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On 5 May 1971, the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division's colors were moved from Vietnam to Fort Hood, Texas, bringing the 2nd Brigade's actions in the Vietnam War to a close. For 68 months 2nd Brigade was in almost constant contact with the enemy.
Whitfield's cavalry brigade, including the 27th Texas Cavalry, participated in the raid. [35] The Holly Springs Raid was a huge success on 20 December when Van Dorn's troopers captured 1,500 Union soldiers and put Grant's supplies to the torch. [34] Whitfield's cavalry brigade participated in the Battle of Thompson's Station [35] on 4–5 March ...
1st Cavalry Division organization 1989 (click to enlarge) 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood (Texas) [34] (Operation Reforger unit. POMCUS materiel depots in Belgium (Grobbendonk, Zutendaal) and the Netherlands (Brunssum, Eygelshoven) and ammunition depot in Zutendaal) [35] Headquarters and Headquarters Company [34] 1st Cavalry Division Band [34]
Fort Cavazos was previously named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. Cavazos, who died in 2017 at 78, grew up on a cattle ranch in Kingsville, Texas, and was of Mexican American heritage.
During peacetime, Fort Hood is a gated post, with the 1st Cavalry Division Museum, the Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area (BLORA), and a number of other facilities that are open to the public. Access to the cantonments became restricted starting in July 2001.
Constituted 29 August 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Brigade; Organized in February 1918 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division; Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division; Demobilized 14 July 1919 at Brownsville, Texas
The division's attack helicopter battalion, 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, deployed from Fort Hood to Saudi Arabia in fall 1990 attached to and with support from the 1st Cavalry Division (also based at Ft. Hood). [35] The battalion was equipped with McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The battalion participated in many air ...
The soldiers died when their military vehicle flipped over in a flood-swollen creek on Thursday at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas. Three survivors were released from hospital on Friday.