Fort Cavazos

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United States Army installation military base

Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Hood 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army installation ⓘ
military base ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
controlledBy United States Department of the Army ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateRenamed 2023-05-09 ⓘ
eponymFullName General Richard E. Cavazos ⓘ
surface form: Richard Edward Cavazos
establishedAs Fort Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fort Hood
garrison 11th Signal Brigade ⓘ
13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command ⓘ
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Cavalry Division

1st Medical Brigade ⓘ
36th Engineer Brigade ⓘ
3rd Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade ⓘ
504th Military Intelligence Brigade ⓘ
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade ⓘ
89th Military Police Brigade ⓘ
U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
surface form: First Army Division West

III Armored Corps ⓘ
hasAirfield Hood Army Airfield ⓘ
Robert Gray Army Airfield ⓘ
hasPopulationType military personnel and families ⓘ
hasTrainingArea extensive live-fire ranges ⓘ
maneuver training areas ⓘ
hasType armored warfare training center ⓘ
locatedIn Bell County, Texas ⓘ
Coryell County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
militarySpecialty armored and mechanized operations ⓘ
namedAfter General Richard E. Cavazos ⓘ
namedForRank U.S. Army general ⓘ
nearbyCity Copperas Cove, Texas ⓘ
Harker Heights, Texas ⓘ
Killeen, Texas ⓘ
notableFeature major power-projection platform for the U.S. Army ⓘ
one of the largest U.S. Army installations by area ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army ⓘ
partOf U.S. Army Installation Management Command ⓘ
previousName Fort Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fort Hood
primaryFunction operational headquarters for III Armored Corps ⓘ
training base for armored forces ⓘ
training base for mechanized infantry forces ⓘ
region central Texas ⓘ
surface form: Central Texas
timezone Central Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor command and control of armored units ⓘ
deployment preparation ⓘ
large-scale maneuver training ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Cavazos → establishedAs → Fort Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Hood
USASC → garrison → Fort Cavazos ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Texas
Fort Cavazos → previousName → Fort Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Hood