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Fort Hood has more than 52,000 Soldiers currently assigned and 100,000 family members (18,300 on post and 81,700 off post). One out of every 10 active duty Soldiers in the Army is assigned to Fort Hood, and it is ranked No. 1 among the Army’s 97 installations in terms of “future” capability. Fort Hood’s economic impact last year is estimated at $10.9 billion statewide and Fort Hood also distinguishes itself as the largest single local location employer in the State of Texas – there are more than 12,000 civilian employees and contractors working there.
Fort Hood was named after John Bell Hood. A famous Confederate Army general, during the Civil War he gained recognition as the commander of Hood’s Texas Brigade. In 1861, John Hood resigned his commission in the Union Army to join the Confederate Army, where he started out as a First Lieutenant in the cavalry. He made rapid progress and in May of 1862, he was made a Brigadier General.
Today Fort Hood is a three hundred and forty square mile installation. The cantonment area of Fort Hood is adjacent to Killeen, Texas in the beautiful "Hill and Lake" country of the Great State of Texas. The post stretches 26 miles from east to west and 24 miles from north to south. Fort Hood location: approximately 60 miles north of the capital city of Austin and 50 miles south of Waco. The city of Killeen borders Fort Hood to the east and Copperas Cove borders Fort Hood to the west. Access to the post is from IH-35 to U.S.Highway 190 West, at Belton, toward Killeen.
