FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Hood - Killeen, Texas ~ 19 FEB, 2008

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas

Fort Hood, named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, is a U.S. Army post located halfway between Austin and Waco, in Killeen, Texas.

John Bell Hood (June 1, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness, and was considered one of the best brigade and division commanders in the Confederate States Army.

A 340 square mile installation (217,337 acres), Fort Hood is the only post in the United States capable of stationing and training two Armored Divisions.

The rolling, semiarid terrain is ideal for multifaceted training and testing of military units and individuals. Fort Hood is "The Army's Premier Installation to train and deploy heavy forces."

In addition to the 1st Cavalry Division and 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood is also residence for Headquarters Command III Corps, 3d Signal Brigade, 3d Air Support Operations Group, 13th Support Command (Expeditionary), 13th Finance Group, 21st CAV Brigade (Air Combat), 89th Military Police Brigade, 504th BfSB, the Dental Activity (DENTAC), the Medical Support Activity (MEDDAC), U.S. Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC), and various other units and tenant organizations.

Read More About "The Great Place"!

Also located at Fort Hood are The 1st Cavalry Division Museum and The 4th Infantry Division Museum

Visit The 1st Cavalry Division Museum Here!

Visit The 4th Infantry Division Museum Here!

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We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[MEG33]

;o)

Thank you, lauren.

[PROCON]

With as many songs as you've posted lately, I'm surprised your computer hasn't slapped you on the side of the head!!/LOL

Thanks, Randy!!

[laurenmarlowe]

So glad to hear that PROCON!

Doin’ great here in North Texas, sunny skies, and my pear trees are already budding. WOO HOO!

[mylife]

Ft Hood is also home of the 104th MI “the outriders”

[laurenmarlowe]

WOW Tann, that is some coincidence! Watched Home Improvement a bit through the years, missed that episode.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Lauren!

What a character John Bell Hood was! The Union forces shot half of him away and he stood up and kept fighting.

Even the Navy honored him with a ship.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening shezza, it’s great to see you!

Thank you to your family to your service to our Country.

Pretty part of the State, indeed!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening my!

I think I remember you telling me about that “incident” while on one of our road trips.

Good-ness!

[laurenmarlowe]

The Fort Hood web-site is a great site, really enjoyed poking around there, and learned so much.

[mylife]

Skeered the bajeepers out of me!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TS...did you boys have a nice day off? Do anything exciting?

[SandRat]

A future USS Hood?

080214-N-0923G-005 WASHINGTON (Feb. 14, 2008) A model of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class destroyer to be built by Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding is displayed during a contract signing ceremony at the Pentagon. Both companies signed $1.4 billion construction contracts with the Navy as part of the Navy dual lead-ship strategy to introduce the new class of destroyer that will deliver improved warfighting capabilities, continued forward presence and combat power for the surface Navy. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Gates (Released)

[luvie]

Very cool thread, Lauren!

FFForFreedom....are you around to give input about your
stomping grounds?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[luvie]

Good evening, Rus! Hope this finds you warm and dry. I hope the worst of the winter weather is about over for you guys!

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word! Knowing that
the Father is there for us can give us the courage we need!

[mylife]

"Watchful And Ready"

104th Military Intelligence Battalion The 104th Military Intelligence Battalion was constituted on 16 September 1980 in the Regular Army as the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, CO (the 374th Army Security Agency Company and the 4th Military Intelligence Company concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B, 104th MI Battalion). It inactivated on 15 December 1995 at Fort Carson, CO.

The 104th rectivated on 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, TX. On 16 December 2004 the 4th Infantry Division formally moved into a new era of organization and effectiveness when it officially became the Army's newest "modular" division. As a result of the transformation, two battalions and a company cased their colors and no longer serve as active units in the division - the 124th Signal Battalion, the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion and the 4th Military Police Company. Other units throughout the division absorbed Soldiers from those battalions.

[laurenmarlowe]

A character indeed!

"Hood was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry, served in California, and later transferred to the 2nd U.S. Cavalry in Texas, where he was commanded by Col. Robert E. Lee. While commanding a reconnaissance patrol from Fort Mason, Hood sustained one of the many wounds that marked his lifetime in military service—an arrow through his left hand in action against the Comanches at Devil's River, Texas."

"Hood became the brigade commander of the unit that was henceforth known as Hood's Texas Brigade on February 20, 1862, part of the Confederate Army of the Potomac, and was promoted to brigadier general on March 3, 1862. Leading the Texas brigade as part of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Peninsula Campaign, he established his reputation as an aggressive commander, eager to lead his troops personally into battle from the front.

His men called him "Old Wooden Head." At the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, he distinguished himself by leading a brigade charge that broke the Union line, the most successful Confederate performance in the Seven Days Battles. While Hood escaped the battle with no injuries, every other officer in his brigade was killed or wounded."

He certainly led a colorful life.

[luvie]

(((Connie)))

Good to see you this fine evening! What’s for supper?

Thanks for your wonderful Tribute for our troops!

[laurenmarlowe]

I can imagine!