record-breaking high temperatures in Central Texas continued through the weekend and into this week, the Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Fire Department continued to battle to suppress and contain […]
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Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) emergency responders continue to battle several fires on Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s range
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Directorate of Emergency Services fire personnel along with supporting military units continued firefighting operations July 24 to suppress and contain the Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) range fires. Operations included air-water drops on hot spots and bull dozer support to cut and widen fire breaks in an effort to […]
Military officials have suspended live-fire training operations to aid firefighting operations
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Due to ongoing firefighting efforts on the Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) range, Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) officials have suspended live-fire gunnery exercises for all munitions until further notice. This training pause enables maximum flexibility to safely conduct ongoing air and ground firefighting operations. […]
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) officials close two roads
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Directorate of Emergency Services has closed two roads through the post’s training area due to heavy smoke from fires. West Range Road, on the western portion of the training area, and Triple A Road, in the northern training area, have been […]
Fire officials monitor grass fire in the Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) impact area
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Directorate of Emergency Services fire officials responded to a grass fire near Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Cowhouse Machine Gun Range on the inside perimeter of the impact area at 5:30 p.m. July 17. Because of the fire’s location, fire crews remained in the area but […]
Airborne testing for next generation weapon sight complete
By Mr. Mike Shelton, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Static line airborne insertion testing is complete here on the next generation of weapon sights Soldiers are going to see in the future. The Family of Weapons Sights-Individual (FWS-I) is a broad program which modernizes direct fire […]
