1st Cav. Div. to celebrate 98th birthday FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to hold a ceremonial cake cutting for the division’s 98th birthday on Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. at the 1st Cavalry Division museum. Media are invited to attend. Media wishing to attend […]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: First Team Troopers return from deployment to Afghanistan
MEDIA ADVISORY: First Team Troopers return from deployment to Afghanistan FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division headquarters will be welcomed home during a ceremony scheduled for Friday, Aug. 30 at 12:15 a.m. on Cooper Field. This first flight of Soldiers is returning from a deployment to […]
Ft. Hood Black Hawk aviation crews test new Army aircraft survivability system
By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama – The latest countermeasures designed to improve Army aircraft survivability were tested here by helicopter aircrews based out of Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas. Soldiers from the 3rd Assault Helicopter […]
Pilots, ground troops combine to test new Apache helicopter upgrades
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — During the largest Aviation test of 2019, Apache and Unmanned Aerial System pilots joined combat ground forces to test an upgraded Apache helicopter version. The complex operational test of the AH64E Version 6 Apache helicopter […]
Army conducts operational test of Joint Air to Ground Missile in Florida
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — Air Cavalry Brigade Soldiers from Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas became the first to fire the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) during operational testing along the Florida Gulf Coast shores here. Before traveling to […]
MEDIA ADVISORY – 1st Cav. Div. to conduct Spirit of the Cav ceremony
MEDIA ADVISORY – 1st Cav. Div. to conduct Spirit of the Cav ceremony FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – As part of Cav Week 2019, Central Texas media are invited to attend the Spirit of the Cav Ceremony scheduled for tomorrow, June 7, at 3 p.m. on Cooper Field here. The ceremony will […]
