Fort Hood

noun

1. a military reservation in central Texas, N of Austin.

Example Sentences

Inside a vast recreation center in Harker Heights, Texas, near Fort Hood, dozens of uniformed soldiers and wives cradling babies began lining up at 5 a.m., an hour and a half before a weekly food pantry for military members was scheduled to open in late October.

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“The anxiety this shutdown has brought to military families is real. When a parent in uniform is worrying about how to put food on the table, they can’t focus fully on the mission,” said Dorene Ocamb, an executive with Armed Services YMCA, a nonprofit that provides assistance to military members and organized the Fort Hood event.

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At the two pantries the group runs near Fort Hood, there has been a 40% increase in usage, according to the group’s data.

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The Atlantic is reporting that Donald Trump offered to pay for the funeral of a soldier, Vanessa Guillén, who was murdered by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood in Texas.

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The Atlantic’s piece began with an anecdote about the then president reneging on a promise to pay for the funeral of a female soldier of Mexican ancestry, Vanessa Guillén, who had been murdered at Fort Hood, in Texas:

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