WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – The U.S. Army Operational Test Command will hold a command sergeant major assumption of responsibility ceremony at its headquarters here Friday at 10 a.m. Command Sgt. Maj. Martin M. Conroy will arrive after serving as command sergeant major of the 181st Infantry Brigade, First Army Division […]
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) News Archive
CRDAMC modifying hours for federal holiday
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 Columbus Day weekend. The Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery and Inpatient services are open 24 hours a day. All CRDAMC clinics and pharmacies will resume normal operations on […]
Central Texas man becomes 42nd inductee at Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame ceremony
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — A Central Texas man who tested Army equipment for four decades was honored here as the newest inductee into the Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame. Dr. Richard A. Kass of Bastrop, Texas, became the 42nd […]
1st Cavalry Division Takes First Place for Retention Rates in the Army
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Headquarters, Department of the Army announced today that the 1st Cavalry Division has placed number one in the Army in Retention rates for fiscal year 20. More than 5,480 Soldiers in the division re-enlisted to continue to serve in the Army. “34.2 percent of those Soldiers re-enlisted […]
3CR Soldiers test new system to help navigate without GPS at White Sands
By Maj. Matthew Truax, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico — Eighteen Soldiers from Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas, conducted night missions in a GPS degraded environment here using a new Army navigation tool called Mounted Assured Positioning and Timing System […]
Annual award honors Ft. Hood Army Civilian employee finding herself through volunteering
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — An Army Civilian employee here was honored in a small virtual ceremony as a Volunteer of the Year, selected by the Army Community Service’s Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Volunteer Corps. Ms. Carla A. Anthony, an office […]