Fort Stewart News

FORT STEWART, Ga: In full gear, Sgt. Shawanna Washington moved ammunition, loaded mortar rounds into a gun tube, moved agilely as if under enemy fire, and completed other physically demanding tasks of a Soldier on the battlefield.

At the Ludowici City Council meeting Tuesday, the council reappointed G. Ben Turnipseed Engineering and ALGA Inc. to prepare and submit Coastal Development Block Grants for the coming year.

Gary Sinise and The Lt. Dan Band are coming to Fort Stewart for a free concert that is open to the public.

Researchers are putting service members through a series of drills to help the Army develop testing standards to see which troops are fit for combat, regardless of gender.

As of March 11, at least 2,176 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Forestry Branch personnel are setting today's fires in patterns so they burn into each other, such as this one from a few years back Fort Stewart Forestry Branch will burn in two training areas on post today, according to a news release from the post: 1. 597 acres 12 miles northwest of the cantonment area and four miles north of the Taylors Creek ... (more)

If this is not a trick question, the only answer that can be correct is never because the Savannah harbor is being deepend not widened.

U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders dresses in her Marne Standard battle gear before taking part in a physical demands study, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ft.

Army researchers are studying how hard soldiers - both women and men - have to work at battlefield tasks as the scientists strive to define gender-neutral fitness standards for troops in combat units.

More arrests might be coming in connection with the murder of a Fort Stewart soldier after the criminal complaint was unsealed.

Firefighter soldiers of the 514th Engineer Detachment run the 5-kilometer event in their bunker gear Saturday to support the Red Cross.

The moment the soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan put on his new limbs and WALKED across the finish line of a 222-mile Warrior's Walk Army Ranger Josh Hargis was seriously injured during his fourth tour in Afghanistan and was being awarded the Purple Heart Hargis used his new prosthetic legs to complete the end of 'Warrior Walk' to raise ... (more)

Bethesda Academy, a residential and day school for boys in grades 6-12, recently hosted Fort Stewart's 82nd Civil Affairs Battalion for Veterinary Training on the school's campus.

Just one job in five in the Army is considered a combat position and only about 8 percent of women soldiers are interested in them.

As kingsnakes decline in localized areas of the Southeast, the abundance of one of their common meals - the venomous copperhead - seems to be increasing.

According to a report today by Army Times, the U.S. Army has opened thousands of field artillery officer positions to women.

Soldiers from the 14th Combat Support Hospital deployed a mobile operating room to Fort Stewart, Ga., earlier this week to alleviate the backlog of surgical cases at Winn Army Community Hospital.

The widow of murdered Fort Stewart soldier Spc. John Joseph Beans Eubank was ordered detained by federal Judge G.R. Smith during a federal court hearing Tuesday morning in Savannah.

New Warrior Transition Battalion commander Lt. Col. Michael Boyle, left, stands next to outgoing commander Lt.

This time next year, we will say goodbye to the 2nd Brigade on Fort Stewart. There was hope that we could rally and fight the decision to cut one of our brigades.