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General Richard Edward Cavazos was the first Hispanic four-star general in the United States Army. He was born on Jan. 31, 1929, in Kingsville, Texas, where he was also raised.

Richard Cavazos served for over three decades in the U.S. Army — on the front lines of two major wars, then changing the way the Army trains its leaders.

On Tuesday army officials held an unveiling ceremony where they removed tarps on the main signs and unsheathed the post’s new flag in honor of its namesake.

Fort Cavazos, which has a soldier and family population of about 53,000, is the fourth of nine Army posts scheduled to be renamed as the military works to redesignate bases that honor Confederate leaders from the Civil War.