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On 24 May 2022 the commission recommended the fort be renamed to Fort Cavazos, named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] The recommendation report was finalized and submitted to Congress on 1 October 2022, [ 52 ] giving the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the ...
The 48th Chemical Brigade is a United States Army brigade located at Fort Cavazos, Texas and subordinate to the 20th CBRNE Command.The 48th Chemical Brigade is the only active duty CBRN defense brigade in the Army.
The mission of the Horse Cavalry Detachment is to support the 1st Cavalry Division and Fort Cavazos (Renamed from Fort Hood 5/9/2023) by participating in ceremonies and other events; to support the U.S. Army in its public relations and recruiting efforts; and to preserve and maintain the standards of drill and traditions of the U.S. Cavalry during the 1800's.
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 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.
The 8th Engineer Battalion was born, in part, due to the Mexican Revolutionary General, Pancho Villa. Trouble between the United States and Pancho Villa increased in October 1915, when the United States government officially recognized Villa's rival, and former ally, Venustiano Carranza, as head of the Mexican government.
The third-largest U.S. military base, Fort Cavazos covers 340 square miles and has nearly 60,000 direct employees, more than 38,600 of which are active-duty military personnel, according to the ...
The 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (504th MIB) is located at Fort Cavazos, Texas.The brigade is tasked to improve the situational awareness for commanders at division level or higher, so they can adapt their units combat power for the current operations.