June 26, 2025 • 8 mins
The 3rd SFAB is ready to serve as one of U.S. Army Central’s primary enablers for security force assistance in support of regional contingencies. The 3rd SFAB builds partner capacity and increases interoperability in support of U.S. Central Command’s campaign objectives and bi-lateral plans. Our advisors enable the Coalition Forces Land Component Command to quickly build combat power and transition from competition to conflict in support of operation plans. The 3rd SFAB partners with a diverse array of countries throughout CENTCOM’s area of responsibility that includes 21 nations in the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the surrounding strategic waterways. These nations represent a mosaic of cultural intricacies and diplomatic relationships that are vital to U.S. national interests.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My Heart Radio is proud to support now our military
community from the largest military installation in North America. Let's
go on post at Fort Hood. Brought to you by
Elder Mitchubishi.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
We're pleased this morning to be joined by Colonel Michael Kavasovic,
who is the third Security for Assistance Brigade Commander at
Fort Hood. Sir, how are you.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good morning, Dwayne, great, doing well and thanks so much
for having me on the call.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Absolutely always our pleasure. We look forward to this segment
every week.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
We have a lot to get into, so we're going
to dive right in this morning. Let's talk about Fort
Hood Fight Night, which is taking place tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No, Dwainne, thank you. That is a really interesting kind
of new event here at Fort Hood. As you mentioned
this Friday tomorrow, we're going to have fourteen soldiers from
across Fort Hood at the Abrams Physical Fitness Center and
they're going to be competing in seven different bouts of
boxing and really emphasizing, you know, what it means to
(00:58):
be a warrior and be a soldier. Great event open
to those that have access to the post, and you know,
hopefully this is going to turn into it to more
as we look across the Core to its different divisions
that are out there, and really bring all those folks
together later on for a big championship out but really
really opportunity to highlight some soldiers that are going above
(01:18):
and beyond and to show their physical readiness in the
boxing ring and you know, good morale event for all
that are able to attend.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
That's going on tomorrow evening at six pm. Colonel, Let's
talk about the Three Core two hundred and fiftieth Army
Birthday celebration, which was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
What a special year for our army. You know, two
hundred and fifty years. It's just passed. June fourteenth in
our nation's capital. We had six hundred soldiers from Fort
Hood and eighty four vehicles. I think if you know
folks were watching coverage about a week or so ago,
they'd have seen all those soldiers from across three Corps,
but you know, really highlight those ones that are here
(01:56):
at Fort Hood. So you know, our motto or the
theme of that is year is this will defend. And
on June nineteenth, three Corps, in conjunction with the City
of Klleen, hosted a fantastic event over at the Civic Center,
really bringing in the Central Texas community, active duty soldiers, retirees,
and just great support from our local team here in
(02:17):
Central Texas from Coppers Cove, Harker Heights, and the city
of Colleens. There's about eight hundred soldiers and community members
there and what a great celebration of the storied history
of our army and really highlighting the contributions of those
soldiers who for a long time now here at Fort
Hood have been such an active part of not only
(02:38):
the community, but defending our nation.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Colonel congratulations on such a big event that highlighted so
much of what you all do. We're visiting this morning
with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, the third Security Force Assistance Brigade
Commander at Fort Hood. Sir, let's talk about these summer
PCs challenges.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, you know, summertime is a lot of fun and
outdoor activities For many of us in the Army. It's
a time to move duty locations. The summer is always
the busiest and really that's because it helps reduce some
of the friction on families. This less disruption to the
school year. Tens of thousands of soldiers will be moving
to summer. Me personally, I'll be moving on my thirteenth
(03:17):
move in my time in the Army, and it's something
that you know you've got to plan for, prepare for,
and the Army knows that. You know, there's challenges anytime
anyone moves, and they have a wealth of resources there
to help people work through that and ensure that they
have a safe and secure move and get on to
their next duty station.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
We are getting close, Colonel to the fourth of July
and a huge partnership between Fort Hood and the City
of Colleen. Let's talk about that just a moment.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
What a great summer celebrating two hundred and fifty years
of our army and then that special time every year
as we celebrate our nation's history with July fourth. So
this year Fort Hood partnering with the City of Klleen
for the Red, White, and Blue Music Festival on July
fifth downtown on Colleen. So not only are we going
to have a lot of the community there for the
First Cavalry Division Band honor guard and there will be
(04:06):
fireworks that night, so a whole host of great activities
for families and soldiers and just getting to be with
the community, bringing everybody together, and you know, continue to
thank the City of Colleen for all their tremendous support
and the partnership that we have here in Central Texas
with them.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Of course, and Benness Day is a great opportunity to
really come together and patriotism and unity. I mean, that
is really what the essence of the fourth of July is, sir.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Now, something very important we want to touch on this
morning is the redesignation of Fort Cavasso's to Fort Hood.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
It is, you know, so recently on June sixteenth, Fort
Cavassos officially became Fort Hood and that redesignation is honoring
a former service member, Colonel Robert B. Hood, who was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts and extraordinary
herosm during World War One. Colonel Hood, you know, truly
an American hero from that time intense shelling in a
(05:03):
place called Theracore, France. He was a captain at the time.
His unit took some heavy losses, but he was able
to rally his formation, direct artillery fire, and reorganize his
soldiers under his command to bring them back into the
fight and ensure the survivability of that team, so really
an honor to that officer. And you'll start seeing those
(05:23):
changes happening around the installation as signage changes from Fort
Cavasos to Fort.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Hood and an official redesignation ceremony sorry, will take place
at some point later on in the summer, and we'll
let you know more about that as that gets closer.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
No, that's correct. One.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We're visiting this morning with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, the third
Security Force Assistance Brigade commander at Fort Hood. Sir, let's
talk about the third Security Force Assistance Brigade and what
all you do at Fort Hood.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thanks for that, so, I mean, it's been a real
honor and privilege to get to be the commander this
very special formation. So, as it states in the name
Third Security Force Assistants Brigade, our mission is working with
partners sometimes allies on security Force assistance and cooperation. Our
soldiers referred to as advisors. Our area of operations is
(06:18):
in the Middle East, part of US Central Command, so
everything in the Arabian Peninsula and the Central Asian States,
and our brigade has soldiers deployed three hundred and sixty
five days a year, so we are always forward in
that region building great relations and we just actually finished
up a combat training center at the Jordan Run and
his Training Center at Fort Polk with a company of
(06:40):
soldiers from the Jordanian Armed Forces. So tremendous outreach and
incredible opportunity to build interoperability with some of our closest partners.
And as you can tell, it's been a pretty volatile
region over the past several weeks, but all advisors are
doing great, they're all safe, continue the mission and it's
(07:01):
really making an impact for what we do.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Colonel. That leads us directly into something that we like
to bring up here on the show each and every week.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
We are still in the fight.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Absolutely three Corps and specifically those soldiers at Fort Hood.
There's about fourteen hundred soldiers deployed around the world as
we speak right now, whether they're down on the southern
border Europe, South Korea, South America, Africa, and the Middle East,
continuing to keep our nation safe and making us proud
each and every day. To just keep all those soldiers
(07:32):
and their families at home and your thoughts and prayers
is they defend our nation and help in those different
regions around the world.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
We've been visiting this morning with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, who
is the third security for US Assistants Brigade Commander at
Fort Hood. Sir, we thank you so much for your
time on the show this week.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Thanks Dwayne, my pleasure, and thanks so much for highlighting
all the great things that the soldiers here at Fort
Hood do each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Thank you for supporting our military to get even more
and here this week's full report. Go to our website
and click on post at Ford Hood from Elder Mitsubishi
and IR Radio number one for music radio and podcasts.
My Heart Radio is proud to support now our military
community from the largest military installation in North America. Let's
go on post at Fort Hood. Brought to you by
Elder Mitchubishi.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
We're pleased this morning to be joined by Colonel Michael Kavasovic,
who is the third Security for Assistance Brigade Commander at
Fort Hood. Sir, how are you.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good morning, Dwayne, great, doing well and thanks so much
for having me on the call.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Absolutely always our pleasure. We look forward to this segment
every week.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
We have a lot to get into, so we're going
to dive right in this morning. Let's talk about Fort
Hood Fight Night, which is taking place tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No, Dwainne, thank you. That is a really interesting kind
of new event here at Fort Hood. As you mentioned
this Friday tomorrow, we're going to have fourteen soldiers from
across Fort Hood at the Abrams Physical Fitness Center and
they're going to be competing in seven different bouts of
boxing and really emphasizing, you know, what it means to
(00:58):
be a warrior and be a soldier. Great event open
to those that have access to the post, and you know,
hopefully this is going to turn into it to more
as we look across the Core to its different divisions
that are out there, and really bring all those folks
together later on for a big championship out but really
really opportunity to highlight some soldiers that are going above
(01:18):
and beyond and to show their physical readiness in the
boxing ring and you know, good morale event for all
that are able to attend.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
That's going on tomorrow evening at six pm. Colonel, Let's
talk about the Three Core two hundred and fiftieth Army
Birthday celebration, which was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
What a special year for our army. You know, two
hundred and fifty years. It's just passed. June fourteenth in
our nation's capital. We had six hundred soldiers from Fort
Hood and eighty four vehicles. I think if you know
folks were watching coverage about a week or so ago,
they'd have seen all those soldiers from across three Corps,
but you know, really highlight those ones that are here
(01:56):
at Fort Hood. So you know, our motto or the
theme of that is year is this will defend. And
on June nineteenth, three Corps, in conjunction with the City
of Klleen, hosted a fantastic event over at the Civic Center,
really bringing in the Central Texas community, active duty soldiers, retirees,
and just great support from our local team here in
(02:17):
Central Texas from Coppers Cove, Harker Heights, and the city
of Colleens. There's about eight hundred soldiers and community members
there and what a great celebration of the storied history
of our army and really highlighting the contributions of those
soldiers who for a long time now here at Fort
Hood have been such an active part of not only
(02:38):
the community, but defending our nation.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Colonel congratulations on such a big event that highlighted so
much of what you all do. We're visiting this morning
with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, the third Security Force Assistance Brigade
Commander at Fort Hood. Sir, let's talk about these summer
PCs challenges.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, you know, summertime is a lot of fun and
outdoor activities For many of us in the Army. It's
a time to move duty locations. The summer is always
the busiest and really that's because it helps reduce some
of the friction on families. This less disruption to the
school year. Tens of thousands of soldiers will be moving
to summer. Me personally, I'll be moving on my thirteenth
(03:17):
move in my time in the Army, and it's something
that you know you've got to plan for, prepare for,
and the Army knows that. You know, there's challenges anytime
anyone moves, and they have a wealth of resources there
to help people work through that and ensure that they
have a safe and secure move and get on to
their next duty station.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
We are getting close, Colonel to the fourth of July
and a huge partnership between Fort Hood and the City
of Colleen. Let's talk about that just a moment.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
What a great summer celebrating two hundred and fifty years
of our army and then that special time every year
as we celebrate our nation's history with July fourth. So
this year Fort Hood partnering with the City of Klleen
for the Red, White, and Blue Music Festival on July
fifth downtown on Colleen. So not only are we going
to have a lot of the community there for the
First Cavalry Division Band honor guard and there will be
(04:06):
fireworks that night, so a whole host of great activities
for families and soldiers and just getting to be with
the community, bringing everybody together, and you know, continue to
thank the City of Colleen for all their tremendous support
and the partnership that we have here in Central Texas
with them.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Of course, and Benness Day is a great opportunity to
really come together and patriotism and unity. I mean, that
is really what the essence of the fourth of July is, sir.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Now, something very important we want to touch on this
morning is the redesignation of Fort Cavasso's to Fort Hood.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
It is, you know, so recently on June sixteenth, Fort
Cavassos officially became Fort Hood and that redesignation is honoring
a former service member, Colonel Robert B. Hood, who was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts and extraordinary
herosm during World War One. Colonel Hood, you know, truly
an American hero from that time intense shelling in a
(05:03):
place called Theracore, France. He was a captain at the time.
His unit took some heavy losses, but he was able
to rally his formation, direct artillery fire, and reorganize his
soldiers under his command to bring them back into the
fight and ensure the survivability of that team, so really
an honor to that officer. And you'll start seeing those
(05:23):
changes happening around the installation as signage changes from Fort
Cavasos to Fort.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Hood and an official redesignation ceremony sorry, will take place
at some point later on in the summer, and we'll
let you know more about that as that gets closer.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
No, that's correct. One.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We're visiting this morning with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, the third
Security Force Assistance Brigade commander at Fort Hood. Sir, let's
talk about the third Security Force Assistance Brigade and what
all you do at Fort Hood.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thanks for that, so, I mean, it's been a real
honor and privilege to get to be the commander this
very special formation. So, as it states in the name
Third Security Force Assistants Brigade, our mission is working with
partners sometimes allies on security Force assistance and cooperation. Our
soldiers referred to as advisors. Our area of operations is
(06:18):
in the Middle East, part of US Central Command, so
everything in the Arabian Peninsula and the Central Asian States,
and our brigade has soldiers deployed three hundred and sixty
five days a year, so we are always forward in
that region building great relations and we just actually finished
up a combat training center at the Jordan Run and
his Training Center at Fort Polk with a company of
(06:40):
soldiers from the Jordanian Armed Forces. So tremendous outreach and
incredible opportunity to build interoperability with some of our closest partners.
And as you can tell, it's been a pretty volatile
region over the past several weeks, but all advisors are
doing great, they're all safe, continue the mission and it's
(07:01):
really making an impact for what we do.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Colonel. That leads us directly into something that we like
to bring up here on the show each and every week.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
We are still in the fight.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Absolutely three Corps and specifically those soldiers at Fort Hood.
There's about fourteen hundred soldiers deployed around the world as
we speak right now, whether they're down on the southern
border Europe, South Korea, South America, Africa, and the Middle East,
continuing to keep our nation safe and making us proud
each and every day. To just keep all those soldiers
(07:32):
and their families at home and your thoughts and prayers
is they defend our nation and help in those different
regions around the world.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
We've been visiting this morning with Colonel Michael Kavasovic, who
is the third security for US Assistants Brigade Commander at
Fort Hood. Sir, we thank you so much for your
time on the show this week.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Thanks Dwayne, my pleasure, and thanks so much for highlighting
all the great things that the soldiers here at Fort
Hood do each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Thank you for supporting our military to get even more
and here this week's full report. Go to our website
and click on post at Ford Hood from Elder Mitsubishi
and IR Radio number one for music radio and podcasts.
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