UPDATE: Corrected link for Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II’s bio: https://home.army.mil/hood/index.php/units-tenants/iii-corps-1/iii-corps/commanding-general.
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — III Corps and Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Commander Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II will host his final press conference at 2 p.m. May 21 in the III Corps headquarters building here.
Funk, who was recently confirmed for promotion to general (4-stars) and a new assignment as commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, will reflect on the accomplishments of III Corps and Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Soldiers over the past two years, as well as, take questions from the media.
Funk has served as commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) since March 2017. He led the III Corps Headquarters and Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, the mission to Defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, from September 2017-September 2018. During the III Corps headquarters’ deployment, more than 1.6 million people in Iraq and Syria were liberated from ISIS control—including Raqqah, Syria the capital of the ‘so-called’ Islamic State.
Funk is the 60th Commanding General of the III Armored Corps and Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas, commanding four combat divisions, a sustainment command, a cavalry regiment, a fires brigade, and multiple enabler units encompassing almost 90,000 Soldiers on five installations across five states.
A ceremony for Funk’s departure is scheduled for June 5. No formal announcement has been made for Funk’s successor.
Link: Lt. Gen. Funk’s Twitter https://www.twitter.com/iiicorps_cg
Link: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Website https://www.tradoc.army.mil/
Media who wish to cover this event should call the Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Public Affairs Office at (254) 287-9993/0106 no later than 4:30 p.m. May 20. On May 21, media will meet a public affairs representative in the south-side parking lot of the Marvin Leath Visitors Center at 1 p.m. for an escort to the location.
