Fort Gordon, formerly known as Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established in October 1941.
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12 Facts About Fort Gordon
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Fort Gordon is one of the US Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
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Camp Fort Gordon was approved as the name for a WWII division training camp which began construction in July 1941.
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From October 1943 to January 1945 Camp Fort Gordon served as an internment camp for foreign prisoners of war.
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In 1974 the Army moved its main Signal School from Fort Monmouth NJ to Fort Gordon to consolidate all signal training in one location.
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Since June 1986 Fort Gordon has been the home of the Signal Corps Regiment, the branch of the US Army responsible for providing and maintaining information systems and communication networks.
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Fort Gordon is a diversified post where army Signal, Military Intelligence, Medical and now Cyber are housed.
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In October 2016, Fort Gordon marked its 75th year as a continuous active US military installation near Augusta, GA.
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Fort Gordon has approximately 30,000 military and civilian employees and currently has an estimated $1.
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Soldiers that can perform both Signal and Cyber related jobs are in high demand throughout the army and because of this Fort Gordon has a steady stream of soldiers training on base in those disciplines.
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On May 24,2022, the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America submitted a recommendation to Congress that Fort Gordon be renamed to Fort Eisenhower, in commemoration of General of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower.
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