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Troops redeploying
Nine months after they left, hundreds of soldiers are returning home to Fort Stewart after their first deployment to Afghanistan.
Training readies brigade for upcoming deployment
Third Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division soldiers have spent the past few weeks filtering through Individual Readiness Training on Fort Stewart in preparation for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Cottonbalers case colors, prepare to deploy
The 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, cased its colors Thursday in a formal ceremony on Fort Stewart's Cottrell Field.
Job fairs planned for military
Army Community Service will host job fairs at the two area military bases next month. A fair will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 16 on Hunter Army Airfield at the Tominac Fitness Center, building 919. On Oct. 17, a fair will be held on Fort Stewart at Stewart Club, building 405. The job fairs are open to all who have access to the military installations. Additionally, free employment workshops and one-on-one employment counseling ...
Ceremony offers recognition to POW/MIA
Hundreds of soldiers, veterans and family members gathered Friday evening outside the Fort Stewart Museum's Vietnam Memorial to remember America's Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action.
Firefight in Afghanistan kills soldier
A Fort Stewart soldier has been killed in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, the Department of Defense announced over the weekend.
Deployed soldiers get voting help
Due to recent deployments, many Fort Stewart soldiers are a long way from a voter registration office or polling station with an impending national election.
Furor fading over gays in uniform
NEW YORK - They are images Americans had never seen before. Jubilant young men and women in military uniforms marching beneath a rainbow flag in a gay-pride parade. Soldiers and sailors returning from deployment and, in time-honored tradition, embracing their beloved - only this time with same-sex kisses.
Stewart honors sacrifices to 9/11
Soldiers, Department of Defense civilians and family members gathered Tuesday morning in Fort Stewart's Main Post Chapel for a Sept. 11, 2001, memorial service.
Recruit completes Navy basic training
Navy Seaman Recruit Alexandra R. Hefner, a 2010 graduate of Richmond Hill High School, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Judge: Navy can train near rare Atlantic whales
SAVANNAH - The Navy can build a $100 million offshore range for submarine warfare training, despite environmentalists' fears that war games would threaten endangered right whales, a federal judge ruled.
Judge: Navy can train near rate whales
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The Navy can build a $100 million offshore range for submarine warfare training, despite environmentalists' fears that war games would threaten endangered right whales, a federal judge ruled.
VA awards contract for clinic
HINESVILLE - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday it has awarded a contract for construction of a new, permanent VA community-based outpatient clinic to SDA Inc., a real-estate developer based in Reno, Nev.
Prosecutor: Case uncovers militia plot
LUDOWICI - Four Army soldiers based at Fort Stewart killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.
Man uses military tactics on feral hogs
Pigs were brought to North America by early settlers nearly 500 years ago as domestic livestock. Today, feral or wild hogs are found in 40 states. Annually, these invasive pests cause millions of dollars in damage to agricultural crops and the environment.
Articles by Section - Military
Garrison commander: Furloughs will hurt economy
Col. Kevin Gregory, U.S. Army Garrison commander for Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, reported to the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce during its Progress Through People Luncheon on Thursday at Connection Church.
Four fallen soldiers honored on walk
Four more eastern redbud trees have been planted at Fort Stewart's Warriors Walk, bringing the total number of living monuments to 457. The newly planted trees memorialize the service of four 3rd Infantry Division soldiers, who were honored in a formal ceremony Thursday morning.
State forms task force to help veterans
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill creating a state task force to investigate how the state can coordinate services to better assist servicemembers discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
Army says software wasn't needed
A request for specific intelligence software that was later rescinded by the requestor, Maj. Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command-South in Afghanistan, received an official explanation Thursday from an Army spokesman at the Pentagon.
Soldier helps keep spirits up
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - In an effort to maintain a well balanced team, the 3rd Sustainment Brigade's master resiliency trainer, Capt. Dana Cook, provided a wellness workshop for deployed soldiers at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on May 3.
TRICARE changing, costs likely to go up
Approved and proposed changes to the military's Tricare health-care program dramatically could affect military retirees living near Fort Stewart, according to Jeff Loomis, access assistant care manager at Winn Army Community Hospital.
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