By Maj. Dacharvrick Collins, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona — Soldiers from Fort Gordon, Georgia, and Fort Bliss, Texas tested a new aerial intelligence platform designed to give battlefield commanders direct, timely and responsive multi-intelligence. They spent more than eight months training on the new […]
Fort Hood News
Medical professionals train, hone skills during exercise
By: Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command FORT HOOD, Texas — Accomplishing one’s mission within the comforts of well-established infrastructure is important, but the Army’s success depends on a unit’s ability to be expeditionary. Operating in a field environment can mean the difference between life and death, and thus requires meticulous […]
FORT HOOD celebrates Army’s 246th birthday with massive reenlistment ceremony, tank unveiling, rock concert
FORT HOOD, Texas — III Armored Corps and FORT HOOD units will have a variety of events June 14 to mark the U.S. Army’s 246th birthday. The following ceremony and celebrations are scheduled: 10 a.m. – 1st Cavalry Division participates in a nation-wide virtual reenlistment ceremony presided by Gen. James McConville, Chief of Staff of […]
New Secretary of the Army visits FORT HOOD, receives People First update
By Sgt. Evan Ruchotzke, 7th MPAD FORT HOOD, Texas — The Honorable Christine Wormuth, the 25th Secretary of the United States Army, toured FORT HOOD, Texas, June 10. The visit was her first to a major U.S. Army installation since assuming her duties on May 28. Wormuth visited FORT HOOD to receive updates on III […]
Mobile chemical laboratory test plays key role in Army modernization
The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA) processes chemical and biological samples in the Common Analytical Laboratory System Theatre Validation – Integrated System (CALS-TV-IS), while Sgt. 1st Class Barbara A. Baber, NCOIC of the operational test team acquires a situational report. (Photo by Mr. Tad Browning, […]
Summer nears, units stand-down for safety
By: Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold, 13th ESC Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas – In the military, Soldiers deploy and train constantly, and all measures are taken to mitigate risks that can harm them. As the pandemic wanes and the weather warms, protecting the Army’s number one priority, its Soldiers, is paramount. Soldiers and leaders […]