Fort Stewart News

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia, Calif., assigned to 766th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Stewart, died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked with an improvised explosive device.

A request for specific intelligence software that was later rescinded by the requestor, Maj.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com Royce Matthews is an administrative clerk for Martin Army Community Hospital and owner of Tastee Cookie Company on Armour Road in Columbus.

A cancer patient looking to move to the Atlanta area lost her dog during a visit.

Approved and proposed changes to the military's Tricare health-care program dramatically could affect military retirees living near Fort Stewart, according to Jeff Loomis, access assistant care manager at Winn Army Community Hospital.

For men and women who have fought in the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, death behind the wheel is becoming another lethal aftereffect of combat.

Winn Army Community Hospital on Fort Stewart is hosting a special autism awareness presentation Tuesday titled, "Pulling the Puzzles Apart." The program will be facilitated by the hospital's Chief Dietitian, Captain Todd Heer, whose 3-year-old son was diagnosed with autism nearly two years ago.

As a community, we could not be more proud to play host to a major military installation.

W hen Sandra Elliott turned 50, she read "Halftime," a book by Bob Buford that she says profoundly changed her life.

Whether he's bellowing the national anthem at a memorial for a fallen comrade or leading soldiers as they march along a parade route, Sgt.

A soldier accused of gunning down a business owner in broad daylight on Savannah's southside will stay in jail.

More than 220 members of communities surrounding Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield attended Monday's community listening session at Club Stewart, with most responding to rumors that the installation could lose up to 8,000 soldiers.

Nearly 100 soldiers and civilians picked up honors at the 14th annual Medical Department Activity Volunteer Awards at Fort Stewart.

The U.S. Army is in the middle of a draw-down; 80,000 troops, or eight brigade, are being cut over a decade.

Pfc. Barrett L. Austin, 20, of Easley, S.C., died April 21 in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained when his vehicle was attacked by an enemy improvised explosive device in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, April 17.

It was soon after graduating from Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin that Jim Prete decided to join the military.

Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News Two 3rd Infantry Division soldiers kneel in prayer at the Eastern redbud tree dedicated to Cpt.