Welcome to the U.S. Army Signal Center and the Central Savannah River Area! Located just a few miles southwest of the city of Augusta, Georgia, Fort Gordon has a work force of over 4,600 civilians and more than 12,000 soldiers. The post is located in Richmond County and our Gate 2 is only a few hundred yards from Columbia County. You'll hear the local area referred to as the "CSRA", which stands for the Central Savannah River Area, a group of 13 Georgia and South Carolina counties along the Savannah River which forms the state border.
Fort Gordon is 139 miles from Atlanta, home of the 1996 Olympics and the National League Champion Atlanta Braves. We are also 138 miles from the charm of Charleston, South Carolina, 211 miles from the beaches, entertainment, and golf courses of Myrtle Beach, and 122 miles from the historic streets of Savannah.
When making phone calls on Ft. Gordon or in the Augusta area please follow these guidelines: If you are calling a post number, regardless of your location, you must dial 791 and the last four. All calls to Eisenhower Medical Center, regardless of location, must begin with 787 and the last four. The DSN prefix for post is 780. The DSN prefix for Eisenhower is 773. The area code for post and the Augusta area is 706.
The U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon,"The Home of the Signal Corps", trains more soldiers than any other branch training center of the United States Army. The multi-faceted mission of the U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon encompasses training, doctrine, force integration and mobilization. The Signal Center conducts specialized instruction for all Signal Corps military and Department of the Army civilian personnel, and provides doctrine and training development support of publications. Three U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) system managers coordinate acquisition and fielding of major systems. Force integration is accomplished through the life cycle management of all major communication electronics systems under study or in development for future use in the field Army. The mobilization mission is to maintain assigned U.S. Army Forces command (FORSCOM) units in a state of readiness commensurate with their authorized level of organization. Fort Gordon has a Directorate of Reserve Components Support that provides year-round training for more than 30,000 reservists as well as to Army and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps students. Throughout the years, the Signal Corps has been on the cutting edge of communications technology. Adapting the telephone to military usage, facilitating the standarization of the vacuum tube, developing RADAR and FM radio during World War II and incorporating satellite communications and computer technology are just some of the Signal Corp's many accomplishments.
Camp Gordon, named for Confederate Lieutenant General John Brown Gordon, was activated for infantry and armor training during World War Two. After the war, over 85,000 officers and enlisted personnel were discharged from Camp Gordon. Camp Gordon, almost deserted after June 1948, came to life in September 1948 with the establishment of the Signal Corps Training Center. The base's training mission grew with the addition of the Military Police School in September of 1948. The Korean conflict again placed Camp Gordon center stage in preparing soldiers for combat. In addition to communications personnel, MPs trained for combat assignments while the 51st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade formed three detachments. During the decade, Camp Gordon was also home to the only Army Criminal Investigative Laboratory in the continental United States as well as Rehabilitation Training Center and a U.S. Disciplinary Barracks. Camp Gordon became a permanent Army installation and was redesignated Fort Gordon on March 21, 1956. The U.S. Army Training Center (Basic) was activated here in 1957. During the Vietnam war, infantry, military police, and signal soldiers trained at Fort Gordon. While Signal Corps training continued to expand throughout the 1960s, other activities ceased through postwar deactivations and the MP school's move to Fort McClellan, Alabama. In June 1962, all activities of the Signal Corps Training Center were reorganized under the U.S. Army Southeastern Signal School. On November 30, 1967, Headquarters, U.S. Army School/Training Center and Fort Gordon were organized to direct overall post operations and coordinate service school and advanced individual training. The Army consolidated its communications training at Fort Gordon with the relocation of the Signal School from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Fort Gordon was redesignated the United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon on October 1, 1974 and is presently the largest communications-electronics facility in the world.
Fort Gordon: Installation
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Name : US Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon
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City : Fort Gordon
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State : GA
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Zip : 30905
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Phone : (706) 791-0110
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DSN Phone : 780-0110
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