Fort Stewart News

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. If someone were to ask me to rate the holidays, I'd put Thanksgiving first.

While more than 16,000 of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division soldiers are in Iraq, those here at home are marking the division's 92nd birthday.

This year has been a lean one, that's for sure, and many people have endured hardships like never before.

The driver has a bottle of Jack Daniel's in his red Jeep and whiskey coursing through his veins as he blows past a stop sign in Riverview.

Lifelong Liberty County resident Meredith Devendorf knows a picture is worth 1,000 words.

Even tough guys cry. Just ask Lt. Col. Michael Henshaw, with the 293rd Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th MP Brigade at Fort Stewart.

Local officials hope to change the way the national government will count deployed soldiers in the upcoming 2010 Census.

This story appeared in Saturday's Savannah Morning News. Due to technical problems, it did not post to our Web site.

They've been gone for a year, serving our country in Iraq, but now they're home! Tuesday, members of the 178th Military Police Company of the Georgia National Guard were welcomed home by family and friends.

Contibuted photo of Army Spc. Alexis Hutchinson and son Kamani Hutchinson. Hutchinson was ordered to remain in the Army base in Georgia while her superiors review her case called alleged misconduct.

More than 76,000 pedestrians have been killed over the last 15 years. A new report released Monday shows what cities are dangerous for pedestrians and bike riders.

A group of citizen-soldiers in the Georgia National Guard are back home after serving a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

WASHINGTON: The first new a oeadvise and assista brigades already in Iraq and others slated to arrive soon have a big leg up on their new mission, thanks to the groundwork laid by the a oeHighlandera brigade, which provided a test bed for the new concept.

As I packed for a few days in the mountains last month, I stashed a stack of Adopt-a-Soldier cards in my suitcase.

The tragedy at Fort Hood resonates through our community. Many current and former Fort Stewart soldiers have served at Fort Hood.

A former Ft. Stewart soldier is among the dead in the shooting rampage at Ft. Hood. Oklahoma family members of a 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Hood have been notified that he was one of the 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at the Texas base.

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service Nov. 4, 2009 - The first new "advise and assist" brigades already in Iraq and others slated to arrive soon have a big leg up on their new mission, thanks to the groundwork laid by the "Highlander" brigade, which provided a test bed for the new concept.

Gerard Placide, a multiple American McDonalda s Gospelfest winner, will perform Nov.

Bobvet Williams, Erwin Akins and Deborah Robinson read a newly unveiled historic marker that explains the history of Bragg Cemetery and what used to be Roding, Ga.

News last week that Brewton-Parker College is closing its Liberty County campus was disappointing, It was especially disappointing with reports from many schools that the current economy has driven hordes of laid-off workers to colleges seeking new work skills.