March 13, 2009 RSS feed / News Update

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Operation Purple camp teaches lessons

By Rob McIlvaine FMWRC Public Affairs
The National Military Family Association's Operation Purple camp program will once again be accepting applications online, beginning March 16, at www.operationpurple.org. More...

U-Do-It store saves time, money

Warren Hodge U-Do-It coordinator

The U-DO-IT store is open to save time, money and government labor. The store is authorized to provide supplies to service members and Department of the Army civilians free of charge to the requesting unit. More...

Effective household safety tips you can use

Rene Hopkins Medical College of Georgia

Did you know that about 85,000 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms for accidental poisonings each year? More...

Youth Challenge Academy director honored

Jerri Cloud Governor's Office of Customer Service

Sonny Perdue, Georgia governor recently presented Janet Zimmerman, Fort Gordon Youth Challenge Academy director with the state government's Individual Customer Service Excellence Award for 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. More...

Tech Expo showcases next generation products

Charmain Z. Brackett Correspondent

Information on some of the latest, cutting edge products was available March 10 at the Gordon Club. More...

513th MI change of responsibility

( Left to Right) Command Sgt. Maj. Lloyd Thornton, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade outgoing command sergeant major, Col. Laurence Mixon, 513th MI Bde. commander and Command Sgt. Maj. More...

Consumer Awareness Day offers sound advice

Bonnie Heater Signal staff

The Army Community Services office hosted their annual Consumer Awareness Day March 4 at Gym 5. More...

Weekend community activitives include races, exhibits, plays

Around town
Charmain Z. Brackett Correspondent

The first leg of Aiken's Triple Crown, the Aiken Trials, will be Saturday at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road. This is the 67th anniversary of the Triple Crown, which is held three consecutive Saturdays in March in Aiken. More...

AAFES continues honoring certifichecks

Chris Ward AAFES Media

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service announced today that they would continue to honor and redeem "Certifichecks," gift certificates that have been purchased for service members, despite the recent announcement that Certifichecks has ceased operat More...

Canadian VIP visits training locations

Nick Spinelli Signal Staff

Maj. Gen. Guy Thibault, the Canadian Army assistant chief of land staff, visited Fort Gordon March 3, meeting with members of Signal command, and touring the Forward Operating Base and Training Area 10. According to Maj. More...

Potential personal information penetration

Department of the Army

The Army recently discovered a potential penetration of a passwordprotected, secure web-based database containing information on almost 1600 Soldiers. As a cautionary measure, the Army is notifying those affected Soldiers via email or letter. More...

Volunteer Corner

If you are interested in giving your time and efforts to any of the following volunteer opportunities in the Central Savannah River Area, contact Alia Naffouj at alia.naffouj1@us.army.mil. More...

Common infection looks like spider bite

Sharon Cole-Wainwright Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Preventive Medicine

It is not uncommon for an individual to come to the clinic complaining of the typical "spider bite," only to find it wasn't a spider bite after all. It was Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus or MRSA. More...

Audie Murphy NCOs read to local students

Nick Spinelli Signal staff

"If you give a cat a cupcake," Staff Sgt.Ariana Pickens of Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center began, "he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it." Pickens turned the page and showed the illustration to her audience. More...