By Cpt. Elizabeth Toenyes, III Corps Public Affairs General Michael X. Garrett, the Commander of United States Army Forces Command, and General Paul E. Funk II, the Commanding General of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command toured FORT HOOD, Texas, July 15 and 16. Funk and Garrett visited FORT HOOD to get […]
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3CR Trooper shares excitement of new barracks with IMCOM CG
By Brandy Cruz FORT HOOD Public Affairs Lt. Gen. Douglas Gabram, commanding general of Installation Management Command, spoke with our Trooper, Pfc. Amber King, while taking a tour barracks of her barracks in 3rd Cav. Regt. Nov. 3 on FORT HOOD. During his visit, Gabram toured housing and barrack, and spoke with 3CR troopers during […]
3CR Soldiers test new system to help navigate without GPS at White Sands
By Maj. Matthew Truax, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico — Eighteen Soldiers from FORT HOOD, Texas, conducted night missions in a GPS degraded environment here using a new Army navigation tool called Mounted Assured Positioning and Timing System (MAPS). The 3rd Cavalry […]
Pilots, ground troops combine to test new Apache helicopter upgrades
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD, Texas — During the largest Aviation test of 2019, Apache and Unmanned Aerial System pilots joined combat ground forces to test an upgraded Apache helicopter version. The complex operational test of the AH64E Version 6 Apache helicopter upgraded improved target acquisition […]
