Editing Fort Cavazos (section)

===2023 renaming===
The fort is one of the [[List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers|U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers]] that was renamed by [[The Naming Commission]]. On May 24, 2022 the commission recommended the fort be renamed to '''Fort Cavazos''', named after Gen. [[Richard E. Cavazos]], a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 May 2022 |title=Texas' Fort Hood likely to be renamed for first Hispanic four-star general instead of Confederate general |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/texas-fort-hood-rename-richard-cavazos/ |website=[[The Texas Tribune]] |first=Jason |last=Beeferman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hood - Richard e. Cavazos.PDF |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T5kAISc8N3Nt5n2D1Ffnvxw8n3GBkC5i/view}}</ref> The recommendation report was finalized and submitted to Congress on October 1, 2022,<ref name=NameRecs/> giving the [[US Secretary of Defense]] [[Lloyd Austin]] the authority to rename the post to Fort Cavazos.<ref name="rename1">{{cite web |last=Romero |first=Dennis |date=7 October 2022 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-hood-renamed-richard-cavazos-four-star-hispanic-general-rcna51302 |title=Fort Hood to be renamed for Richard Cavazos, a four-star Hispanic general |website=[[NBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180111/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-hood-renamed-richard-cavazos-four-star-hispanic-general-rcna51302 |archive-date=11 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="rename2">{{cite web |last=Austin |first=Lloyd |date=6 October 2022 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/06/2003092544/-1/-1/1/IMPLEMENTATION-OF-THE-NAMING-COMMISSIONS-RECOMMENDATIONS.PDF |title=Memorandum for Senior Pentagon Leadership, Defense Agency and DoD Field Directors, Subject: Implementation of the Naming Commission's Recommendations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180109/https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/06/2003092544/-1/-1/1/IMPLEMENTATION-OF-THE-NAMING-COMMISSIONS-RECOMMENDATIONS.PDF |archive-date=11 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="NameRecs">{{cite web |url=https://www.thenamingcommission.gov/names |date=22 May 2022 |title=Name Recommendations |website=[[The Naming Commission]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525204120/https://www.thenamingcommission.gov/names|archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On January 5, 2023, William A. LaPlante, US under-secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment ([[Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment|USD (A&S)]]) directed the full implementation of the recommendations of the Naming Commission, DoD-wide.<ref name="namingBegins">[https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3260496/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-brig-gen-pat-ryder-holds-an-on-camera-press/ (January 5, 2023) Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing]</ref> Fort Hood was officially renamed Fort Cavazos on May 9, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gamboa |first=Suzanne |date=24 March 2023 |title=Ft. Hood to officially drop its Confederate name and become Ft. Cavazos |work=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/fort-hood-drops-confederate-name-fort-cavazos-may-9-rcna76561}}</ref>

On May 4, 2023, Hood Army Airfield was renamed [[Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-07/fort-cavazos-hood-airfield-army-pilots-10364294.html |title=Airfield at Fort Cavazos renamed to honor 2 Army pilots killed in Iraq  |publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=June 7, 2023 |accessdate=June 26, 2023}}</ref>