III Armored Corps and Fort Hood 2015 Community Listening Session
Fort Hood Capacity 218k acres/ 342 square miles land mass 50k troops (Today: 42k) 2 Division Headquarters (Today: 1st Cav Div and 1st Army Div West) 5 Brigade Combat Teams (Today: 3 ABCTs, 1 SBCT, room for IBCT ) 2 Combat Aviation Brigades (Today: 1 CAB) 34 million square feet of floor/office space Home to Operational Test Command and 1 of 7 Army Medical Centers 1 of 2 U.S. Army Mobilization/Demobilization Sites (N. Fort Hood) 155,653 Reserve/National Guard Soldiers Since 2001 68% Future Army Mobilization/Demobilization Requirements
Fort Hood Capability Major Armor Maneuver 6 x 19 miles of maneuver space Battalion force on force maneuver 50k acres of light infantry/Stryker maneuver State of the Art Railhead Armor Division deploys in one week Army Airfield with 10k feet runway
III (US) Armored Corps 4 of 10 Active Army Divisions Fort Riley, KS Fort Bliss, TX Fort Carson, CO Fort Hood, TX 12 of 32 Active Army Brigade Combat Teams (Armor, Stryker, Infantry) 8 of 9 Active Armored Brigade Combat Teams 3 of 8 Active Stryker Brigade Combat Teams 4 of 10 Active Combat Aviation Brigades
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