Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.31.2014
The Army transfers thousands of soldiers in and out of Fort Hood - one of the largest military bases in the world - every year, making the city of Killeen an inevitable stopover for a huge number of soldiers during their careers....
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.27.2014
Twice a day, every day, U.S. military bases stop everything. In the morning, during the Reveille ceremony as the American flag is raised, and at the end of the day, during Retreat, when it is lowered....
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.20.2014
Nine members of the Australian army took a staff ride on Fort Hood with members of the 1st Cavalry Division command staff, including Brig. Gen. Michael Bills, 1st Cav. Div. commanding general; and Brig. Gen. Douglas Gabram, 1st Cav. Div. deputy commanding general, March 20....
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.19.2014
Silas “Si” Duncan III was raised in the small farming community of Floydada, Texas, in the 1950s, where he was ingrained with a ferocious work ethic that would eventually place him as an eyewitness to American history on many occasions, but when he joined the Army in February of 1960 his motives were purely nutritional....
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.16.2014
The 1st Cavalry Division staff took over a wing of the Fort Hood Soldier Development Center this week for an elaborate command post exercise as they continue to train for their upcoming deployment to southern Afghanistan. The 10-day exercise was designed to put every element of the 1st Cav. Div. staff through the rigors of running a joint operations center in a highly complex area of operation......
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.02.2014
The staff of the Sprocket Auto Craft Center organized and conducted a unique auction in the LZ Phantom storage lot Saturday morning. More than 100 vehicles and pieces of equipment, most that had simply been abandoned on Fort Hood, were auctioned off to benefit the Family Morale Welfare and Recreation Program....
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.23.2014
The soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment met in a small parking lot at the end of a long dirt road as the pale morning light was just beginning to wash away the night sky. White puffs of breath filled the winter air as they mingled and joked with each other, the anticipation of what they were about to do growing with the daylight. Suddenly, the doors to two metal......
Story by Sgt. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.14.2013
It was an extremely cold morning by central Texas standards, but plenty of hearty souls bundled up and braced themselves against a frigid wind to line up along Avenue D in Copperas Cove for the Armed Forces YMCA Children’s Christmas Parade Dec. 14, 2013. It wasn’t a full house as it has been in years past, but enough people came out to fill the air on both sides of the street with steady......
