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

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

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

Fort Jackson’s July Fourth will have less bang

Fort Jackson’s military support group steps up to pay for a scaled back independence day celebration after sequestration forced widespread July 4th cancellations.
OPINION COLUMNS

Goldsmith: Midlands military bases remain in danger, BRAC or not

Recent speculation that Congress won’t authorize a new round of military base closings until 2017 has led several local and community officials to believe that our military bases are safe until then, when in reality the impacts of sequestration are already being...
OPINION EXTRA

Bruni: Sexism’s puzzling stamina

This month the Supreme Court will issue raptly awaited decisions about affirmative action and gay marriage. But what's been foremost in my thoughts isn't race, sexual orientation or our country's deeply flawed handling of both.
SC MILITARY NEWS

Lexington County motorcycle ride to benefit Honor Flight South Carolina

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department will take to the highways again this Saturday for the fifth annual motorcycle ride to benefit Honor Flight South Carolina.
SC MILITARY NEWS

South Carolina values on the Afghan front

A Gamecock has been elevated to one of the top jobs in the war in Afghanistan.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Monday letters: Veterans treated well on flight

I had the honor and privilege of going to Washington on the Honor Flight sponsored by Lexington Medical Center on May 22. That was a very special day for me, visiting the World War II, Korean and Vietnam monuments, other national memorials and Arlington National Cemetery with 10 fellow Brookland...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Monday letters: Honor Flight was awesome

We who were privileged to be on the May 22 Honor Flight are appreciative. We are especially grateful to the Lexington Medical Center for sponsoring our flight.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE

Sumter braces for mandated federal furloughs

Looming furloughs for civilian Air Force employees in Sumter will take a big chunk out of those workers' take-home pay and out of the local economy.
BUSINESS

Putting Guard members back to work in SC

S.C. Guard’s Employment Services has significantly dropped unemployment rate among those who served.
SC MILITARY NEWS

Afghan Taliban attack near Kabul airport

Seven heavily armed Taliban fighters launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistan's main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and at least one large bomb. Two Afghan civilians were wounded and all the attackers were killed...