United States Army Test and Evaluation Command
The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, is a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 delivers a U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25A2 at 1,500 ft (457 m) over Fort Bragg...
and airdropped onto Sicily Drop Zone...
where U.S. Army paratroopers prepare the LAV and its weapons for action...
then test-fire its weapons as part of OTC's airdrop certification.
Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood, the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 mi (97 km) from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters of III Armored Corps and First Army Division West and is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, among others.
President George W. Bush meets U.S. Army Soldiers during a visit to Fort Hood, January 2003
1st Cavalry Division Museum
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas at the 2007 Rose Parade