Fort Hood was initially named for Confederate General John Bell Hood of Kentucky, who was known for leading his men on reckless charges that left most of them dead or gravely wounded on the battlefield. By contrast, Cavazos was a native Texan who risked court-martial in Korea for refusing an order to retreat from a battlefield and instead repeatedly returned, under fire, to retrieve the soldiers who would have been left behind and evacuated them to safety.
By comparison, Colonel Robert B. Hood for whom Fort Cavazos would be renamed (again) was a World War I recipient of a single Distinguished Service Cross.

According to Army records, while under heavy shelling near Thiaucourt, France, then-Captain Hood "directed artillery fire under enfilading machine-gun fire. After his gun crew was lost to enemy fire, he rapidly reorganized and returned fire within minutes.”

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