FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Jackson, South Carolina ~ 25 October 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Fort Jackson is a United States Army installation, which TRADOC operates on for Basic Combat Training (BCT), and is located within the city of Columbia, South Carolina. This installation is named for Andrew Jackson, a United States Army general and the seventh president of the United States (1829–1837) who was born in the border region of North and South Carolina.

Fort Jackson encompasses more than 52,000 acres of land, including 100 ranges and field training sites and more than 1,000 buildings. Soldiers, civilians, retirees and family members make up the Fort Jackson community that continues to grow in numbers and facilities. An additional 10,000 soldiers attend courses at the Soldier Support Institute, Chaplain Center and School, and Drill Sergeant School annually.

An estimated 3,500 active duty personnel and their 12,000 military family members make the Fort Jackson area their home with about one-third of that total population residing on-post. Close to 3,500 civilians are employed at Fort Jackson and 46,000-plus retirees and their families receive services from this base.

Fort Jackson is the largest and most active initial entry training center in the U.S. Army, training 50 percent of all soldiers entering the Army each year. Providing the Army with new soldiers is the post's primary mission. 35,000 potential soldiers attend basic training and 8,000 advanced individual training soldiers train at Fort Jackson annually. The training is provided by the 165th and 193rd Infantry Brigades Monday through Sunday for a ten-week period.

The post has other missions as well. While some military installations have experienced downsizing and closure in past years, Fort Jackson has added several new schools and training institutions since 1995, including the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, the Department of Defense Chaplain Center and School, and the National Center for Credibility Assessment, part of the Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2007, the Army consolidated all of its training facilities for drill sergeants at Fort Jackson.

Learn More About Fort Jackson HERE!!

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[lightman]

Wonder how long the Fort JACKSON name will remain?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...too true.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her.
She is on a work trip out of state.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Fort Jackson, South Carolina ~

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[broken_clock]

Thanks for posting of Fort Jackson! Our son will enjoy this.

[Capt_Hank]

I was drafted, November 22, 1965, in Philadelphia. We boarded a bus for the trip south. The destination was Ft. Jackson, SC. I had Thanksgiving dinner at Ft. Jackson, not to fond of that memory. The next week boarded another bus to Ft. Gordon, GA for Basic Training.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, upchuck...your neck of the woods.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, broken_clock. Is your son in the Army at Fort Jackson?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Capt_Hank, and welcome to the Canteen. We thank you for your service to our country.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I imagine going in to the office this morning wasn’t very fun. C-C-C-C-O-O-O-O-O-OLD!! Ice is starting to form on Lake Hood and it wasn’t there yesterday. I hear it’s going to be even colder later this week.

Any luck getting YOUR laptop back so you can work from home again?

[luvie]

Great road trip. Thanks to you two for making it happen!

[broken_clock]

Hi Kathy!

He was at Fort Jackson and Fort Gordon then Fort Lee, VA. for training. He really likes Fort Campbell, KY, and all the South.

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

Hope you got some rain so the dust and other nasty stuff settles down. Did you have fun at the tent today?

it’s way cooler tonight after a very windy afternoon. Luckily, the sand didn’t blow this time. I’m shocked. Also, we voted today. My stress level is 20 points lower. LOL!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

No, the rain hasn't gotten here yet. It won't be here until tomorrow. Just very windy today and will be windier tomorrow as the front gets closer.
Glad your wind didn't kick up the sand to make everyone miserable.

I woke up to a rumbling sound and figured it was a helicopter flying over. But then I heard it again. And again. Ok, not a helicopter. Not the combine across the road, though I knew it was out there. This was too close to be that.

I got up to peek through the window and grabbed the camera. THIS was in the front field .....

POO TRUCK!!!!!!!!

And across the road, as I knew it was, was .....

The window I took the shots through faces south and that's the direction the wind's blowing from. All that "ick" was blowing right over the house. GACK!

One nice thing was seeing that combine. It doesn't belong to the guy who owns the field. His is a lot smaller. That one today is Dusty's so the guy has obviously enlisted his help. Thank goodness!! They knocked out a lot of the field while I was gone today; much more than the guy could have done with his little combine. We'd have had another week of that field being harvested with his combine. Now we just have another day, maybe two. There'll be a short break while the beans dry out from tomorrow's rain though.

Thank you, Dusty, for spreading the poo today. Tomorrow's rain will kill the stink. He's been known to spread it when we had no rain in the forecast for a week or more.

I almost didn't go to the tent today. I didn't want to step outside long enough to hop in the car to leave. It was SO rank outside.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Looks like it’s been a bit soggy there overnight. I know y’all can use the rain but I hope Gizmo hasn’t had to hide from any storms.
Did you have a good romp at the lake yesterday?

[luvie]

Oh, my goodness. I find it hard to breathe after just LOOKING at all that poo dust and combine dust. No wonder you can’t. I hope the rain doesn’t miss you tomorrow.

Last night we had HUGE rain clouds northwest of us, and of course, you know the rest of the story. We got nothing! I was so mad when I woke up to a dry patio. LOL! We both could use the rain. I just looked at the forecasts and we’re cooler than you right now. It’s 46 here. I was surprised it was that low.