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Civilian Spotlight
Pat Sprabary has been the Executive Assistant to Eight of Fort Hood's Commanding Generals.
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Family Readiness Groups
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First Team continues softball dominance
Adding the second championship trophy earned in the past two months, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, won the 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, softball tournament held Saturday and Sunday at the Rodney Evans Softball Complex.
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By Michael Heckman, Sentinel Staff
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664th Ordn. trains for sling loading
Soldiers of 664th Ordn. Co. prepare to hook a 250 gallon water container to a CH-47 Chinook as part of a sling load Sergeant’s Time Training session Aug. 22 on the Fort Hood range.
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By Sgt. Matthew Cooley, 15th Sust. Bde. PAO
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Duke Bde honors lives of three Soldiers
Soldiers of the 1st battalion, 26th regiment, 1st BCT, 1ID, kneel next to the empty boots, helmet, identification tags and weapon of their fallen comrad, Staff Sgt. Kristopher Rogers, on August 22 in the Konar province. Rogers died in an Improvised Explosive Device attack on August 16 while on patrol.
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By Heather Graham, Sentinel News Editor
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Welcome home displaced Baghdad Families
Iraq Sheik Talib Kwali and Capt. Michael Garling were amongst key community leaders and government representatives to attend the Jihad Resettlement ceremony Saturday in the Hayy Jihad area of Rashid district in southern Baghdad to celebrate the return of 250 Iraqi families into the Shishaan area of Hayy Jihad.
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U.S. Army Photo
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Fort Hood kids treated to Bollywood-themed event
Aunya Albinana practices mehndi, the art of painting elaborate patterns on the body with henna, during "The Cheetah Girls One World" event 5:30 p.m. Saturday at High Chaparral.
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Spc. Kimberly Millett, Sentinel Staff
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Combat tested, Iraq approved
CAMP Taji, Iraq n CH-47F Chinook Improved Cargo helicopters sit on the flight line on Aug. 20 at Camp Taji, while Fort Hood Soldiers wait for their logistical operations that are typically performed during night hours by the CAB, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, becoming the first aviation unit in the Army to bring the upgraded cargo helicopter into combat and have since reported great success as they continue to provide logistical support to ground forces operating all over Iraq.
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By Sgt. Jason Dangel, CAB PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B
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Area Boy Scouts learn Fort Hood mission, tour First Team arsenal
By Pfc. Naveed Ali Shah, 13th ESC PAO
Eight Webelos of Pack 476 spent the day viewing the Cavalry’s arsenal during a visit to the 1st Cav. Div.’s museum and the Horse Detachment Aug. 22. The pack is sponsored by 81st AG Postal Co., 15th STB, 15th Sust. Bde., 13th ESC.
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Pacific island Soldiers deploy to North Fort Hood
By Gloria Harris, Hood Mobilization Bde. PAO
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Richard Brunk (left) and Chaplain Candidate (1st Lt.) Joe Palermo (right) of the Hood Mobilization Bde. show off leis they received from Chaplain the 29th BSB Chaplain (1st Lt.) Ray Kitagawa Aug. 19. Brunk and Palermo were on hand at Larkin Field to welcome approximately 270 Reserve Soldiers from the 29th IBCT.
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Do you feel women have the same opportunities as men in the Army?
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Staff Sgt. James Perry, F Co., FSC, 215th BSB, 3rd Bde., 1st Cav. Div.
“Yes, we’re all a team. We’re all on the same team. We fight together. We live together.”
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Master Sgt. Celetia Carroll, HHC, III Corps
“Not yet. Well,I think they have some and the opportunities are growing but we still have a ways to go but we’re on track.”
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Spc. Dara Goomansingh,Co. B, 2-20 FA Regt., 41st Fires Bde.
“No, they don’t get to go infantry. They don’t get to go field artillery either.”
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Sgt. Rony Rodas, 1-57 QM, 13th ESC
“No...there’s no women Special Forces. I think sometimes in some areas women are discouraged from ... opportunities in certain fields.”
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Spc. Amanda Lockwood, 932nd Blood Support Det., 1st Med. Bde., 13th ESC
“They do as long as I’ve been in. We’ve had the same opportunities as a man has had. We just selected a (female) four-star general.”
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FORT HOOD, TEXAS
The Army operates one of the largest and most diverse military posts worldwide right here in Central Texas. Fort Hood has more than 52,000 Soldiers currently assigned and 70,000-plus family members. And 98 percent of our Soldiers live within 10 miles of the post.
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One out of every 10 active duty Soldiers in the Army is assigned to Fort Hood
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Since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism, Fort Hood has surged in capacity to an authorized strength over 53,000 Soldiers
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The Central Texas Army post reached a troop strength peak of 55,800 Soldiers in March
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Fort Hood is ranked No. 1 among the Army’s 97 installations in terms of “future” capability
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Fort Hood’s economic impact last year is estimated at $10.9 billion statewide
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$4.4 billion of that money had a direct impact across Central Texas
Fort Hood also distinguishes itself as the largest single local location
employer in the State of Texas – with more than 12,000 civilian employees and
contractors working here.
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