Fort Gordon

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Fort Gordon (formerly known as "Camp Gordon") is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps and Signal Center and was once the home of "The Provost Marshal General School" (Military Police). The fort is located in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia. The main componment of the post is the Advanced Individual Training for Signal Corps military occupational specialites. In 1966-68 the Army's Signal Officer Candidate School (located at Fort Monmouth during World War II and the Korean conflict) graduated over 2,200 Signal officers.

Increasingly, military signals intelligence has become more visible and comprises more and more of the fort's duties.

Fort Gordon and the Signal Center is commanded by Brig. Gen. Randolph Strong. On July 15, 2005, Maj. Gen. Janet Hicks handed over command as she retired from the Army. Brig. Gen. Strong last served as head of communications for U.S. Pacific Command.

Active-Duty Units and Facilities

Fort Gordon's technical name is the U.S. Army Signal Center & Fort Gordon, or USASCFG. While the TRADOC school itself is the primary function, the post is home to the following active-duty tenant units:

93rd Signal Brigade, home to the 63rd, 67th and 56th Signal Battalions
513th Military Intelligence Brigade, home to the 201st, 202nd and 297th MI Brigades
35th Military police Detachment

The post also hosts a joint-service command, the Gordon Regional Security Operations Center, or GRSOC. The Army's 116th MI Group works there, as do other military intelligence units from the Air Force, Navy and the Marine Corps.

Considered a separate installation within Fort Gordon is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, home of the Southeast Regional Medical Command (SERMC) as well as a dental laboratory. The facility treats active duty military and their families, as well as many of the military retiree community in the Central Savannah River Area. Under SERMC, the hospital (DDEAMC, pronounced "dee dee mac") is responsible for military hospital care from Kentucky to Puerto Rico.

Camp Gordon is now known as Fort Gordon and plays a major role in training Signal Corps soldiers for the United States Army. Ft. Gordon has approximately 20,000 military and civilian employees and is a mainstay of the Augusta-Richmond County economy. In 1966-68 approximately 2,200 Signal Officers were trained at Ft. Gordon's Signal Officer Candidate School..

External links

[Fort Gordon]
[Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center]
[CSRA Alliance for Fort Gordon] - Group that sought to keep Fort Gordon open during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure round
[U.S. Army Signal Corps OCS Association]
[Fort Gordon Directorate of Morale, Welfare and Recreation]

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