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Fort Hood was one such base at the center of the controversy. [29] 39 soldiers stationed at the base died or went missing in 2020. [30] The murder of Vanessa Guillén at Fort Hood in April 2020 brought national attention to the base and the broader culture of sexual harassment in the military.
The Army places strict restrictions on personal firearms carried onto Fort Hood and other bases. Military weapons are used only for training or by base security. Personal weapons brought on base are required to be secured at all times and must be registered with the provost marshal . [ 27 ]
West Fort Hood is an underground weapons storage area adjacent to Fort Cavazos in Texas. Originally built in the late 1940s by the United States Air Force, it was adjacent to Gray Air Force Base. On 15 June 1963 Killeen Base was turned over to the Army, and in October 1969, Killeen Base was designated as West Fort Hood and the airfield's name ...
Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin, is the largest active-duty U.S. Army post in the U.S. and a top training facility since 1942, according to its website. About 40,000 soldiers work there ...
Fort Hood is now Fort Cavazos in honor of Gen. Richard Cavazos, the Army's first Latino four-star general as bases are shedding Confederate names. Fort Hood, Texas, is officially renamed Fort ...
On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, a shooting spree was perpetrated at several locations on the Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos) military base near Killeen, Texas.Four people, including the gunman, were killed while 14 additional people were injured; 12 by gunshot wounds.
Most recently, three soldiers stationed at Fort Cavazos, formerly known as Fort Hood in central Texas, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to smuggle illegal foreign nationals.
Robert Gray Army Airfield [1] (IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen Regional Airport. [2] The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, [2] in unincorporated Bell County.