Posted on May 10, 2023
Goodbye, Fort Hood — Texas installation renamed Fort Cavazos
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Just yesterday, Fort Hood, named after a Confederate General, was renamed to Fort Cavazos, named after General Cavazos, the first Mexican-American 4 Star General, in an effort to remove names and memorials commmerating Confederate leaders from current US Army installations. What are your guys thoughts on this change?
Goodbye, Fort Hood — Texas installation renamed Fort Cavazos
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Posted 12 mo ago
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It doesn't erase history, it doesn't change anything positive that happened on that base. It wasn't done to take attention off the sexual assaults, murders, etc that go on there. Bases get renamed this isn't anything new. It sounds like this GEN was far more deserving to have a base named after him than Hood ever was.
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MSG Stan Hutchison - I'm just confused how any of the base's history gets erased though. I assume there's a museum since every Army base has one...and I'd guarantee there's things in it that say "Ft Hood" on it. I mean - I was stationed at Offutt AFB on my compassionate. Prior to the Air Force, it was Fort Omaha when it was an Army base and then the Air Force came along and then it was renamed to Offutt. I was still able to find things when it was called "Fort Omaha" and talked to the historian who had things that said Fort Omaha.
Or even STRATCOM when it was SAC before that - you can find things that talk about SAC. Renaming it didn't "erase" anything.
That's what boggles my mind bases get renamed often and no one flips s* about it until they want to rename the ones after Confederate soldiers...and that's even more mind boggling when people revere literal traitors that served in another country's military.
Or even STRATCOM when it was SAC before that - you can find things that talk about SAC. Renaming it didn't "erase" anything.
That's what boggles my mind bases get renamed often and no one flips s* about it until they want to rename the ones after Confederate soldiers...and that's even more mind boggling when people revere literal traitors that served in another country's military.
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