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Richard Cavazos, a Mexican-American, [6] was born on 31 January 1929, in Kingsville, Texas.His brother was former United States Secretary of Education, Lauro Cavazos. [7] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in 1951, where he played on the football team and was a distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officers' Training ...
On May 24, 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 October 1, 2022, [ 52 ] giving the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the ...
Fort Sam Houston (in San Antonio) Fort San Jacinto (in Galveston) Camp Travis [1] Additionally, unfortified coastal artillery stations were established at key points on the Texas coast to prevent U-boats or commerce raiders from approaching Texas ports. This included Freeport, Sabine Pass and San Luis Pass.
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.
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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.
In 2023, Fort Cavazos had 59,695 direct employees, of which, 38,642 were active-duty military personnel, according to the Texas Comptroller.
USMEPCOM is headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois and operates 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) located throughout the United States. [1] Effective January 1, 1982, the Assistant Secretary of the Army changed the processing stations' names from Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES) to MEPS.