Fort Hood is the Army’s premier installation to train and deploy heavy forces. A 214,968-acre installation, this is the only post in the United States capable of stationing and training two armored divisions. Fort Hood is home to over 38,000 active-duty military personnel which are part of Headquarters III Corps, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Army Division West, and many other units and organizations. Training can include individual weapons qualification through extensive battalion/brigade task force and joint operations, mechanized maneuver exercises, and air operations. The ability to support the full spectrum of training requirements is due to the size and capabilities of Fort Hood’s land and ranges.

The heavy and constant training load at Fort Hood creates a number of encroachment concerns with the city of Killeen and other adjacent communities. Incompatible growth and development can lead to restrictions on training that causes noise, dust or smoke, uses pyrotechnics, or requires a dark-night sky.

To alleviate these concerns, Fort Hood has partnered with CLF since 2010 to protect undeveloped and compatibly used lands, particularly near heavily used maneuver lanes and live-fire ranges. The Fort Hood project aims to protect the local agricultural heritage of the region as well as the recreational uses of the land while maintaining the military mission so important to the local economy.