By Capt. Matt Campbell, Test Officer, Fire Support Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona — Fourteen Field Artillery Soldiers here tested new breech upgraded components on the M109A7 self-propelled Howitzer, aimed at increasing the system’s overall reliability. The M109A7 is currently fielded to three battalions and will eventually […]
1st Cavalry Division News
*UPDATE* MEDIA ADVISORY – Greywolf to hold color uncasing ceremony following return flight from Korea
FORT HOOD, Texas – The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team from the 1st Cavalry Division will hold a color uncasing ceremony at at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, March 7th at Cooper Field following a return flight from Korea. Greywolf has completed their nine-month rotation in Korea and their return flights have been coming in the last […]
MEDIA ADVISORY – 1st Cavalry Division to conduct recognition ceremony
The 1st Cavalry Division will hold a Distinguished Service Recognition ceremony Wednesday, February 26th at 4:30 p.m. at Cooper Field. Among those to be recognized during this ceremony is the former 1st Cav. Div. Sustainment Brigade Command Sergeant Major Janet Thomas. Media wishing to attend the ceremony should RSVP to SFC Michael Garrett at michael.b.garrett16.mil@mail.mil […]
FORT HOOD Soldiers die in Highway 195 vehicle accident
FORT HOOD, Texas – FORT HOOD officials have released the name of two Soldiers who died on Feb. 1 from injuries sustained during a private vehicle accident Highway 195 in Williamson County, Texas. Pvt. Eric Christopher Hogan, 19, whose home of record is listed as Campton, New Hampshire, entered the Army in June 2019 as […]
MEDIA ADVISORY — 1st Cav preps to leave for DEFENDER 20 in Europe
FORT HOOD, Texas — The 1st Cavalry Division’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion will load their vehicles onto rail cars Thursday at the FORT HOOD Rail Operations Center as they prepare to deploy in support of DEFENDER 20, a U.S. Army Europe-led joint, multinational training exercise series scheduled for April-May in central Europe. The battalion’s commander, Lt. Col. […]
MEDIA ADVISORY — Army-level culinary evaluation to be held on FORT HOOD
FORT HOOD, Texas — The 1st Cavalry Division’s 120th Quartermaster Company is scheduled to be evaluated here January 22 as part of the Department of the Army’s Phillip A. Connelly Field Feeding Competition. The 120th will convoy to the training location where they will be evaluated as they prepare dinner in a Mobile Kitchen Trailer. An […]
