Editing Fort Cavazos (section)

{{Short description|US Army post located near Killeen, Texas}}
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{{Infobox military installation
|name=Fort Cavazos
|native_name=[[eponym]]: [[General (United States)|Gen.]] [[Richard E. Cavazos]], [[United States Army|USA]]
|image=[[File:3 Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.svg|75px]] [[File:1 Cav Shoulder Insignia.svg|75px]] [[File:1st Army.svg|75px]] [[File:13ESCSSI.svg|75px]] [[File:3dACRSSI.PNG|75px]] [[File:US Army Security Force Assistance Brigade SSI.png|75px]]
|caption=Shoulder sleeve insignia of major Ft. Cavazos units
|site_area=332.05 sq mi (860 sq km)
|location=[[Killeen, Texas]]
|coordinates={{Coord|31|08|23|N|97|45|57|W|region:US-TX_type:city|display=inline,title}} 
|type=Army post
|built=1942
|materials=
|used=1942–present
|controlledby=[[United States Army]]
|garrison='''[[III Armored Corps]]<br>[[First United States Army|First Army Division West]]'''<br>[[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]]<br>[[36th Engineer Brigade]]<br>[[13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)|13th Sustainment Command]]<br>[[3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Cavalry Regiment]]<br>[[504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade]] <br>[[89th Military Police Brigade]]<br>[[1st Medical Brigade (United States)|1st Medical Brigade]]<br>[[United States Army Test and Evaluation Command|Operational Test Command]]<br>[[407th Support Brigade (United States)|407th Army Field Support Brigade]]<br>[[48th Chemical Brigade (United States)|48th Chemical Brigade]]<br>[[69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade]]<br>[[11th Signal Brigade (United States)|11th Signal Brigade]]<br>[[3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade]]
|current_commander=[[Lieutenant General (United States)|LTG]] [[Kevin Admiral]]
|ownership=[[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]]
|status=Active
|website={{URL|http://home.army.mil/cavazos/|Official website}}
}}

'''Fort Cavazos''' is a [[United States Army]] [[Military installation|post]] located near [[Killeen, Texas]]. The post is named after Gen. [[Richard E. Cavazos]], a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named '''Fort Hood''' for [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general [[John Bell Hood]], the post is located halfway between [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], about {{cvt|60|mi|sigfig=1}} from each, within the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The post is the headquarters of [[III Armored Corps]] and [[First Army Division West]] and is home to the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]] and [[3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Cavalry Regiment]], among others.

Its origin was the need for wide-open space to test and train with World War II [[tank destroyer]]s. The [[United States Department of War|War Department]] announced the location in January 1942, and the initial completion was set for that August. As originally constructed, Fort Cavazos had an area of {{cvt|158706|acre}}, with billeting for 6,007 officers and 82,610 enlisted personnel. The main [[cantonment]] of Fort Cavazos had a total population of 53,416 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Fort Cavazos was the most populous [[United States military deployments|U.S. military installation]] in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tested by tragedy, Fort Hood family of civilians and soldiers deserve Texan of the Year honor |author=James Ragland |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/james-ragland/20091206-Tested-by-tragedy-Fort-Hood-2933.ece |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=6 December 2009 |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110625/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/james-ragland/20091206-Tested-by-tragedy-Fort-Hood-2933.ece |url-status=dead }}<br/>{{cite news |title=Bangor native to head leadership group |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5BA9AAAAIBAJ&dq=fort%20hood%20most%20populous%20world&pg=1099%2C4334436 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |date=10 April 1985 |access-date=4 May 2013 }}</ref> The main business area is in [[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]], with the training countryside area of the post in [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]]. In April 2014, the base's website listed 45,414 assigned soldiers and 8,900 civilian employees covering an area of {{cvt|214000|acre}}<!--, making it one of the largest military bases in the world by area-->.