MEDIA ADVISORY: Division West to host National Native American Heritage Month observance

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

11.18.2015

Story by Michael Novogradac 

First Army Division West

FORT HOOD, Texas — First Army Division West, along with the III Corps and Fort Hood Equal Opportunity Office, will hold its National American Indian Heritage Month celebration here Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Club Hood.

Event guest speaker will be Dr. Lee Walters, chairman of Great Promise for American Indians and co-director of Austin Powwow — the largest one-day powwow in the nation. Dr. Walters has worked with American Indian communities for over 25 years.

There will be Native American dancers and drummers performing from the Four Winds Intertribal Society Inc.

Division West, a subordinate unit of First Army headquarters at Rock Island, Illinois, trains and validates Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers for deployment to combat or other contingency operations. The division also trains units of the active Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and United States partner nations, for nearly 19,000 Soldiers annually.

Division West’s four subordinate training brigades are the 120th Infantry Brigade here; the 181st Infantry Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; the 189th Infantry Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and the 5th Armored Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Visitors may obtain a one-day special event pass and directions to Club Hood at the Marvin Leath Visitors Center on T. J. Mills Boulevard.

Media representatives interested in attending the celebration should contact the Division West Public Affairs Office and arrive at the Fort Hood Visitor Center no later than 12:45 p.m. to be escorted to the event.

For more information about the event, contact Michael Novogradac, Division West Public Affairs chief, at [phone], or cell phone at [phone], or email: [e-mail].

• Date Taken: 11.18.2015
• Date Posted: 11.18.2015 10:57
• Story ID: 182251
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US