Approximately 940 Fort Hood families received a free Christmas tree this year during the 17th annual Trees for Troops tree giveaway Friday at Hood Stadium.
The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Thursday that the United States will keep the current 2,500 troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future, and he warned that he expects increasing attacks on U.S. and Iraqi personnel by Iranian-backed militias determined to get American forces out.