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Encyclopedia > Fort Gordon
Fort Gordon
Georgia

Shoulder sleeve insignia of units stationed at Fort Gordon
Built
In use 1941-present
Current
owner		 United States Federal Government
Controlled by U.S. Army
Garrison U.S. Army Signal School
35th Signal Brigade
513th Military Intelligence Brigade
116th Military Intelligence Group
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Navy Information Operations Command, Georgia
Commanders BG Randolph P. Strong
Occupants approx 30,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and civilians

Fort Gordon (formerly known as Camp Gordon) is a United States Army Installation and 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 Richmond, Jefferson, McDuffie, and Columbia counties, 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links 513_mi_bde_patch. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, representing Myers Wigwag The U.S. Army Signal Corps was founded in 1861 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer, a physician by training. ... Richmond County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... McDuffie County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... The United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) is a school located at Fort Benning, providing training to become a commissioned officer. ... Ft. ...


Increasingly, military signals intelligence has become more visible and comprises more and more of the fort's duties. SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ...


Fort Gordon and the Signal Center is commanded by Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Foley. On July 17, 2007, Brig. Gen. Randolph Strong handed over command as he assumed a new position as Director of Architecture, Operations, Networks, and Space, in the Department of the Army’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and G6. Brig. Gen. Foley last served as Director of Architecture, Operations, Networks, and Space, in the Department of the Army’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and G6. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ...


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: TRADOC shoulder sleeve patch. ...

  • 15th Regimental Signal Brigade, home to the 73d Ordance (TRADOC), 369th Signal (TRADOC), 447th Signal (TRADOC) and 551st Signal Battalions.
  • 35th Signal Brigade, home to the 63d Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 67th and 50th Signal Battalions (formerly the 93rd Signal Brigade)
  • 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, home to Task Force Lightning and the 202nd and 297th MI Battalions
  • 35th Military Police Detachment
  • 116th Military Intelligence Group, home of the 206th MI Battalion
1917 postcard of Camp Gordon in Atlanta GA the earlier post named for General Gordon
1917 postcard of Camp Gordon in Atlanta GA the earlier post named for General Gordon

The post also hosts a joint-service command, the Gordon Regional Security Operations Center, or GRSOC. It is now known as NSA/CSS Georgia and is a SIGINT collection center for a geographic area including the Middle East. The Army's 116th MI Group works there, as do other military intelligence units from the Air Force, Navy, the Marine Corps as well as civilians from the National Security Agency (NSA). The 35th Signal Brigade is the largest signal unit in the world and the only airborne signal brigade in the US Army. ... Known as INSCOMs Contingency Force, the 297th Military Intelligence Battalion (297th MI BN) is a battalion subordinate to the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, located at Fort Gordon, Georgia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... USN redirects here. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... “NSA” redirects here. ...


Considered a mission partner on Fort Gordon is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center (DDEAMC), 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 is responsible for military hospital care from Kentucky to Puerto Rico. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center , a 300-bed hospital, is based at Fort Gordon, located near Augusta, Georgia and serves as the headquarters of the Armys Southeast Regional Medical Command, or SERMC. SERMC oversees the Armys hospitals and clinics within the southeastern United States and Puerto... A map of the CSRA The Central Savannah River Area, or CSRA, is a Regional Development Center that encompasses 14 counties and 41 Georgia. ...


Fort Gordon has approximately 30,000 military and civilian employees and currently has a estimated $1.1 billion economic impact on the Augusta-Richmond County economy. The seal of the City of Augusta Augusta is a city located in the Georgia. ...


In 1966-68 approximately 2,200 Signal Officers were trained at Fort Gordon's Signal Officer Candidate School (OCS), before all US Army branch OCSs were merged with the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning, Georgia.


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United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
Sub-commands Accessions Command • Center for Army Lessons Learned • Combined Arms Center • Combined Arms Support Command • TRADOC Analysis Center United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
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  Results from FactBites:
 
Fort Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (443 words)
Fort Gordon is the home of the United States Army Signal Corps and Signal Center.
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.
Augusta.com: The Community Chronicle: Fort Gordon 12/29/02 (500 words)
Fort Gordon, based on a 55,600-acre tract southwest of Augusta, has always been a focus of national defense.
During the 1950s, Camp Gordon became home to the only Army criminal investigative laboratory in the United States and a jail, or U.S. disciplinary barracks, for military criminals was established.
The military police school moved to Fort McClellan, Ala., and all Army signal school training was consolidated at Fort Gordon, making it the largest military telecommunications complex in the world.
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