It’s official. Fort Hood, named for a high-ranking Confederate officer in the Civil War, has been renamed Fort Cavazos, in honor of native Texan Richard E. Cavazos, the country’s first Hispanic four-star general.Fort Cavazos is the Army’s largest armored, active-duty military installation, according to a report in the Austin American- Statesman. It is one of nine that are being renamed around the country, based on recommendations from a naming committee commissioned by Congress to remove the names, symbols and displays that honor the Confederacy.Cavazos was widely decorated for his service during the Korean and Vietnam wars, receiving two Distinguished Service ...