Fort Monroe News

The view of the north gate entrance to the fort at Fort Monroe. By David Macaulay 247-7838 , December 6, 2009 HAMPTON - Abraham Lincoln planned the attack on Norfolk while staying in Old Quarters 1 within the walls of Fort Monroe during the Civil War.

On the day before Thanksgiving, the streets of Phoebus were almost empty, apart from the homeless men in Kearney Park.

A Pentagon program that embeds social scientists with U.S. combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq is a poorly defined effort that operates on shaky ethical ground, a new study on the two-year-old initiative says.

"I was proud I was a soldier and of what I did. I hope it meant something," said veteran Jack Farmer of his time in the service.

A group that is planning future development at Fort Monroe voted today to have certain sections of the post designated a unit of the National Park Service.

Story Highlights The Army can boast significant improvements to military family life since the signing of the Army Family Covenant Part of the covenant's success is "engagement" by senior leaders says commanders at Fort Monroe Photo credit Contributed Photo Twelve senior military spouses represented U.S. Army Cadet Command units across the nation ...

Military installations in Hampton Roads reported no immediate changes in security posture because of a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday afternoon.

U.S. Joint Forces Command will host its 14th annual "Salute to Veterans" concert on Friday at 7:00 pm in Norfolk's Chrysler Hall.

Loading... A 2005 aerial view of Fort Monroe in Hampton. The Civil War Preservation Trust puts the fort on its lists of endangered and at-risk battlefields.

A business that apparently opened in late October to sell huge packages of meat from a vacated storefront is under investigation by the Hampton Health District.

In June, petitioners gathered more than 7,300 signatures in an effort to block proposed residential development on city-owned land near Buckroe Beach Park.

"The sense I get is that it hasn't been evaluated to the extent that it should be," said Christy Everett, the foundation's Hampton Roads director.

The ghosts at Fort Monroe are apparently not intimidated by all the serious work that goes on there.

But even with the many tasks ahead, Joe Fuentes and Gualano Davis are not deterred in their quest for the $5,500-a-year job.

When the Army leaves Fort Monroe in 2011, the man living in the governor's mansion is going to have tremendous sway over the future of the 570-acre waterfront outpost.

Fort Algernoune, 1609 Celebration at Fort Monroe . 4 p.m. today. Celebration and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Anglo-America's first coastal fortification.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nominations.

If there are still any BRAC doubters out there, you should have seen the turn out for the Fort Knox Job Information Sessions at the Urban League Economic Empowerment Tour and Career Fair in Louisville last month.

Some city employees and people who work in the Coliseum Central Business Improvement District have whispered about a possible return this fall of Phish , the Vermont -based band that held a reunion concert in March at the Hampton Coliseum .

The Leadership program in Wichita middle schools could be a model for a program that top Army and education officials want to take nationwide.