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Two major schools were brought to Camp Gordon in 1948: the Military Police School and the Signal Corps Training Center. The Military Police School remained at Camp Gordon until 1975. In the 1950’s, the Korean War led to a major expansion of the Signal Corps Training Center, making it the largest single source of Army communications specialists. The Civil Affairs and Military Government School was established at Camp Gordon in October 1955 where it remained until its move to Fort Bragg in 1971.

On 21 March 1956, Camp Gordon was re-designated as Fort Gordon, making it a permanent part of the Army’s readiness posture. On 3 January 1958, a Noncommissioned Officer Academy was established at Ft Gordon. By the 1990’s, it was the Army’s largest NCO Academy.

FORT GORDON – A MULT-MISSION INSTALLATION

SIGNAL CORPS: All Army information technology and communications training is conducted at Ft Gordon, ranging from training for new enlistees to NCO and officer basic and advanced training. Joint training for all services is conducted for satellite communications and select radio and computer science courses. The 93rd Signal Brigade is a tenant unit with primarily support to the South and Central American theaters, and has been assigned the additional communications support mission for U.S. homeland defense. The 93rd has also supported Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Battle Command Battle Laboratory is also directly involved in homeland defense initiatives. Through a formal partnership with the National Science Center-Fort Discovery in Augusta, the Army and Ft Gordon are directly involved in teaching math, science and technology to school children and faculty throughout the U.S.

MEDICAL CORPS: The Commanding General of Eisenhower Army Medical Center also serves as Chief of the Army Medical Corps, and as the Commander of the SE Regional Medical Command, with responsibility for Army medical treatment facilities throughout the SE U.S. and Puerto Rico. Ft Gordon is also home to the SE Regional Dental and Veterinary Commands. Eisenhower conducts Army graduate medical education, and the residents and interns training here also train at area civilian medical facilities. Students from the Medical College of Georgia conduct some of their training at Eisenhower. The Center for Total Access is an international leader in medical informatics technology, distance learning education, medical and non-medical R&D, and disaster-preparedness training. The Army’s only dental lab is housed at Ft Gordon, providing partials, crowns and dentures to servicemembers worldwide. Eisenhower is also the site of the Army’s only multi-person hyperbaric chamber facility. The Dental Clinic shares resources and residency training programs with the Medical College of Georgia’s Dental School. In addition, Eisenhower has 16 formal partnerships with area medical facilities, including a $3.5M contract for obstetric care at MCG. Ft Gordon is home to the 249th General Hospital, a 500-bed tactical field hospital.

ORDNANCE CORPS: The 73rd Ordnance Battalion is an element of the Signal School where signal and electronic maintenance and repair training are conducted.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE: The 513th Military Intelligence Brigade is a tenant unit conducting intelligence and security operations worldwide. Another tenant, the Gordon Regional Security Operations Center, is a joint strategic intelligence unit, one of only three worldwide. The GRSOC provides real-time intelligence support primarily to the European and Southwest Asia theaters of operation.

U.S. ARMY RESERVE/NATIONAL GUARD: The 359th Signal Brigade Headquarters (USAR), 324th Tactical Signal Battalion (USAR) and B/878th Engineering Construction Company (GANG) are tenants on Fort Gordon. Approximately 40,000 reservists/guardsmen train here annually, a site that is particularly attractive to artillery units due to less competition for range time and no problems with noise encroachment. The Medical Regional Training Site is the largest of three high-tech field medical training facilities in the U.S. In addition, the Youth Challenge Academy provides last-chance opportunity for high school dropouts to complete their GED and become productive citizens.

HOMELAND SECURITY: Ft Gordon is one of three Army installations participating in the Joint Security Installation Pilot Program (JSIPP). The objective of the JSIPP program is to develop, test and evaluate the tactics, techniques and procedures for installation level chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive detection, protection and emergency response. Through partnerships with MCG and other Federal, State and local agencies, Ft Gordon is developing a Disaster Medicine Center of Excellence.

OTHER MISSIONS: The Training Aid Support Center (TASC) fabricates simulated munitions and weapons used to train members of all military services worldwide. An example is the land mine kits prepared for units deploying to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq to train on detection and disarmament. A new $4.8M TASC facility was approved in the 2004 military construction budget. The US Air Force 94th Airlift Wing, based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, conducts heavy drop training at Preston Drop Zone, Ft Gordon. The Joint Communications Support Element, based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL, and the 35th Signal Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, NC, conduct parachute