Fort Cavazos was officially renamed to Fort Hood during a historic redesignation ceremony at III Armored Corps Headquarters.

For two years, the armored infantry post honored Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a Texas native and Medal of Honor winner. No longer ...

Just two years after being renamed Fort Cavazos, the U.S. Army base in Central Texas has reverted to its original name — Fort ...

An Army post in Texas reverted to the name Fort Hood in a brief ceremony Monday morning, ending a two-year stint as Fort ...

It is now named for Col. Robert B. Hood, a Kansas native who served with the 12th Field Artillery Regiment of the 2nd ...

Fort Hood, formerly Fort Cavazos, was officially renamed as of June 11. To commemorate this, officials held a renaming ...

The words "Fort Cavazos" are being removed, letter by letter, from signage at the armored infantry base near Killeen. In place of Cavazos, the post is getting a new-old name: Fort Hood.

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 ...

General Cavazos, a native Texan, was a Medal of Honor recipient and once commanded the post now bearing his name. The renaming from Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos was seen as a long-overdue tribute to ...

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.

Last week’s announcement that Fort Cavazos would be reverting back to its original name — Fort Hood — was met with some mixed emotions in the local community.