MEDIA ADVISORY: First Team Troopers return from deployment to Afghanistan FORT HOOD, 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 Train Advise Assist Command-South […]
1st Cavalry Division News
1st Cavalry Division to recognize exceptional Soldiers
The 1st Cavalry Division will hold a Distinguished Service Recognition ceremony Thursday, August 15th at 8:30 a.m. at Cooper Field. Among those to be recognized during this ceremony are a Soldier who saved someone from drowning, two Soldiers who treated an injured motorcyclist, as well as four retirees, and several other Soldiers and Family members […]
New 1st Cavalry Division Senior Enlisted Leader named
The 1st Cavalry Division is proud to announce the assignment of Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Thomas C. Kenny as the next Division Command Sergeant Major. Kenny is currently serving as the 25th Command Sergeant Major of the United States Corps of Cadets at West Point. “CSM Kenny is a proven combat leader who has served in […]
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, Texas. Soldiers from the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: 1st CAV DIV Retreat Ceremony in honor of departing Division CSM Pospisil
The 1st Cavalry Division will hold a Retreat Ceremony in honor of Command Sergeant Major Shane Pospisil, the division’s senior enlisted leader, July 19 at 2:30 p.m. on Cooper Field. Pospisil has been named the new Joint Base Lewis-McChord and I CORPS command sergeant major. His successor has yet to be named. Media wishing to […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: IRONHORSE Families get rare chance to observe live-fire exercise
FORT HOOD, Texas — IRONHORSE Troopers from 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment are scheduled to conduct a Family Day event during Gunnery Table VI training July 17 at 9 a.m. on FORT HOOD. This training qualifies Bradley crews on their main weapon system and improves readiness in the 1st Cavalry Division. In addition we will […]
