FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos will render appropriate honors Jan. 9 in remembrance of former President James Earl Carter Jr., who died Dec. 29, 2024. Most III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos offices will be closed in honor of the National Day of Mourning for the 39th President.
Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians will follow federal holiday schedules. Contractors should contact their supervisors for guidance.
These honors are in compliance with Army Regulation 600-25 (Salutes, Honors, and Visits of Courtesy) and Presidential Executive Order 11528 issued on Jan. 3.
– The Clear Creek Exchange will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
– Clear Creek Commissary and Warrior Way Commissary will be open.
– Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will provide limited services that day. Emergency services, inpatient care, and labor and delivery services will not be affected and remain open. Patients who have scheduled outpatient appointments will be contacted by clinic personnel to reschedule appointments. If you are unsure about the status of an existing appointment, please contact your care team by phone, through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal at patientportal.mhsgenesis.health.mil or by calling the Patient Appointment Service at 254-288-8888.
– The Directorate of Emergency Services essential police and fire services will continue. All access control points that are normally closed on a federal holiday will be closed. The police records office is closed.
– The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities will be closed except for Abrams Physical Fitness Center, Warrior Way Physical Fitness Center, Airfield Physical Fitness Center, and MOB Physical Fitness Center, which will be operating under federal holiday hours.
– All Directorate of Public Works offices will be closed; however, they will respond to emergency facility repairs or other issues as required. Their 24/7 service order desk will be available at 254-287-2113. Units should call the service order desk to report facility and infrastructure issues. Normal service contracts will continue as well – custodial, refuse, etc.
– All other non-emergency services Fort Cavazos Garrison offices will be closed.
– Killeen Independent School District schools are open on post. For more information, call KISD public affairs at 254-336-6810.
– The Fort Cavazos USO center will be open.
For more information, contact the Fort Cavazos Public Affairs Office at 254-287-9993.
