Fort Jackson

Take a virtual tour of Fort Jackson, from training to graduation

New soldiers at Ft. Jackson train on a rifle range. Every graduate must qualify with a weapon to graduate.

Catch a glimpse into the nation's largest training base with six videos from Fort Jackson. More than 50,000 men and women enter the base each year and leave soldiers.

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Fort Jackson to host retirees

Fort Jackson’s annual Retiree Appreciation Days are scheduled for May 16-18.
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Fort Jackson opening post for tour May 16

Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts is inviting the public to a special, up-close tour of Fort Jackson and its soldiers in training on May 16.
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Fort Jackson, USC to conduct partnership forum

Fort Jackson and USC will conduct a partnership forum today to discuss and develop future initiatives, collaboration and projects between the two.
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Sgt. Richmond Hobson Hilton Field to be rededicated Tuesday

Fort Jackson officials will rededicate Sgt. Richmond Hobson Hilton Field in a ceremony Tuesday after nearly a year under-going renovation.
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Chaplain gets Medal of Honor 62 years after death

In the cold, barren hills of Korea more than 60 years ago, two teary-eyed soldiers stood in a prisoner of war camp where their chaplain lay dying.
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Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base civilian workers face shorter furloughs

The U.S. Department of Defense has lowered to 14 days from 22 the number of days that it expects hundreds of thousands of civilian workers across the nation to be furloughed by the end of the year.
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Photos from the burial of Pvt. Donald Tatro

Members of the Patriot Guard, American Legion Riders of South Carolina, Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and Buffalo Soldiers were among those that helped lay to rest the cremated remains of a fellow Veteran, at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery.
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Base cancels “Meet Your Neighbors” night because of budget cuts

Fort officials said they did not know whether other outreach programs, such as the Fourth of July fireworks display and celebration, would go on.
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Grand opening of new Jewish-military partnership

Members of Columbia’s Jewish and military community, along with local dignitaries, will gather Tuesday night for the official opening of the Chabad-Aleph House on Decker Boulevard.
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Fort Jackson’s hero dog dies of cancer

Gabe, a weapons sniffing dog at Fort Jackson and the 2012 American Humane Association’s Hero Dog of the Year, died Wednesday in Columbia – just four months after winning the title.