The U.S. Army has begun replacing signage at its Central Texas installation after formally restoring the site’s historic name, Fort Hood, on 17 June. The change reverses the 2023 redesignation to Fort Cavazos and is part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to reinstate the original titles of seven bases that had been renamed under the previous administration. While the post once honored Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, it will now commemorate Col. Robert B. Hood, an artillery officer awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Thiaucourt, France, in 1918. An official renaming ceremony is expected later this year. In a separate cost-cutting move announced 8 July, the Army said it will shut most of its horse-mounted ceremonial cavalry units and place about 141 horses with outside adopters over the next 12 months. Units at Fort Hood—as well as at Fort Carson, Fort Sill, Fort Irwin, Fort Riley and Fort Huachuca—will close, generating an estimated $2 million in annual savings. Only the caisson platoons used for burial honors at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington National Cemetery will remain. Army spokesman Steve Warren said the decision aligns resources with war-fighting priorities while ensuring the animals are transferred “with compassion.”