FORT HOOD, Texas – FORT HOOD emergency responders are testing their active-shooter response techniques during their annual full-scale exercise May 10-11 at the Copeland Soldier Service Center. This is a planned training exercise designed to test FORT HOOD’s ability to rapidly react to an active shooter on post. On May 10, more than 70 role […]

FORT HOOD, Texas — Memorial Day weekend visits for Families who have relatives buried in cemeteries within the FORT HOOD live-fire training areas are between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. May 28. Visitors must call range operations at (254) 287-3130/3321 to access the live-fire area. No vehicle pass is required for the cemetery visits. Range […]

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Army announced May 19 the summer 2017 deployment of approximately 250 soldiers from the III Corps Headquarters stationed at FORT HOOD, Texas, to Iraq and Kuwait, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. As part of the regular rotation of forces, III Corps will replace XVIII Airborne Corps as the […]

Staff Sgt. Jon Michael Bullard FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD officials have released the name of a Soldier who was found unresponsive May 13 at his off-post residence in Belton, Texas. He was transported to Baylor Scott and White Hospital, Temple, Texas where he was pronounced deceased May 14. Staff Sgt. Jon Michael Bullard, […]

FORT HOOD, Texas — No emergency currently exists at FORT HOOD. During a monthly test of FORT HOOD’s emergency alert system, FORT HOOD officials activated the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAAWS). The system malfunctioned and did not broadcast the correct test message. FORT HOOD officials are determining how the system malfunctioned.