Fort Jackson’s Commander and Brigadier General Jason Kelly wants all the trainees to know that while this may be their first Thanksgiving away from their own family, the Army family will always be there for them.
Fort Jackson identifies female soldier found dead inside her barracks October 7, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – According to Fort Jackson, an 18-year-old basic combat training soldier from 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment was found unresponsive in her barracks area on Friday night. Emergency personnel performed life saving measures on the training soldier and transported her to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. The command is conducting a 48 hour training stand down. “A…
Robert Harter assumed command of the 81st Readiness Division of the US Army Reserve Wednesday afternoon at Fort Jackson.
Fort Jackson is hosting their annual “National Night Out,” a campaign that helps foster relationships between communities and law enforcement, on Oct. 4 at 5:30 pm.
Fort Jackson is holding its annual “U.S. Army’s Drill Sergeant of the Year” competition this week. The nine men and two women face mental and physical challenges, including net climbing, low crawling under barbed wire, shooting range tests, and suiting up in their chemical warfare gear.
Fort Jackson held a wreath laying ceremony to honor the lives lost on September 11th, 2001. This Sunday marks 21 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took the lives of 2,977 people.
Fort Jackson will hold a wreath laying ceremony on Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. to remember all the lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
On September 24, Fort Jackson’s Moncrief Army Health Clinic will begin using the MHS GENESIS electronic health record system.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Wednesday Fort Jackson welcomed its new commanding general. Brigadier General Jason E. Kelly will become the 53rd Commanding General for the Fort. Brigadier General Patrick Michaelis is retiring to becomes the Commandant of Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University. Kelly has served 28 years in the U.S. Army and has been a commander for the last nine…
