FORT HOOD, Texas – FORT HOOD emergency responders are testing their active-shooter response techniques during their annual full-scale exercise May 10-11 at the Copeland Soldier Service Center. This is a planned training exercise designed to test FORT HOOD’s ability to rapidly react to an active shooter on post. On May 10, more than 70 role […]
Archives for May 2017
FORT HOOD hosts Memorial Day weekend visits to Family cemeteries Sunday
FORT HOOD, Texas — Memorial Day weekend visits for Families who have relatives buried in cemeteries within the FORT HOOD live-fire training areas are between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. May 28. Visitors must call range operations at (254) 287-3130/3321 to access the live-fire area. No vehicle pass is required for the cemetery visits. Range […]
Department of the Army announces upcoming III Corps deployment
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Army announced May 19 the summer 2017 deployment of approximately 250 soldiers from the III Corps Headquarters stationed at FORT HOOD, Texas, to Iraq and Kuwait, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. As part of the regular rotation of forces, III Corps will replace XVIII Airborne Corps as the […]
Death of a FORT HOOD Soldier
Staff Sgt. Jon Michael Bullard FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD officials have released the name of a Soldier who was found unresponsive May 13 at his off-post residence in Belton, Texas. He was transported to Baylor Scott and White Hospital, Temple, Texas where he was pronounced deceased May 14. Staff Sgt. Jon Michael Bullard, […]
FORT HOOD officials test emergency alert system
FORT HOOD, Texas — No emergency currently exists at FORT HOOD. During a monthly test of FORT HOOD’s emergency alert system, FORT HOOD officials activated the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAAWS). The system malfunctioned and did not broadcast the correct test message. FORT HOOD officials are determining how the system malfunctioned.
UPDATE 8: Deliberate search continues for missing Soldier
FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD officials continue to be engaged in search efforts for an individual in a vehicle that was swept into Clear Creek near Turkey Run Road on April 11. FORT HOOD officials are reasonably certain that the missing individual is a FORT HOOD Soldier. “First and foremost, our primary responsibility is locating the Soldier and […]
