Overview

• The redesignation ceremony took place July 28 at III Armored Corps Headquarters, where garrison commander Col. Mark McClellan, joined by Sgt. Maj. Loyd Rhoades, replaced Fort Cavazos colors with those of Fort Hood.
• Colonel Robert B. Hood earned the Distinguished Service Cross for leading his artillery battery under heavy fire near Thiaucourt, France, on September 12, 1918.
• President Donald J. Trump’s June 11 directive to revert nine Army installations to their original names set the stage for the installation’s redesignation.
• Mitzi Huffman, Hood’s daughter, described the renaming as overwhelming, reflecting on her father’s lifelong devotion to duty alongside his commitment to family.
• Established as Fort Hood in 1942 for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, the installation was redesignated Fort Cavazos in 2023 before reclaiming the Hood name under a namesake celebrated for World War I service.