FORT HOOD, TEXAS 76544 5000 Form

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(upbeat music) - Welcome to the front gates of the great place of Fort Hood. Located in the beautiful hill and lake country of Central Texas, Fort Hood is about an hour north of Austin and three hours south of Dallas. As the largest active duty armored post in the US Armed Forces, this installation covers a whopping 340 square miles, spanning across three different cities. The majority of Fort Hood sits in Killeen with the city of Harker Heights to the east and Copperas Cove to the west. (upbeat music) Soldiers assigned to Fort Hood can expect to have one of the highest quality of life standards in the Army. New housing, quality medical care, thriving communities, recreation in schools combine to ensure that Fort Hood lives up to its name of the Great Place. It's the Army's premier installation to train and deploy heavy forces, and it's the only post in the United States capable of stationing and training two armored divisions. Now, on your time off, you have plenty of options for grea