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 […]
Fort Hood News
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 […]
FORT HOOD opens new radar approach control center
FORT HOOD, Texas — A ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly remodeled Robert Gray Army Airfield radar approach control center will take place 9 a.m. Aug. 31 on West FORT HOOD. Guest speakers for the event are Brig. Gen. John C. Ulrich, United States Army Operational Test Command and the Honorable Scott Cosper, Texas State […]
Army tests fighting load carrier unique to paratroopers
By Mike Shelton, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Fort Bragg, North Carolina — For the first time since their inception, Army Airborne forces will soon be fielding a new fighting load system tailored to the paratrooper’s unique requirements. “The Airborne Tactical Assault Panel (ABN-TAP) was developed with the […]
