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FORT HOOD

FORT HOOD. The Great Place. Fort Hood Preview. Fort Hood’s Origin Temporary camp to train Tank Destroyer Battalions Became a permanent military installation Fort Hood’s Changes Modernization Effect of terrorism Fort Hood’s Credits Primary mission Supports 2 fully armored divisions.

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FORT HOOD

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  1. FORT HOOD The Great Place

  2. Fort Hood Preview • Fort Hood’s Origin • Temporary camp to train Tank Destroyer Battalions • Became a permanent military installation • Fort Hood’s Changes • Modernization • Effect of terrorism • Fort Hood’s Credits • Primary mission • Supports 2 fully armored divisions

  3. Fort Hood’s Origin • World War II (1939-1945) • U.S. Tank Destroyers V.S. German Blitzkrieg • Killeen, TX - Camp Hood • John Bell Hood • Confederate army general • Hood’s Texas Brigade

  4. Fort Hood’s Changes • Modernize • Replaced Tank Destroyers • Building programs

  5. Modernize “This is a $40 million project, but I’m sure that the troops who have benefited from it will tell you that having improved living conditions is priceless.” -Major General Joseph F. Fil, Jr.

  6. Fort Hood’s Changes • Modernize • Replaced Tank Destroyers • Building programs • Terrorism • Prime focus on security and the war on terrorism

  7. Fort Hood’s Changes “Fort Hood is very heavily committed. As we close out FY 2006, over 85% of its units will have served at least one year-long tour in Iraq or Afghanistan.” -forthoodausa.org

  8. Fort Hood’s Changes • Modernize • Replaced Tank Destroyers • Building programs • Terrorism • Prime focus on security and the war on terrorism • Open Post to Closed Post

  9. Fort Hood’s Credits • Primary Mission • III Corps • Capability for a rapid and massive military response • Unique Post • Supports 2 Fully Armored Divisions • 1St Cavalry Division and the Ivy Division

  10. Fort Hood’s Credits “…soldiers of the Ivy Division brought the real Saddam Hussein to justice. When Ironhorse soldiers left for Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator sitting in a palace, and by the time you came home, he was sitting in a prison cell.” -President George W. Bush

  11. Fort Hood Summary • Fort Hood’s Origin • Temporary camp to train Tank Destroyer Battalions • Became a permanent military installation • Fort Hood’s Changes • Modernization • Effect of terrorism • Fort Hood’s Credits • Primary mission • Supports 2 fully armored divisions

  12. FORT HOOD The Great Place

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