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Fort Eisenhower, formerly known as Fort Gordon and Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established southwest of Augusta, Georgia in October 1941. It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of Excellence as well as the National Security Agency/Central Security Service' Georgia Cryptologic Center (NSA ...
Camp Crockett was established in late 1967 on the Fort Gordon, Georgia, federal reservation for the training of soldiers preparatory to Airborne and Special Forces schools during the Vietnam War. [1] Located on an isolated part of the installation, the camp included a mockup of a village set up to look like one that would be encountered in Vietnam.
In 1948, new life came to the city when the U.S. Army moved the Signal Training Center and Military Police School to Camp Gordon. Later, in November 1948, the Clarks Hill Reservoir was created by a newly constructed dam, which provided the city with a supply of hydroelectric power.
A little after 10 a.m. Friday on Barton Field, Garrison Commander Col. Reggie Evans and Command Sgt. Major Aaron Rose folded the Fort Gordon flag and slipped it into a black cover, casing the colors.
The renaming of Fort Gordon to Fort Eisenhower is this Friday. Elsewhere in Augusta, Confederate names remain. As Fort Eisenhower becomes official, Augusta Confederate names stay in place
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The 29th Signal Battalion is a battalion of the US Army formed on 20 March 1942 as the 29th Signal Construction Battalion and activated on 10 April 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. The unit served under federal control during WWII , and was allotted to the regular army in 1950, serving in Germany and France during the Cold War .
This camp was in operation until the sale of real estate and buildings was ordered in 1920. It was abandoned in September 1921. (The Army re-created a different Camp Gordon in Augusta, 150 miles [240 km] away, during World War II. It was renamed Fort Gordon in 1956, and has since been renamed Fort Eisenhower.)