The 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, hosts a Family Gunnery Day for the unit’s family members, Feb. 7 at Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas.

This event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  and offers a great opportunity for military family members to experience what it entails to be a tanker while watching Troopers participate in a live gunnery range at Sugar Loaf Multi-Use Range.

Media desiring to cover this event must RSVP to Staff Sgt. Ashley Dotson at ashley.n.dotson5.mil@army.mil or 254-371-5166 than 5 p.m on May 6.

A public affairs representative will meet the media at the south parking lot of Marvin Leath Visitors Center located on T. J. Mills Blvd. at 8:30 a.m. for an escort to the event.