Fort Hood

American  

noun

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

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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:

From Slate

At one point in early 2021, Mr Khalife was posted to Fort Hood in Texas in the United States, and the prosecution said he was still in contact with one of his Iranian handlers while he was there.

From BBC