FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), TX — Soldiers and leaders of the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to conduct a memorial rededication ceremony on Friday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. on Cooper Field here. Nine new names of Soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel will be […]
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1st Cav. Div. to celebrate 96th birthday
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), TX — Troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to celebrate the division’s 96th birthday Wednesday morning, Sept. 13, at 9 a.m. at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum here. Military and civic leaders from Central Texas, to include Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Good Neighbors, will be in attendance. The […]
III Armored Corps takes command of mission to destroy ISIS
Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Public Affairs, Press Desk SOUTHWEST ASIA – Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II, III Armored Corps Commanding General, assumed command of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) from Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, XVIII Airborne Corps Commanding General, during a Sept. 5 ceremony here […]
Equipment testing unit takes a day for safety stand down
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The unit charged with testing new gear for the Army held a preventive safety stand down here Aug. 30. “The concentration on this day should be on off-duty accidents and injuries,” said Reginald E. […]
DLA-Energy staged more than 600,000 gallons of fuel at Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) to support FEMA emergency responders
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The Defense Logistics Agency-Energy Americas East, based out of Houston, staged 160 trucks filled with diesel and gasoline at Hood Army Airfield, here, to be used as a Federal Emergency Management Agency fuel staging area in support of disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Since Aug. 27, 100,000 gallons […]
CRDAMC announces Labor Day weekend hours
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 Labor Day weekend. The Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery and Inpatient services are open 24 hours a day. Primary and Urgent Care Services Friday, Sept. 1 A […]