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Introduction
Fort Hood deploys troops overseas and into harm’s way several times a week - every week.
One needs only watch the US Air Force or leased commercial planes moving in and out of Fort Hood’s Robert Gray Army Airfield to know that the tempo and commitment of our Soldiers to this nation’s battle against international terrorism is at an extremely high level.
In 2008, virtually all Fort Hood major units were either in Iraq or Afghanistan. Most were on their second combat tours; for some, it was their third or fourth.
Now, as we near the end of the 8th year of our nation's Global War on Terrorism, that commitment - what the Army calls operational tempo, or OPTEMPO - continues. For all in uniform at Fort Hood, you are either in combat, just returned, or on the way.
As neighbors, we want to help and would welcome your involvement in Adopt A Fort Hood Unit.
Program Detail
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is an AUSA-coordinated, chamber of commerce-supported, neighbor-to-neighbor program that is strengthening ties between our military and civilian communities by making it easier to meet and know one another - at the grassroots.
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is a matchmaker, and our way of mobilizing ourselves by being available, extending a hand, becoming better informed and being good neighbors. And it works both ways!
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit matches specific Fort Hood units (usually a company or battalion) with specific civilian organizations (usually a civic club, church, business or neighborhood group) so that both gain.
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is building bridges between Fort Hood and its neighbors – and not just a few of them. Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is building hundreds of lines of communication between Fort Hood and its neighbors, and making Central Texas stronger in the process.
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is being coordinated by AUSA with the help of area chambers of commerce. Participants do not have to be AUSA members to enroll. Everyone involved in Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is doing this because it’s the right thing to do – and the right time to do it.
You might ask how are Adopt A Fort Hood Unit pairings matched? Answer: if a civilian partner has a preference, we match the preference. Even if a Fort Hood unit is already partnered with some civic entity under Adopt A Fort Hood Unit, if you also want that unit, you get it! Just let us know when you enroll.
If you have no preference, we try to generally follow this formula - though if there’s a deployed unit without a civic connection, we will first work to fill that need.
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If the civilian partner is in: |
It is partnered with a unit from: |
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Belton |
13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) |
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Brady |
21stAir Cavalry Brigade |
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Brownwood |
21stAir Cavalry Brigade |
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Burnet |
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment |
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Cameron |
13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) |
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Copperas Cove |
1stCavalry Division |
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Crawford |
69th Air Defense Artillery |
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Florence |
89thMilitary Police Brigade |
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Gatesville |
41st Fires Brigade |
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Goldthwaite |
48th Chemical Brigade |
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Harker Heights |
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment |
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Kempner |
36thEngineer Brigade |
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Killeen |
1st Cavalry Division |
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Lampasas |
89th Military Police Brigade |
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Lometa |
48th Chemical Brigade |
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McGregor |
89th Military Police Brigade |
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Nolanville |
504thBattlefield Surveillance Brigade |
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Salado |
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment |
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San Saba |
21stAir Cavalry Brigade |
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Temple |
13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) |
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Other Areas |
Whatever makes sense. |
The 4th Infantry Division
The 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), which just returned to Fort Hood after its third combat tour in Iraq, is about to relocate to Fort Carson, Colorado. The move was ordered by the US Congress, as it directed the Army execute the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's 2005 recommendations. Yes, it saddens us all - but "it is what it is."
Therefore, we are no longer enrolling new Adopt A Fort Hood Unit civic partners with 4th Infantry Division units.
But we would welcome any and all to seek out a civic partnership with other Fort Hood units that are, and will remain, vital parts of our Central Texas community
Also
The 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division was activated and trained at Fort Hood before being deployed in Afghanistan. AUSA's Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter, lead by retired Army Chaplain (COL) Wes Geary who was once the Division's Chaplain, has agreed to take the lead in finding Adopt A Fort Hood Unit partners for this Brigade from that chapter's area.
We welcome "The Duke Brigade," 1st Infantry Division, to Fort Hood and Central Texas and - along with our friends in the Dallas-Fort Worth area - look forward to doing all we can for as long as the Dukes are assigned at Fort Hood.
Adopt A Fort Hood Unit is always evolving, always being updated. So, the unit-by-unit Adopt A Fort Hood Unit rosters that also appear on this website will change. Fort Hood leaders change. Civic organizations change. We understand. But as individuals and organizations change, we still have that one single goal in mind – strengthening ties between our military and civilian communities by making it easier to meet and know one another - at the grassroots.
