FORT HOOD, TX — Soldiers and leaders of the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to conduct a memorial rededication ceremony on Friday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. on Cooper Field here. Nine new names of Soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel will be added to the division’s […]
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1st Cav. Div. to celebrate 96th birthday
FORT HOOD, TX — Troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to celebrate the division’s 96th birthday Wednesday morning, Sept. 13, at 9 a.m. at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum here. Military and civic leaders from Central Texas, to include FORT HOOD Good Neighbors, will be in attendance. The ceremony will consist of the playing of the […]
III Armored Corps takes command of mission to destroy ISIS
Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Public Affairs, Press Desk SOUTHWEST ASIA – Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II, III Armored Corps Commanding General, assumed command of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) from Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, XVIII Airborne Corps Commanding General, during a Sept. 5 ceremony here […]
Equipment testing unit takes a day for safety stand down
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — The unit charged with testing new gear for the Army held a preventive safety stand down here Aug. 30. “The concentration on this day should be on off-duty accidents and injuries,” said Reginald E. Jones, safety manager for […]
DLA-Energy staged more than 600,000 gallons of fuel at FORT HOOD to support FEMA emergency responders
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Defense Logistics Agency-Energy Americas East, based out of Houston, staged 160 trucks filled with diesel and gasoline at Hood Army Airfield, here, to be used as a Federal Emergency Management Agency fuel staging area in support of disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Since Aug. 27, 100,000 gallons have been distributed to FEMA […]
CRDAMC announces Labor Day weekend hours
FORT HOOD, Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s primary care and specialty clinics will modify operating hours in observance of the extended Labor Day weekend. The Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery and Inpatient services are open 24 hours a day. Primary and Urgent Care Services Friday, Sept. 1 A consolidated primary care clinic […]
