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FORT HOOD, Texas — The 38th Regional Support Group officially relieved the 206th RSG of the Fort Hood Mobilization Support Brigade mission on July 24 during a transfer of authority ceremony held at the III Armored Corps Headquarters.
The TOA ceremony is a long-standing U.S. military tradition that marks the official passing of the torch from one unit to another. Through this transition, the Army ensured continuity of mobilization support operations while recognizing the 206th’s successful completion of its mission. The 38th RSG began its year-long mission in support of mobilizing Soldiers, units, and mission partners.
“We have a program here to train all the units that are going through, so that we can prepare them, so that they're ready for the fight, whatever mission they're assigned to globally, and also in [the continental United States],” said Col. Jerry England, commander of the 38th RSG. “The readiness mission is a big part of what we do to prepare these units to deploy.”
The 206th RSG assumed responsibility of the mobilization mission on August 22, 2025. Throughout its year-long rotation, the unit supported the reception, staging, and onward movement of Soldiers into theater as part of Fort Hood's steady-state Mobilization Force Generation Installation operations.
“I think it's an absolute display of lethality and readiness,” said Col. Aaron Vandiver, commander of the 206th RSG. “Getting units ready to go or prepared to go overseas is a demonstration of readiness in the way that the Army measures it.”
Fort Hood is one of several places that the Army sends National Guard and Reserve Soldiers to mobilize overseas or within the United States. This gives the Mobilization Support Brigade a hand in multiple pre-deployment activities across Fort Hood to help support worldwide deployments.
“What we do up front is a lot of the medical and equipment readiness checks that get folks ready for the training that they are going to do… and then ready to execute their mission once they go overseas,” Vandiver said. “So readiness and lethality are inherently tied into everything that we do.”
Since 2001, Fort Hood has served as the mobilization station for over 370,000 Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers mobilizing and demobilizing troops. The U.S. Army Reserve Command has rotated regional support groups annually to lead mobilization support.
“It's been our pleasure to be here for the last year," Vandiver said. "The Fort Hood community was extremely welcoming, as was III Armored Corps and the garrison. We're going to miss everyone, but we're really excited for the 38th and the opportunities that they're going to have over their year.”
England expressed his excitement about arriving at Fort Hood and beginning the 38th’s new mission to support mobilizing troops for duty at home and abroad.
“We're just glad to be here and looking forward to a year at Fort Hood and helping out making sure that the Mobile Support Brigade runs the way it's supposed to and improves over time,” said England.
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.30.2026 11:46 |
| Story ID: | 571038 |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
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