FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD will welcome a new garrison command sergeant major at 9 a.m. Feb. 23 in the West Atrium of the III Corps headquarters during a change of responsibility ceremony here. Command Sgt. Maj. Byron C. Larsen, incoming garrison command sergeant major, will take responsibility from Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio Leija, […]
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Aviation testers run next generation air-to-ground missile through paces at Yuma
By Maj. Matthew Miskowski, Rotary Wing Aircraft Division, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs and Mark Schauer, Yuma proving Grounds Public Affairs CIBOLA RANGE, YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona – Aviation testers here are deep into testing the latest Army aviation missile, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) during a Limited User Test […]
1st Cav, operational testers, host Florence, Texas Elementary School students at Horse Platoon
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas – Students from Florence, Texas’ Elementary School hitched up with 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment Troopers here Thursday as a reward for their participation in the Academic University Interscholastic League (UIL). Test officers and NCOs of the U.S. Army Operational […]
Hood Hero volunteer award winner: ‘it’s not a dog and pony show’
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas – Helping others is personal, and nobody volunteers for the recognition. A Human Resources NCO here earned two awards during the “Hood Hero” luncheon Feb. 6: Volunteer in the Communities – Individual; and Volunteer of the Quarter for the U.S. Army Operational Test […]
Death of a FORT HOOD Soldier
FORT HOOD, Texas — FORT HOOD officials have released the name of a Soldier who died Feb. 6 from a terminal illness in Irving, Texas. Pfc. John Paul Funderburk Jr., 24, whose home of record is listed as Irving, Texas, entered active-duty service in January 2016 as a utilities equipment repairer. He was assigned to […]
Ft. Hood operational testers break ground on new Technology Integration Center Lab
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A groundbreaking for the Army Test and Evaluation Command’s (ATEC) Technology Integration Center (ATIC) Laboratory took place in the U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s (USAOTC) footprint here Feb. 1. The new lab will bring together testers, engineers, analysts and […]
