Welcome to Fort Hood
You can access the Fort Hood site directly by typing http://www.pcshood.net.
  Installation Info: Zip Code: 76544, Area Code: 254, DSN: 737
Awarded as an Army Community of Excellence in 1999, Fort Hood bills itself "The Most Powerful Corps in the World," featuring the III Corps Units. Originally with a primary focus of reinforcement for NATO, Fort Hood's focus has broadened to deployment anywhere and anytime.
About 50 miles southwest of Waco and 60 miles northeast of Austin, Texas, Fort Hood honors famous Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, regarded by history as an outstanding leader who led Hood's Texas Brigade during the Civil War.
The Killeen Independent School District runs six elementary schools and one middle school on post, with off-post schools in four surrounding counties. Five dental clinics and the 189-bed Darnall Army Community Hospital provide health care.
Recreation includes: theaters, fitness center, gyms, bowling, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, golf, Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Center, archery, roller skating, hunting, fishing and hiking on various nature trails.
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Today's Headlines (CNN.com)
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Enormous Earl closing in on East Coast 
Sep 02 - Massive Hurricane Earl is moving close to the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane warnings and watches now extend from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
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Mideast peace talks start
Sep 02 - Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.
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Death toll tops 30 in Lahore blasts
Sep 02 - The death toll from a trio of suicide attacks during a Shiite processions in Lahore, Pakistan, grows to 31, authorities say.
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Discovery Channel 'all clear' after sweep
Sep 02 - Authorities gave an "all clear" early Thursday after sweeping the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, where police shot and killed a man who was holding three hostages.
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3 babies found buried at Dutch home
Sep 02 - Dutch investigators were trying to determine Thursday whether the bodies of three babies found at a home in the Netherlands belong to the woman who lived there.
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Enormous Earl closing in on East Coast
Sep 02 - Massive Hurricane Earl is moving close to the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane warnings and watches now extend from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
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Mideast peace talks start
Sep 02 - Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.
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Death toll tops 30 in Lahore blasts
Sep 02 - The death toll from a trio of suicide attacks during a Shiite processions in Lahore, Pakistan, grows to 31, authorities say.
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Discovery Channel 'all clear' after sweep
Sep 02 - Authorities gave an "all clear" early Thursday after sweeping the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, where police shot and killed a man who was holding three hostages.
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3 babies found buried at Dutch home
Sep 02 - Dutch investigators were trying to determine Thursday whether the bodies of three babies found at a home in the Netherlands belong to the woman who lived there.
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