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Harker Heights-area residents may notice blue tarps over entrance signs to the recently renamed Fort Hood, but it will be more than a month until they can see what’s underneath.
Trump ordered the Texas infantry base restored to its original name. That's stirred mixed emotions for Col. Robert B. Hood's ...
Original Fort Hood sign (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) Redesignation ceremony changing the name of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, to Fort Cavazos in May 2023. (KXAN viewer-submitted photo) ...
KILLEEN, Texas — The military installation that Central Texas has known for generations will soon be Fort Hood once again. Still, this time the name will honor a World War I hero, rather than a ...
Fort Cavazos signs come down as Texas Army base reverts to Fort Hood. On Tuesday, Army personnel began removing "Fort Cavazos" from signage at the armored infantry post in Central Texas.
In keeping with that law, Fort Hood in 2023 was renamed for the late Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan, a Medal of Honor winner and the nation's first Hispanic four-star general.
The Army post, originally named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, was renamed in 2023 to honor Richard E. Cavazos, America's first Hispanic 4-star general.
CBS News Texas Live. Just two years after being renamed Fort Cavazos, the U.S. Army base in Central Texas may soon revert to its original name — Fort Hood.
Trump brings back Fort Hood name in Texas, skirting ban on Confederate tributes. The move comes two years after it was renamed Fort Cavazos. By Brammhi Balarajan, Trending News Reporter June 11, 2025.
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 ...
On Tuesday, U.S. Army base Fort Hood officially became Fort Cavazos. The change is one of nine Army installations being renamed to remove Confederate-affiliated names and symbols.
Fort Hood Redesignated Fort Cavazos, Named for Texas-Born War Hero Gen. Cavazos died Oct. 29, 2017, and is buried at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Published May 10, 2023 ...