FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT HOOD, Texas – The 1st Cavalry Division reactivated its engineer brigade during a ceremony Oct. 22 at Fort Hood, restoring a division-level engineer capability to the First Team for the first time in more than two decades. The reactivation transitioned the 36th Engineer Brigade, known as the “Rugged Brigade,” into the […]
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III Armored Corps hosts change of responsibility ceremony
FORT CAVAZOS (Now designated Fort Hood), Texas – III Armored Corps will host a change of responsibility ceremony at 9 a.m. June 15 at the III Armored Corps Headquarters flagpole. Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur “Cliff” Burgoyne Jr. will relinquish his responsibilities as III Armored Corps command sergeant major to Command Sgt. Maj. John P. McDwyer. […]
Ft. Hood Engineer Soldiers test new battlefield shaping munition
By Capt. Bradden Van Noy, Test and Evaluation Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD, Texas — Engineer Soldiers just completed testing the Army’s newest explosive that will help them shape the battlefield. Sappers from the 59th Combat Engineer Company – Armored (CEC-A), 36th Engineer Brigade learned […]
III Corps deploys 1,000 troops for Afghan evacuee mission
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Department of Defense recently approved a request for assistance from the State Department to provide temporary housing, sustainment, and support inside the United States for specified Afghan Special Immigration Visa applicants and their families, and possibly other vulnerable Afghans, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, and Fort Bliss, Texas, in addition to […]
Bundled Army equipment system testing reduces cost, burdens on test units
Soldiers from the 937th Engineer Company (Clearance), 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, conducted a route clearance patrol using the Explosive Hazard Pre-Detonation (EHP) Roller (left photo) and Husky Mounted Detection System (HMDS) 2 as part of a previously bundled operational test at FORT HOOD, Texas to reduce costs and resource burdens on test units. […]
U.S. Army Operational Test Command to celebrate 50 years of dedicated equipment testing
By U.S. Army Operational Testing Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A small group of military and civilian employees met in a III Corps Headquarters storage room on Oct. 1, 1969, launching a unique equipment test organization that has now spanned 50 years. Those humble beginnings of the Army’s only independent operational tester […]
