FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD’s Child and Youth Services, Youth Sports will host the Phantom Warrior Classic baseball tournament 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. June 11- 12 at Robert J. Evans Softball Complex here. More than 25 teams will compete for the championship in different age brackets. The Round Rock Express Mascot “Spike” and the […]
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CRDAMC hosts JEMX 2022
Correction: the deadline for RSVP is 5 p.m., June 6, not June 3. FORT HOOD, Texas – Tri-Service Military Residency Program students and medical personnel from Army, Navy and Air Force medical teams including Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserves will join for the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise hosted by Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center […]
Black Jack Pays Tribute to the Fallen
FORT HOOD, Texas — Standing shoulder to shoulder, over 500 members of the FORT HOOD surrounding communities, gathered at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen during a Memorial Day ceremony to listen to Col. Ian Palmer, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team commander, honor America’s fallen on May 30. “It is my distinct honor […]
82nd Airborne troops help develop HMMWV Joint Battle Command-Platform airdrop practices
By Mr. Blake Bagby, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Paratroopers here are busy developing new procedures to allow the Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P) system to remain installed in HMMWVs during low velocity airdrops (LVAD). “The fact that I no longer […]
FORT HOOD Identifies Trooper Killed in Motor Vehicle Incident
FORT HOOD, Texas – FORT HOOD officials have released the name of a Trooper who died May 22 due to an off-post motor vehicle accident. Spc. Tristan E. Cooley, a 24-year-old who joined the U.S. Army in October 2019 as a Cavalry Scout assigned to 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, […]
Meadows Elementary Career Day Highlights Military Careers
Story by Sgt. Broderick Hennington, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division FORT HOOD, TX– Children are the future, and Meadows Elementary on FORT HOOD, Texas helped prepare its students for their future during the school’s career day on May 20, 2022. “I think that highlighting the different professions and sparking interest so that […]
