After admiring ice sculptures, dozens of cakes and sampling the best food from each dining facility, Fort Hood leaders and spouses selected the best of the best during Fort Hood’s annual Thanksgiving DFAC Competition Nov. 27.

Instructors at the III Corps and Fort Hood NCO Academy donned a new patch the day before Thanksgiving. 

POZNAN, Poland — Soldiers welcomed Col. Phil Brooks, 1st Infantry Division Forward commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Joshua Holthus, 1st Infantry Division Forward command sergeant major, to Camp Saint Barbara in Torun, Poland, Nov. 27 for some Thanksgiving joy, cheer and food. 

The 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, celebrated their 75th anniversary Nov. 22 at the Phantom Warrior Center on Fort Hood.

An exercise about 18 months in the making is taking place at North Fort Hood, as the 166th Aviation Brigade trains and evaluates 1,453 Soldiers in preparation for deployment.

With the help of the Central Texas Food Bank, 532 turkey baskets were donated to Fort Hood families Nov. 20 at the Fort Hood Main Post Chapel for the Thanksgiving holiday.

More than 50 of the Army’s enlisted medical professionals from across III Corps and Fort Hood gathered to take part in the Operational Enlisted Medical Summit from Nov. 18-19 on Fort Hood.

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Soldiers of 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, also known as Task Force Attack, honored two of their fallen brothers-in-arms during a memorial ceremony at the battalion’s forward deployed headquarters in Erbil, Iraq, Friday. 

KILLEEN — Soldiers from 61st Quartermaster Battalion, units across Fort Hood and community supporters from the Killeen area supported the 30th annual Food for Families food drive Friday at the Killeen Special Events Center.

Nov. 21 was graduation day on Fort Hood.

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Through the use of five imperatives: safety, accountability, maintenance, simplicity and attitude, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment achieved a successful rotation at the National Training Center. 

Fort Hood’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation hosted its annual VIP Night Nov. 14, thanking all the sponsors for helping present Nature in Lights in its 23rd year.

The sound of artillery rounds hitting the ground is difficult to miss around Fort Hood, as troopers train day and night to prepare for combat operations.