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Fort Cavazos

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Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. [1]

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  1. 208 relations: Afghanistan, African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Civil War, Amnesty International, Ancestry.com, Andrew Davis Bruce, Anna Todd, Asian Americans, Austin, Texas, Bad Cannstatt, Base Realignment and Closure, Bell County, Texas, Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Belton, Texas, Bobby Luna, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, California, Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck, Cantonment, Census-designated place, Ciara, CNN, Colorado, Confederate States of America, Copperas Cove, Texas, Coryell County, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Donald Buckram, Donald Prell, Doolittle Raid, Elvis Presley, Eponym, FamilySearch, Field artillery, First Army (United States), First Army Division West, Fort Bliss, Fort Campbell, Fort Carson, Fort Eustis, Fort Hood 43, Fort Hood Three, Fort Johnson, Fort Lewis (Washington), Fort Moore, Fox News, ... Expand index (158 more) »

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Andrew Davis Bruce

Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston.

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Anna Todd

Anna Renee Todd (born March 20, 1989) is an American author, film producer, and screenwriter.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Bad Cannstatt

Bad Cannstatt, also called Cannstatt (until July 23, 1933) or Kannstadt (until 1900), is one of the outer stadtbezirke, or city boroughs, of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) was a process by a United States federal government commission to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War.

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Bell County, Texas

Bell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Bell OH-58 Kiowa

The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support.

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Belton, Texas

Belton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Bobby Luna

Robert Kendall Luna (March 25, 1933 – March 14, 2008) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Bradley Fighting Vehicle

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) is a tracked armored fighting vehicle of the United States developed by FMC Corporation and now manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, formerly United Defense.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck

Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. Fort Cavazos and Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck are military installations established in 1942 and United States Army posts.

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Cantonment

A cantonment is a military quarters.

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Census-designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.

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Ciara

Ciara Princess Wilson (Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer and songwriter.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Copperas Cove, Texas

Copperas Cove is a city located in central Texas at the southern corner of Coryell County with smaller portions in Lampasas and Bell counties.

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Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Donald Buckram

Donald Ray Buckram, Jr. (born February 9, 1988) is an American football coach and former running back.

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Donald Prell

Donald B. Prell (July 7, 1924 – July 28, 2020) was an American World War II veteran, venture capitalist and futurist who created Datamation, the first magazine devoted solely to the computer hardware and software industry.

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Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named.

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FamilySearch

FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software.

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Field artillery

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.

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First Army (United States)

First Army is the oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army.

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First Army Division West

The First Army Division West is a division of the First United States Army.

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Fort Bliss

Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Fort Cavazos and Fort Bliss are Forts in Texas and United States Army posts.

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Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Cavazos and Fort Campbell are United States Army posts.

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Fort Carson

Fort Carson is a United States Army post located directly south of Colorado Springs in El Paso, Pueblo, Fremont, and Huerfano counties, Colorado, United States. Fort Cavazos and Fort Carson are military installations established in 1942 and United States Army posts.

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Fort Eustis

Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation in Newport News, Virginia. Fort Cavazos and Fort Eustis are United States Army posts.

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Fort Hood 43

After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, thousands of U.S. troops stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, were sent to Chicago for riot control duty.

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Fort Hood Three

The Fort Hood Three were three United States Army soldiers – Private First Class James Johnson, Private David A. Samas, and Private Dennis Mora – who refused to be deployed to fight in the Vietnam War on June 30, 1966.

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Fort Johnson

Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish. Fort Cavazos and fort Johnson are United States Army posts.

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Fort Lewis (Washington)

Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington.

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Fort Moore

Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia. Fort Cavazos and Fort Moore are United States Army posts.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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G.I. coffeehouses

GI coffeehouses were coffeehouses set up as part of the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War era as a method of fostering antiwar and anti-military sentiment within the U.S. military.

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Gatesville, Texas

Gatesville is a city in and the county seat of Coryell County, Texas, United States.

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Gelnhausen

Gelnhausen is a town, and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.

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General (United States)

In the United States military, a general is the most senior general-grade officer; it is the highest achievable commissioned officer rank (or echelon) that may be attained in the United States Armed Forces, with exception of the Navy and Coast Guard, which have the equivalent rank of admiral instead.

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Geoff Ramsey

Geoffrey Lazer Ramsey (born Geoffrey Paul Wright on June 19, 1975; later Geoffrey Paul Fink) is an American voice actor, film producer and internet personality.

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George Floyd protests

The George Floyd protests were a series of riots and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Half-track

A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels at the front for steering and continuous tracks at the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load.

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Harker Heights, Texas

Harker Heights is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States.

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Hesse

Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Humvee

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.

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Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.

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III Armored Corps

III Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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Implementation Force

The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Josh Lovelady

Joshua David Lovelady (born January 28, 1978) is a former American football guard who played two seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).

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Killeen Independent School District

Killeen Independent School District is a public school district based in Killeen, Texas (USA).

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Killeen Regional Airport

Killeen Regional Airport is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside Robert Gray Army Airfield.

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Killeen, Texas

Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County.

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Kuwait

Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia.

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Lewisburg, Tennessee

Lewisburg is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.

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Lieutenant general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers

Numerous military installations in the United States are or were named after general officers in the Confederate States Army (CSA).

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List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States

In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German).

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Lloyd Austin

Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Lucas Till

Lucas Daniel Till (born August 10, 1990) is an American actor.

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M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams.

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M109 howitzer

The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44.

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M270 multiple launch rocket system

The M270 multiple launch rocket system (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system.

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Major (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Managua

Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and one of the largest cities in Central America.

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Mark Adickes

Mark Stephen Adickes (born April 22, 1961) is an orthopedic surgeon and a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mass shooting

A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers kill or injure multiple individuals simultaneously using a firearm.

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Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations.

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Mobile Subscriber Equipment

The Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) system was tactical communication system created by GTEGovernmentSystems (later acquired by General Dynamics) for the United States Army.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Mogadishu

Mogadishu (also; Muqdisho, Wadaad: or Xamar, Wadaad:; مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.

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Morgan's Point Resort, Texas

Morgan's Point Resort is a General Law city in Bell County, Texas, United States.

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Mujahideen

Mujahideen, or Mujahidin (mujāhidīn), is the plural form of mujahid (strugglers or strivers, doers of jihād), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad, interpreted in a jurisprudence of Islam as the fight on behalf of God, religion or the community (ummah).

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Murder of George Floyd

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man, was murdered in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer.

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Murder of Vanessa Guillén

The murder of Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old United States Army soldier, took place inside an armory at Fort Hood, Texas, on April22, 2020, when she was bludgeoned to death by another soldier, Aaron David Robinson.

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Naming Commission

The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, more commonly referred to as the Naming Commission, was a United States government commission created by the United States Congress in 2021 to create a list of military assets with names associated with the Confederate States of America and recommendations for their removal.

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Naser Jason Abdo

Naser Jason Abdo (born April 1, 1990) is an American former United States Army private first class who was arrested in 2011 for attempting to commit a terrorist attack against a restaurant frequented by soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.

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Nidal Hasan

Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is an American former United States Army major, physician and mass murderer convicted of killing thirteen people and injuring more than 30 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009.

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Nolanville, Texas

Nolanville is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Oleo Strut (coffeehouse)

The Oleo Strut was a GI Coffeehouse located in Killeen, Texas, from 1968 to 1972.

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Operation Desert Farewell

In the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Farewell was the name given to the return of American units and equipment to the United States in 1991 after the liberation of Kuwait.

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Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism.

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Operation Gyroscope

Operation Gyroscope was a United States Army program implemented between 1955 and 1959 during the Cold War that modified the system of troop rotation, so that entire divisions were rotated out of overseas service together, rather than individual soldiers.

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Operation Provide Comfort

Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to deliver humanitarian aid to them.

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Pacific Islander Americans

Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the indigenous peoples of Oceania or of Austronesian descent).

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (Fars), sometimes called the (Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prisoner of conscience

A prisoner of conscience (POC) is anyone imprisoned because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, or political views.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry.

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Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces

The reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are military organizations whose members generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty (or full-time) military when necessary.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Richard E. Cavazos

Richard Edward Cavazos (January 31, 1929 – October 29, 2017) was a United States Army 4-star general.

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Robert Gray Army Airfield

Robert Gray Army Airfield is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen Regional Airport.

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Robert Griffin III

Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RGIII or RG3, is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, most notably with the Washington Redskins.

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Sean Bernabe

Sean Cardona Bernabe (born 1970) is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the commanding general of III Armored Corps since October 4, 2022.

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Sexual harassment in the military

Sexual harassment in the military is unwanted sexual behaviour experienced as threatening, offensive, or otherwise upsetting, which occurs in a military setting.

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Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention

SHARP is a proactive U.S. Army program which aims to end sexual harassment and assault in the service.

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Sir! No Sir!

Sir! No Sir! is a 2005 documentary by Displaced Films about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.

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Somalia

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa.

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Specialist (rank)

Specialist is a military rank in some countries' armed forces.

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Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

Stars and Stripes is a daily American military newspaper reporting on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces and their communities, with an emphasis on those serving outside the United States.

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Strategic Army Corps

The Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) was a command of the United States Army, with a mission of high readiness, active in the 1960s.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Tamera Mowry

Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (née Mowry) (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress, television personality, and former singer.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tank destroyer

A tank destroyer, tank hunter or tank killer is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, predominantly intended for anti-tank duties.

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Task Force ODIN

Task Force ODIN, whose name is an acronym for observe, detect, identify, and neutralize, is a United States Army aviation battalion created in August 2006 to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) operations to combat insurgent operators of improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Texas Army National Guard

The Texas Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the Texas Military Forces (along with the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard).

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Texas Brigade

The Texas Brigade (also known as Hood's Brigade) was an infantry formation of the Confederate Army that distinguished itself in the American Civil War.

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The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix.

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The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit politics and public policy news website headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Tia Mowry

Tia Dashon Mowry (July 6, 1978) is an American actress.

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Transformation of the United States Army

The transformation of the United States Army is part of a strategy using Multi-Domain Operations (MDO).

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Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or USD (A&S), is the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to acquisition and sustainment in the Department of Defense.

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Under the Hood Café

Under the Hood Café was a coffee house located at 17 South College Street in Killeen, Texas.

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Unified Task Force

The Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Criminal Investigation Division

The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), previously known as the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) is the primary federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Army.

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United States Army Replacement and School Command

The United States Replacement and School Command was a training and receiving formation of the United States Army during World War II.

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United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, is a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of the Army

The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is organized, and it is led by the secretary of the Army, who has statutory authority under 10 United States Code § 7013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the secretary of defense and the president.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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United States Disciplinary Barracks

The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas.

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United States military deployments

The military of the United States is deployed in most countries around the world, with approximately 160,000 of its active-duty personnel stationed outside the United States and its territories.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States.

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War on terror

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global counterterrorist military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars.

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West Fort Hood

West Fort Hood is an underground weapons storage area adjacent to Fort Cavazos in Texas.

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White Americans

White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wyoming Military Department

The Wyoming Military Department is part of the Government of Wyoming.

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Yahoo!

Yahoo! (styled yahoo! in its logo) is an American web services provider.

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Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport

Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport is a military airport located at the U.S. Army's Fort Cavazos, in Killeen, Texas, U.S. Formerly Hood Army Airfield, the airport was renamed on 4 May 2023 in honor of Keith Yoakum and Jason DeFrenn.

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Yoon Mi-rae

Natasha Shanta Reid (born May 31, 1981), better known by her Korean name Yoon Mi-rae, often stylized as Yoonmirae, is an American-born South Korean-based solo rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer, who is also a member of Korean hip hop trio MFBTY.

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11th Signal Brigade (United States)

The 11th Corps Signal Brigade ("Desert Thunderbirds") of the United States Army is an element of Army Forces Command.

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13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

The 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command—the "Lucky 13th"—is a U.S. Army modular sustainment command which serves as a forward presence for expeditionary operations for a theater, or in support of a regional combatant commander.

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1968 Democratic National Convention protests

The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

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1972 Nicaragua earthquake

The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake occurred at 12:29:44 a.m. local time (06:29:44 UTC) on December 23 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.

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1985 Mexico City earthquake

The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).

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1st Armored Division (United States)

The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", is a combined arms division of the United States Army.

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1st Cavalry Division (United States)

The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.

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1st Medical Brigade (United States)

The 1st Medical Brigade is a medical brigade of the United States Army.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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20th Armored Division (United States)

The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II.

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20th Engineer Battalion

The 20th Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas.

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26th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 26th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army (USA).

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2nd Armored Division (United States)

The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels") was an armored division of the United States Army.

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333rd Field Artillery Regiment

The 333rd Field Artillery Regiment is a regiment of the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army.

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36th Engineer Brigade (United States)

The 36th Engineer Brigade is a combat engineer brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles") is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1812, although regimental units trace their lineages as far back as 1794.

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3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade

The 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade (3rd SFAB) is a Security force assistance brigade of the United States Army.

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407th Support Brigade (United States)

The 407th Support Brigade (407th AFSB) is a support brigade of the United States Army.

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48th Chemical Brigade (United States)

The 48th Chemical Brigade is a United States Army brigade located at Fort Cavazos, Texas and subordinate to the 20th CBRNE Command.

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4th Armored Division (United States)

The 4th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that earned distinction while spearheading General Patton's Third Army in the European theater of World War II.

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4th Infantry Division (United States)

The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

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504th Military Intelligence Brigade

The 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (504th MIB) is located at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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5th Infantry Division (United States)

The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps.

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69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)

The 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army.

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7th Transportation Brigade (United States)

The 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) is a Transportation brigade of the United States Army.

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82nd Field Artillery Regiment

82nd Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

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89th Military Police Brigade (United States)

The 89th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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8th Cavalry Regiment

The 8th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army formed in 1866 during the American Indian Wars.

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8th Engineer Battalion (United States)

The 8th Engineer Battalion ("Trojan Horse") is a brigade engineer battalion (BEB) of the United States Army, which traces its history back to 1916.

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91st Engineer Battalion (United States)

The 91st Engineer Battalion is a military engineer unit in the United States Army.

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See also

Forts in Texas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Cavazos

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