VIDEO UPDATE: Fort Hood celebrates the Army's 240th birthday
June 12 3:30 p.m. Video Link Available
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch the ceremony here:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/409029/iii-corps-army-birthday-ceremony-2015
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June 11 3 p.m. Links corrected
PHOTO UPDATE: FORT HOOD, Texas -- Click the thumbnails below to view high-resolution images of Fort Hood's celebration ceremony for the Army's 240th birthday.
Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, places a set of streamers on the Army flag as Command Sgt. Maj. Alonzo Smith, III Corps and Fort Hood command sergeant major, holds the flag steady during the celebration of the 240th Army Birthday June 11 on Sadowski Field at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs
Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, places a set of streamers on the Army flag as Command Sgt. Maj. Alonzo Smith, III Corps and Fort Hood command sergeant major, holds the flag steady during the celebration of the 240th Army Birthday June 11 on Sadowski Field at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Command Sgt. Maj. Alonzo Smith, III Corps and Fort Hood command sergeant major, and Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, bookend the cake-cutting, with the oldest and youngest Soldiers in the middle -- Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeanne Pace and Pvt. Carlos Jimenez, respectively -- during the celebration of the 240th Army Birthday June 11 on Sadowski Field at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Aircraft from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division perform a fly over at the conclusion of the ceremony celebrating the 240th Army Birthday June 11 on Sadowski Field at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
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UPDATE: FORT HOOD, Texas -- Fort Hood's Visual Information Services will provide live web streaming of the 11 a.m. June 11 Fort Hood celebration of the Army's 240th birthday ceremony here.
The links to the live web streaming are:
June 11 10 a.m.
PHOTO UPDATE: FORT HOOD, Texas -- Click the thumbnails below to view high-resolution images of Fort Hood's celebration run for the Army's 240th birthday.
Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, is flanked on either end by Brig. Gen. Tim Lai, III Corps and Fort Hood deputy commanding general (U.K.), and Command Sgt. Maj. Alonzo Smith, III Corps and Fort Hood command sergeant major, as the command group leads the corps run in recognition of the Army's birthday Thursday, June 11, at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, applauds the Soldiers as the pass in front of the III Corps command group at the end of the run in recognition of the Army's birthday Thursday, June 11, at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Soldiers run in formation down Battalion Avenue during the Army Birthday run Thursday, June 11, at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Soldiers turn the corner onto Battalion Avenue during the Army Birthday run Thursday, June 11, at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
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UPDATE: FORT HOOD, Texas -- Fort Hood's Visual Information Services will provide live web streaming of the 11 a.m. June 11 Fort Hood celebration of the Army's 240th birthday ceremony here.
The links to the live web streaming are:
FORT HOOD, Texas -- The III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general will host a ceremony celebrating the Army's 240th birthday at 11 a.m. June 11 on Sadowski Field near the III Corps Headquarters building here.
Lt. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland, commander, will officiate the ceremony. The celebration will include the placing of battle streamers on the III Corps guidon by Soldiers in period uniforms and an Army Aviation fly over.
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