Editing Fort Cavazos (section)

==Military base==
[[File:Ft hood soldiers.jpg|thumb|right|President George W. Bush meets U.S. Army Soldiers during a visit to Fort Hood, January 2003]]
[[File:1st Cavalry Museum, Ft. Hood.jpg|thumbnail|left|1st Cavalry Division Museum]]
[[File:Fort Hood-Darnall Hospital.jpg|thumb|right|[[Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center]]]]
[[File:First Calv US Army.jpg|thumb|right|First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas at the 2007 [[Rose Parade]]]]

Fort Cavazos is a large United States military installation; it is the home of [[III Armored Corps]], [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]], [[13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)|13th Sustainment Command]], [[First United States Army|First Army Division West]], [[3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Cavalry Regiment]], [[1st Medical Brigade (United States)|1st Medical Brigade]] and many other Forces Command and other units.

The [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]] completed its move from Fort Hood to [[Fort Carson]], [[Colorado]], exchanging positions with several units. The 4th Infantry Division Museum closed at Fort Hood for the last time on 29 May 2009 to complete its move to Colorado although most of the outdoor pieces remained at Fort Hood as part of the new 3CR Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=33688 |title=Ivy Division museum preparing for move to Fort Carson |publisher=dvidshub}}</ref>

Before the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|breakup of the Soviet Union]], Fort Cavazos was billed as the largest military base in the free world ([[Fort Benning]] is larger in personnel, [[Fort Bliss]] in land area). During peacetime, Fort Cavazos is a gated post, with the 1st Cavalry Division Museum, the [[Belton Lake]] Outdoor Recreation Area (BLORA), and a number of other facilities that are open to the public. Access to the cantonments became restricted starting in July 2001. However, passes are available to visit the two museums on post, and the lake area remains open to the public without restriction since it is outside the cantonments. Various events, including the annual Independence Day celebration, which has one of the largest fireworks displays in the country, are open to the public.

Shortly after the 2000 census, responsibility for post housing was turned over to privatized partnership with Actus Lend Lease. Under the terms of the contract, most of the housing has been remodeled or rebuilt, and hundreds of new units have been built or are in the process of being built, operating as Fort Hood Family Housing, and later as Cavalry Family Housing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-16/fort-cavazos-housing-enlisted-soldiers-10461463.html |title=First families get ready to move into new homes at Fort Cavazos as part of $420M housing overhaul |publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=June 16, 2023 |accessdate=June 29, 2023}}</ref> The nine schools on Fort Cavazos are part of the [[Killeen Independent School District]].

Fort Cavazos consists of three sections: the main cantonment, [[West Fort Cavazos]], and North Fort Cavazos. The main cantonment is bounded by Killeen on the east and [[Copperas Cove, Texas|Copperas Cove]] on the west. The Fort Cavazos main cantonment area, otherwise referred to as Main post, holds its own airfield, [[Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport]]. North Fort Cavazos is bounded by Gatesville to the northwest. West Fort Cavazos, bounded by Killeen and Copperas Cove, includes Fort Cavazos' second airfield, [[Robert Gray Army Airfield]], which has been expanded for civilian use ([[Killeen Regional Airport]] (GRK)) and additional training areas. To the east and southeast, the reservation is bounded by [[Harker Heights, Texas|Harker Heights]], [[Nolanville, Texas|Nolanville]], [[Belton, Texas|Belton]], and [[Morgan's Point Resort, Texas|Morgan's Point Resort]].