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  • Fort Hood likely to be renamed for first Hispanic four-star general instead of Confederate general

    05/25/2022 7:45:28 PM PDT · by crusty old prospector · 105 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 25, 2022 | Jason Beeferman
    KILLEEN, Texas -- Fort Hood likely will be renamed Fort Cavazos after a blue-ribbon commission recommended that the Confederate-named Army base receive a new name along with eight other military bases nationwide.The Naming Commission, which was created by Congress and is responsible for recommending new names or removal of names and symbols that commemorate Confederate figures within the Department of Defense, called for Fort Hood to be named after Gen. Richard Cavazos, a native Texan and the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.The Army's largest active-duty armored post, with about 40,000 soldiers, was named after Gen. John Bell Hood, who led...