Maj. Gen. Kendall Cox, III Corps deputy commanding general, and his wife, Anna Marie toast during Fort Hood's Oktoberfest at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. Cox and his wife cheered, "O'zapft is!" - German for "It's tapped!" - as they raised their...

Beer sprays everywhere as Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, taps the ceremonial keg opening the Fort Hood Oktoberfest celebration at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. MacFarland, who spent 14 years in German...

Painted pumpkins sit in the sun to dry during the Fort Hood Oktoberfest celebration at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. Oktoberfest is a traditional German autumn festival that dates back to the early 19th century. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew ...

Katja Eckman, a Bamberg, Germany native, and her 2-year-old daughter Amillie, pick out a pumpkin during the Fort Hood Oktoberfest at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. Oktoberfest is a traditional German autumn festival celebrating the marriage of Cro...

Pvt. Bracken Grimes, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and his son, Kaecynn, 2, pick out a pumpkin to paint during the Fort Hood Oktoberfest celebration at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. Gr...

A child bounces down a slide during the Fort Hood Oktoberfest celebration at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. Other activities for families included face painting, a pumpkin patch, and other crafts during the traditional German autumn festival. (U.S...

Sgt. Scott Eckman, a cook with 1st Battalion, 44th Air and Missile Defense Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, his wife, Katja and their daughter, Amillie, 2, dressed in traditional lederhosen, tirolerhüte, and dirndl for the Fort Hood...

Soldiers, families and friends gather in the shade of trees that made up the biergarten during the Oktoberfest celebration at the Sportsmen's Pavilion, Oct. 3. In Germany, hundreds of thousands Bavarians and other visitors flood the Theresienwiese o...