Fort Hood Gets a New Name Honoring a Texas-Born Four-Star General

Fort Cavazos sign

Meet Fort Cavazos. As of Tuesday, the installation formerly known as Fort Hood, Texas, that has been at the center of several national controversies will no longer be named after a Confederate general. The new name honors Gen. Richard Cavazos, a Texas-born Mexican American who twice earned America’s second-highest military honor during the Korean and […]

2 Soldiers Suspected of Painting Racial Slurs, Lighting Fire in Fort Hood Barracks

The sun rises at the Vanessa Guillén gate before the arrival of a congressional delegation at Fort Hood, Texas.

Editor’s Note: This story contains imagery that includes racist and profane language. Two soldiers are suspected of lighting fires and spray-painting racial slurs and a penis on the walls of a Fort Hood barracks over the weekend, Military.com has learned. Firefighters were dispatched to the barracks at the Texas base at 1 a.m. Saturday and […]