Just two years after being renamed Fort Cavazos, the U.S. Army base in Central Texas has reverted to its original name — Fort Hood. Last month, President Donald Trump announced his intent to restore ...

On July 28, 2025, the U.S. Army formally restores the name Fort Hood to the Central Texas post previously known as Fort Cavazos, reversing a rename carried out in 2023 to honor Gen. Richard E. Cavazos ...

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) ...

Cavazos rotated back to the United States in 1953, and was assigned to Fort Hood. Reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel, Cavazos deployed to Vietnam in 1967 – where he commanded the 1st ...

FORT HOOD, Texas -- Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, named after a Confederate general and long plagued by a series of suicides, homicides and fatal accidents, will be renamed on Tuesday after the ...

After two years being named after the late Texas Gen. Richard Cavazos, the sprawling Central Texas Army post that the general once commanded was officially redesignated Monday in honor of ...

Fort Hood has removed the Fort Cavazos sign as part of its official redesignation honoring WWI hero Col. Robert B. Hood. ... Author: Ethan Love Published: 3:09 PM CDT June 17, 2025 ...

Fort Cavazos has been redesignated as Fort Hood to honor WWI hero Col. Robert B. Hood, an official renaming ceremony will be held at a later date.

Weeks after Fort Cavazos changed back to Fort Hood, a Texas school district could be following a similar path by returning ...

The Fort Hood Press Center said Friday morning that this comes in honor of a Texas-born hero of the Korean and Vietnam wars, Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos.