Fort Cavazos Officially Reverts to Fort Hood, This Time Honoring World War I Soldier

Monday ceremony marks official restoration of Killeen army post's name back to Fort Hood

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- An Army post in Killeen, Texas, was renamed again, for the second time in as many years. A ceremony held on Monday marked the official redesignation of the post to Fort Hood. In May 2023, what was originally Fort Hood -- initially named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood -- was renamed Fort Cavazos, in honor of General Richard Edward Cavazos, a native Texan, war hero and Medal of Honor recipient. The post is now once again Fo…

Fort Cavazos renamed Fort Hood, honoring WWI soldier

Col. Hood received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in World War I.

Cavazos out, Hood back in: Army post ditches revered general’s name for WWI officer Hood

FORT HOOD — The local Army installation known as Fort Cavazos for about two years was redesignated Fort Hood in a Monday morning ceremony outside the III Armored Corps headquarters.

Fort Cavazos officially renamed Fort Hood but this time for different Hood

It is now named for Col. Robert B. Hood, a Kansas native commissioned in the Army in 1917 who served with the 12th Field Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division in France during World War I. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism.

Fort Cavazos officially reverts to Fort Hood, this time honoring World War I soldier

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

Fort Cavazos Renamed to Fort Hood

JULY 29, 2025 — Two years after a name change, The Great Place is Fort Hood again, honoring a World War I hero, Col. Robert Benjamin Hood. During a ceremony July 28, 2025, at the III Armored Corps Headquarters flagpole, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood commander Col. Mark McClellan and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood Command Sgt. Maj. Loyd Rhoades cased the Fort Cavazos colors and unfurled the Fort Hood colors, marking the installation’s return to Fort…