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Fort Jackson

Fort James Jackson, a War of 1812 fort that defended Savannah, Georgia


Aaron Tuten

He completed Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC before completing his Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Eustis, VA.

Beirut Memorial

The Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center, the site of Chaplain Corps training for the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, South Carolina, includes the partially destroyed sign from the Beirut barracks chapel as a memorial to those who died in the attack.

Hickory Ground

During the Creek War, the inhabitants who were not fighting in the war were confined at nearby Fort Jackson.

Horrell Hill, South Carolina

Situated south of Fort Jackson and northwest of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, it is centered at about the intersection of Garner's Ferry Road (U.S. Route 76/378) and Harmon Road/Horrel Hill Road (SC 86).

United States Army Adjutant General School

Newly assigned officers and enlisted students to the Adjutant General Corp receive their training at Fort Jackson nearby Columbia, South Carolina.

United States Army Financial Management School

The United States Army Financial Management School is located in Fort Jackson, SC, and has the mission of providing the United States Army with agile military and civilian leaders trained in financial management, and develop complementary concepts, doctrine, organization,across the spectrum of Financial Management in support of America's Armed Forces in war and peace.


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