July 3, 2009 RSS feed / News Update

Military spouses finance career fellowship

In cooperation with the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education and the National Military Family Association, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation is training a corps of military spouses to provide financial counseling and ed More...

IKE'S HEALTH NET

How to keep children safe when they think they're indestructible

These words usually precede an act of carelessness, or outright reckless abandon. They can certainly make a parent tremble when the words are coming from his or her "No Fear" 5-year-old. More...

Take precautions to make your holiday grilling safe

Whether you are barbecuing for a holiday celebration or cooking burgers on a routine Saturday, learn to grill food properly to stave off illness. More...

Christmas in July care packages

Kelly Barchanowicz wants deployed service members to experience Christmas in July. The Balfour Beatty Communities LifeWorks coordinator is currently collecting items to be placed in care packages and sent overseas. More...

Civil Air Patrol 2009 encampment

Two hundred sixteen Civil Air Patrol members from Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Nebraska participated in training at Fort Gordon June 22-28. Under U.S. More...

Independence Day holiday office closures

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Annual Signal Corps Ball honors NCOs

The 149th Annual Signal Corps Ball at Fort Gordon celebrated "2009 the Year of the NCO." More than 500 guests entered the Gordon Club June 26 through the raised saber arches to take part in the night's festivities. More...

Leadership changes

349th Regiment The 1st Battalion (Logistics Support), 349th Regiment, First Army, Division East will conduct a change-ofcommand ceremony 10 a.m. July 12 in the Reserve Center, Building 14401, 15th and Lane Street, Fort Gordon. More...

Leaders encourage Fourth of July safety

This weekend, thousands of members of the Army Family will gather around picnic tables, splash in local lakes and sprawl out on blankets under a sky full of fireworks as they relax and celebrate the 234rd birthday of the great nation they call home More...

Paralympian helps other Soldiers

Some Medical College of Georgia occupational therapy students got some grueling training at the hands of Paralympian Scott Winkler at the Fort Gordon Fitness Center. More...

$6.3 million Child Development Center contract awarded

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District awarded a $6.3 million contract to Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC of Washington, D.C. on June 25 for the construction of a Child Development Center at Fort Gordon. More...

National Science Center director recalls growth, Fort Gordon partnership

The first exhibits at the National Science Center were on the primitive side. There was a video wall - made of a bunch of old television sets and an exhibit about sound featured plastic tubing used in swimming pool vacuum cleaning systems. More...

Soldier spreads love with goodies shipped from home

BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Dale O'Neill recently received 120 pounds of goods in care packages from friends and family, but the Memphis, Tenn., native didn't end up with any of the items. More...

Freedom Team commendation

Deke Copenhaver, Augusta mayor, recently received a Freedom Team Salute Award from the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff. The salute program recognizes those who have significantly contributed to supporting U.S. More...

Installation Management Commander holiday message

"To Members of the Installation Management Team: This Independence Day, we celebrate our nation's 233rd birthday. For the men and women in uniform, July Fourth is more than the birthday of our nation, it is a day we celebrate freedom. More...

Real Estate Transactions

Burke County property transfers for April 21, 2009 to April 24, 2009. The date indicates when the transfer was recorded in the Burke County clerk's office. More...