Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas.
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23 Facts About Fort Hood
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The main cantonment of Fort Hood had a total population of 53,416 as of the 2010 US Census.
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Fort Hood is the most populous US military installation in the world.
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In September 1961, Fort Hood again became the home for the III Corps, and in February 1962, III Corps was assigned as part of the US Army Strategic Army Corps.
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Fort Hood was killed later in World War II flying combat missions.
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Since the early 1970s, Fort Hood has played a major role in the training, testing, and introduction of new equipment, tactics, and organizations.
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From December 1992 to May 1993, Fort Hood soldiers deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope to command and control the Joint Task Force Support Command.
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Since the 1990s, Fort Hood units have supported Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Fort Hood was the first installation selected to privatize post housing under the residential communities initiative.
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Fort Hood transitioned from an open to a closed post with the help of military police from reserve units.
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Fort Hood has a key role as a training base for mobilizing Reserve and National Guard units to support the Homeland Defense effort.
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Many Fort Hood units have deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom, and to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Fort Hood had gone missing for days while conducting an exercise for testing basic map-reading and navigation skills.
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Fort Hood was later identified as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez, an Iraq War veteran.
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Currently, Fort Hood has nearly 65,000 soldiers and family members and serves as a home for the following units: Headquarters III Corps; First Army Division West; the 1st Cavalry Division; 13th Sustainment Command ; 89th Military Police Brigade; 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade; 85th Civil Affairs Brigade; 1st Medical Brigade; and the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.
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Fort Hood includes Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center and the Medical And Dental Activities as tenant units.
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Under the Fort Hood Cafe announced on 10 November 2014 that it would close by the end of the year.
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Recently several soldiers supported by Under the Fort Hood have taken public acts of resistance, including Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Travis Bishop.
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Fort Hood is a large United States military installation; it is the home of III Armored Corps, 1st Cavalry Division, 13th Sustainment Command, First Army Division West, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Medical Brigade and many other Forces Command and other units.
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The nine schools on Fort Hood are part of the Killeen Independent School District.
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West Fort Hood, bounded by Killeen and Copperas Cove, includes Fort Hood's second airfield, Robert Gray Army Airfield, which has been expanded for civilian use and additional training areas.
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