Cav families gather for Easter fun

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Banzhaf | A child smiles after getting her face painted at the Easter Family Day hosted by 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division March 28 at Fort Hood, Texas, where they played games and enjoyed arts and crafts, and sought more than 2,000 eggs hidden throughout the 1st Cavalry Division Museum grounds. Soldiers and their families played games as part of the Easter festivities. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 3rd ABCT PAO, 1st Cavalry Division)  

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

04.01.2015

Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf 

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

FORT HOOD, Texas – Rabbit ears, plastic eggs and more than 200 1st Cavalry Division family members filled an open field at the 1st Division Museum to participate in Easter festivities.

Soldiers, families and friends of the 1st Battalion “Chargers,” 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division celebrated the unit’s 2nd Annual Easter Family Day hosted by the Chargers Family Readiness Group March 28 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Parents hyped up their toddlers as they went from activity to activity as older children ran across the grass kicking balls and racing in potato sacks.

Volunteers set up multiple tents, each containing a game or arts and craft station where children of all ages could participate.

• Date Taken: 04.01.2015
• Date Posted: 04.02.2015 16:01
• Story ID: 158996
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US