Killeen to be the home of new A&M campus

From News 8 Austin, May 1, 2009...

Fort Hood Thursday transferred 662 acres of land to the Texas A&M University System for a new campus.

It's a big donation that will bring in all kinds of benefits and something that has college students like Courtney Simpson excited.

"I think it'll definitely bring more diversity in the area, which we already do have a large diversity with Fort Hood being here and the soldiers, but I just think it'll bring more students here and more activities," she said.

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2 Fort Hood units heading to Iraq in 2009

From KXAN.com, June 30, 2008...

Two Army brigades from Fort Hood have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year.

The Pentagon announced today that the 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade combat teams of Fort Hood's 1st Cavalry Division will join units deploying from three other states.

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County, Cities Band Together to Help Troops

From the statesman.com December 27, 2007...

Why would a county trying to cope with rapid growth, as Williamson County is, go out and adopt 2,900 more people?

Call it patriotism.

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