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Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood, the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 mi (97 km) from each, within ...
Attempted murder (32 counts) On November 5, 2009, a terrorist mass shooting took place at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos ), near Killeen, Texas. [1] Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. [2] [3] It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base and the deadliest ...
Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is a Palestinian-American former United States Army major, physician and mass murderer convicted of killing thirteen people and injuring more than 30 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009. [3] Hasan, an Army Medical Corps psychiatrist, admitted to the shootings at his court-martial ...
More than 34,500 military personnel and 48,500 family members are stationed at the base. Fort Hood also is a used by U.S. Reserve and National Guard for training and mobilizing.
Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin, is the largest active-duty U.S. Army post in the U.S. and a top training facility since 1942, according to its website. About 40,000 soldiers work there ...
A new documentary about Vanessa Guillen, the slain Fort Hood soldier, focuses on her family's fight for answers that led to military reform. A new documentary about Vanessa Guillen, the slain Fort ...
2014 Fort Hood shootings. / 31.14250°N 97.79639°W / 31.14250; -97.79639. On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, a shooting spree was perpetrated at several locations on the Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos) military base near Killeen, Texas. Four people, including the gunman, were killed while 14 additional people were injured; 12 by gunshot wounds.
U.S. Army leaders are expected to fire or suspend a “significant number” of officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in a dramatic purge to correct a command culture they believe ...