FORT HOOD, Texas — III Corps completed its deployment to the Middle East in a transfer of authority ceremony for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Sept. 13. III Corps commander, Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk II, passed the CJTF-OIR colors to Lt. Gen. Paul LaCamera, commander of XVIII Airborne Corps at the […]
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CRDAMC to host sixth annual baby expo Oct. 20
FORT HOOD, Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical will host its sixth annual baby expo for new and expectant parents from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at the main hospital. The family friendly health fair event boasts more than 50 exhibitors and vendors offering resources and products from prenatal through the […]
Extended Range Gray Eagle version follow-on tests complete
By Capt. John A. Escalera, Test Officer, Fixed Wing/Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Test Division, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs AIR FORCE PLANT 42, Calif. – Aviation testers here recently completed testing of an improved Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) known as the MQ1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER). The GE-ER test […]
Saegert Elementary School students and CRDAMC Soldiers honor anniversary of 9/11 with Freedom Walk
By Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas—Dark clouds and rain didn’t dampen the patriotic spirit of Saegert Elementary School students as they high-fived and fist-bumped Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Soldiers during the school’s annual Freedom Walk to commemorate Patriot Day, September 11. Patriot Day, observed as the National Day of […]
Donors needed for Freeze Dried Plasma Program
FORT HOOD–FORT HOOD’s Robertson Blood Center is seeking male A, B and AB blood types who are at least 175 pounds to donate blood plasma that will be used to create a new lifesaving product for the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP). The new freeze-dried plasma (FDP) initiative, according to ABSP, is a dehydrated version […]
USAOTC to host Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The 25th Annual Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be hosted by U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s (USAOTC) Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) here at 9 a.m. Sept. 20. The 2018 Hall of Fame inductee, Chief Warrant Officer 2 […]
