If you hear booms in the distance, the sounds may be from a Fort Hood artillery unit conducting live-fire training this week
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If you heard booms in the distance, the sounds may be from a Fort Hood artillery unit that conducted live-fire training Monday.
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The U.S. Army appointed a Killeen business owner as a new civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army, or CASA, during an investiture ceremony in the Perot Building in Dallas on Jan. 8.
Every other week, Copperas Cove residents set their green bins with cardboard, paper, plastic and aluminum cans by the curbs. Recycle trucks roll through the neighborhoods, collecting the materials.
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Friday’s storms caused the wreath retrieval from the veterans cemetery to be moved to Sunday.
In order to help Killeen residents who may need a passport but can't necessarily make the trip to the post office during normal business hours, the main office in Killeen, 300 N. 10th St, will be holding a passport fair from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Taking out Iran’s top general was not only the right decision, but it was long overdue, according to some retired Army generals in the Fort Hood Area.
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BELTON — Central Texas local governments are rallying behind a proposed grant to improve roads on Fort Hood.
The Combined Joint Task Force for Operation Inherent Resolve, currently led by III Corps, Fort Hood's top headquarters unit, has issued a statement on the ongoing mission to defeat the Islamic State group.
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The Friends of the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery is inviting volunteers to help with wreath retrieval, according to a news release by Killeen spokeswoman Hilary Shine.
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Almost a dozen women veterans — mostly those who served in the Army — sat around a table at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in south Killeen Saturday to share stories about their difficulties with transitioning from the military.
Texas Veterans Land Board Chairman George P. Bush announced Friday the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen will conduct an unaccompanied veteran burial for former Navy Seaman Mark Lancaster at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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The Women Veterans Network for Killeen and surrounding areas is hosting a Meet and Greet from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 4 at the Stephen A. Cohen Military Family Clinic, 1103 W. Stan Schlueter Loop, Building A, Suite 100, Killeen.
FORT HOOD — Fort Hood had a busy 2019, filled with deployments, redeployments, training, changes in unit leadership and more.
A Department of Defense initiative expanding Exchange, commissary and Morale, Welfare and Recreation access to all veterans with a Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating will affect thousands of disabled veterans in the counties surrounding Fort Hood when it goes into effect on Jan. 1.
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The National Mounted Warfare Museum, proposed to be constructed near Fort Hood’s main gate, is nearing reality, retired Lt. Gen. Paul Funk said Tuesday.
Contamination has been a continuous problem at Fort Hood Recycle. Plagued with non-recyclable materials like food waste, diapers and sharps, the recycle program is having to deal with dead animal remains on a weekly basis.
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The holidays are a time to spend with your loved ones. But Jacqueline Martinez was under the impression that she would have to spend this Christmas without her husband.
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It was a cold, frigid day in December 1944 in Belgium. The members of the 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division were supposed to be enjoying a short break after months of constant combat against the German Nazis after liberating France.
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While two Texas Republican Senators are awaiting answers from the U.S. secretary of Defense in regards to the status of military housing, Fort Hood officials say they are working productively to “provide our families who choose to live on post with safe, healthy and quality housing.”
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A brush fire burned about 12 acres near a Fort Hood firing range Wednesday afternoon.
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Family members of a Fort Hood soldier who was shot in Killeen last weekend say they aren’t getting any details on the case from Killeen police officials.
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The final version of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act passed the Senate on Tuesday and now heads to the president’s desk for signature, according to two Texas senators.
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A Department of Defense initiative expanding Exchange, commissary and Morale, Welfare and Recreation access to all veterans with a Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating will affect thousands of disabled veterans in the counties surrounding Fort Hood when it goes into effect on Jan. 1.
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On Oct. 7, the U.S. marked 18 years of war in Afghanistan, the longest combat conflict in U.S. history.
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FORT HOOD — With a new 171-camera surveillance system recently installed at the Robert Gray Army Airfield, 15 soldiers are going to be able to return to their units and resume their normal duties.
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UPDATE 12:30 p.m. Thursday: Three vehicles were involved in Wednesday's wreck near the Fort Hood main gate.
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With an estimated 800 million packages to deliver this holiday season through the remainder of the year, the United States Postal Service released preferred shipping deadlines to get packages delivered by Christmas Day both domestically and to deployed loved ones who may be serving overseas.
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A military helicopter that experienced mechanical issues landed safely at Temple airport Tuesday evening.
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A Texas senator on Tuesday said a final version of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would be bringing additional funds for projects on Fort Hood.
A recently installed video surveillance system will be unveiled Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The surveillance system will be located at the Robert Gray Army Airfield.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Frank Tate is the guest speaker at a Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce Military Relations Council luncheon Dec. 18 at Central Texas College’s Anderson Hall. Tate is to highlight First Army Division West’s ongoing mission to train, mobilize, and demobilize Army Reserve a…
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Killeen city officials as well as representatives from the Gary Sinise Foundation and American Airlines sent off family members of fallen military heroes to a special trip Saturday morning.
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FORT HOOD — Chilly temperatures, sunny skies and the smell of pine made Saturday morning feel a bit like Christmas.
An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning, a U.S. official said, an attack that left three dead in addition to the assailant.
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Before groundbreaking can occur on the proposed National Mounted Warfare Museum outside Fort Hood, members of the museum’s foundation must first get approval from the secretary of the Army, officials said this week.
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 29 in Harker Heights will host an event Saturday to honor Vietnam veterans and commemorate the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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A rifle volley rang out in West Temple Thursday morning, followed by the piercing, mournful notes of a bugle.
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FORT HOOD — Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area’s Nature in Lights Christmas display is in full holiday season swing despite reduced funding resulting in an increase in the entrance fee.
Fort Hood military families will be able to get a free Christmas tree this Saturday.
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Many local cities and organizations are celebrating one or more holidays this year, and the Herald has collected a list of area events. The Herald will update this listing and run it multiple times during the holiday season.
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BELTON — Dozens of soldiers and civilians made a solemn trip to a Belton funeral home Wednesday to pay their respects to a friend, a father and a husband.
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Fort Hood military families will be able to get a free Christmas tree this Saturday.
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FORT HOOD — Copperas Cove High School’s Junior ROTC Bulldawg Battalion returned the favor for the soldier’s of the school’s adopt-a-school unit, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, by showing an act of kindness on Giving Tuesday Military.
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FORT HOOD — The soldiers of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, hosted the solemn dignified transfer Tuesday of Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Knadle as his family stood by to receive his remains.
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