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The family of Gen. Richard Cavazos, the U.S. Army's first Hispanic four-star general, expressed sadness Wednesday over President Donald Trump's plan to restore the original names of several military ...
The president has pandered to his MAGA base through the subterfuge of re-renaming forts after soldiers with the same last ...
The Trump Administration is skirting a federal law by finding new namesakes for the bases with the same last names as Confederate soldiers.
The Army post, originally named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, was renamed in 2023 to honor Richard E. Cavazos, America's first Hispanic 4-star … ...
Fort Hood was previously named after John Bell Hood, a Confederate General and commander of the Texas Brigade during the Civil War. The name didn’t raise in alarm for 1940s America, ...
Fort Hood was renamed to Fort Cavazos in 2023 under a Biden administration policy to remove assets commemorating the Confederate States of America.
John Bell Hood, the Confederate general from Owingsville, Ky., was the base’s namesake from 1942 until May 9, 2023. A West Point graduate of 1853, ...
James, a former U.S. Army infantry squad leader who served at Fort Cavazos near Killeen, Texas, which was previously named Fort Hood for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, described a permissible ...
On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army ...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that Fort Cavazos will be redesignated for the second time in just over two years, back to Fort Hood.
Fort Hood was named originally named after John Bell Hood, a Confederate General from Kentucky who led forces from Texas during the Civil War, earning the rank of Brigadier General, according to ...