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Fort Jackson is a United States Army installation, which TRADOC operates on for Basic Combat Training (BCT), and is located within the city of Columbia, South Carolina.This installation is named for Andrew Jackson, a United States Army general and the seventh president of the United States (1829–1837) who was born in the border region of North and South Carolina.
The reconstructed Adjutant General Corp Regiment (AG) was created in 1987. The U.S. Army administration and finance specialists are trained at the Adjutant General School located at Fort Jackson. Today's AG Corps serves as human resource (HR) managers for the Army. The Adjutant General School's mission statement is:
The Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center (AFCC) was the center for training of United States military chaplains, located at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Co-located on the AFCC campus were: the United States Army Chaplain Center and School, the United States Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, and the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps ...
Fort Jackson is the nation’s largest military basic training base, with more than 50,000 recruits assigned there each year to train to be soldiers. At least three members of the Army based at ...
On 31 January 2007, the 193rd Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina with the mission to conduct basic combat training for new entrants to the Army. It has replaced the 171st Infantry Brigade in this task; however, both the 193d and 171st (inactivated 10 June 2016) have a headquarters and personnel on post.
The 171st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.With a long history of serving, the brigade saw action during both World War I and World War II before it was inactivated in 1946.
Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis is retiring after becoming the commanding general at Fort Jackson in 2021.
Fort Jackson announced that they were conducting a 48 hour training stand down following the death. Fort Jackson is the largest Army basic training facility in the country.