Meanings of Ethos, Pathos and Logos. Ethos, pathos and logos each have a different meaning: Ethos is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. Pathos is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response.
Fort Hood: The largest US military base in the world. Fort Hood is the largest active-duty, armoured US military base in the world and at the time of the shooting housed around 65,000 people. A sprawling 340 square mile (878 square km) installation 50 miles south of Waco in northeastern Texas, It is the largest single employer in the state.
By the early 2000s Camp Lejeune, expanded to 233 square miles (151,000 acres) with 450 miles of paved roads, 50 miles of sidewalks, and 6,946 buildings, accommodated the largest single contingent of marines and sailors in the world.