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WWII veterans honored through free flight to visit D.C. memorials
Last Updated: 5:12 PM 05/23/12 - From their arrival before sunrise in Columbia to a heroes' welcome just a few hours later at Reagan National Airport in Washington, they are honored every step of the way.
Traveling Vietnam Wall escorted to Fort Gordon for Memorial Day weekend
Last Updated: 6:13 PM 05/22/12 - More than 100 Patriot Guard riders accompanied a scaled-down version of the Vietnam Wall, starting at the Alabama state line.
Thousands participate in the Marine Mud Challenge at Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 7:55 PM 05/14/12 - Over the logs, hurdles, walls and chicken wings, the competitors get a real taste of what it takes to be a Marine.
Local military wife petitions White House after being offered, then refused federal job
Last Updated: 7:46 PM 05/09/12 - At issue is when the two-year window of eligibility opens. The government currently uses the date the family received their orders instead of the date the family actually reports to their new base.
Augusta mayor touts local veteran program at NYC summit
Last Updated: 8:11 PM 05/07/12 - It's a national summit tackling the issues veterans face and Augusta is front and center, thanks to the Augusta Warrior Project.
Expert sheds light on disorder, helps explain how autistic 7-year-old drowned
Last Updated: 12:42 PM 05/01/12 - Amy Cliett, a behavior analyst who specializes in children with autism, spoke to News 12 to help shed some light on the thought process of children with autism.
Ga. jail to open special unit for veterans
Last Updated: 1:00 PM 04/24/12 - Jail officials are partnering with community agencies to offer mental health counseling and assistance with housing options for previously incarcerated veterans.
Soldiers finish unique mission, return to Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 12:00 PM 04/23/12 - The mission they've just completed is reminiscent of the old Chinese proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan with all-American crew aboard
Last Updated: 6:09 PM 04/19/12 - There was no immediate word on casualties. The crash occurred near a military outpost so the site has been secured.
3 SC employers praised for Guard, Reserve support
Last Updated: 1:33 PM 04/19/12 - The three are among 133 semifinalists chosen from more than 3,000 nominations. Winners will be announced next month.
Guardsman shot in leg at armory in Washington, Ga.
Last Updated: 6:49 PM 04/19/12 - The soldier is said to have injuries, but they are not said to be life threatening.
White House calls photos of military, corpses 'reprehensible'
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 04/18/12 - The Los Angeles Times says the photos shows members of the 82nd Airborne Division posing in 2010 with Afghan police and the severed legs of a suicide bomber.
WWII veterans from SC take trip of a lifetime to visit memorials during 'honor flight'
Last Updated: 8:42 PM 04/11/12 - News 12 has been there every step of the way during this journey and is bringing back these veterans' stories.
Military Mortgage Assistance program kicks off at Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 8:49 PM 04/10/12 - Fort Gordon helps initiate mortgage and financial assistance program for soldiers and their families.
Local 'Mission Impossible' style training, research could help soldiers 'break camouflage'
Last Updated: 8:01 AM 03/28/12 - The research is being funded by the Office of Army Research. They are providing more than $500,000 over three years for the research.
Obama: Afghan shooting is 'heartbreaking'
Last Updated: 5:07 PM 03/12/12 - A U.S. staff sergeant is accused of wandering off his base to two nearby villages and shooting them in the middle of the night.
Soldiers from across country compete at Fort Gordon to become Best Warrior
Last Updated: 1:13 PM 03/12/12 - Saturday was the last chance to prove they are the best warrior with hand-to-hand combat. Over the past week the competition has had both mental and physical elements.
National Security Agency gives tour of new facility at Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 8:09 PM 03/05/12 - NSA Georgia officially cut the ribbon Monday on its super secret facility at Fort Gordon. News 12 got a rare look into the nation's newest weapon in the information war.
Army Signal Corps monuments, time capsule relocated to Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 10:17 PM 03/02/12 - A ceremony was held Friday at Fort Gordon to rededicate a park at Fort Gordon as the Dunwoody Memorial Park.
General: Dumping 9/11 victims remains in landfill was order from top official
Last Updated: 12:35 PM 02/29/12 - The Pentagon released a copy of the Chu memo, which was address to Thomas White, the Army's top civilian official at the time.
7 marines killed as helicopters collide
Last Updated: 11:30 AM 02/23/12 - It will be at least 24 hours before the Marine Corps releases the names of those killed.
Army using aviation simulator to recruit bright students
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 02/22/12 - The opportunities to have school paid for, to have a salaried job and to get the experience that translates over to a civilian career are what attracts students.
SEALs hope film blitz draws recruits
Last Updated: 12:56 PM 02/22/12 - Now, the once modest recruiting project is set to open Feb. 24 in roughly 2,500 theaters nationwide, putting an uncomfortable spotlight on a group that prides itself on keeping its collective mouth shut.
Military Appreciation Night at RiverHawks game Sunday
Last Updated: 12:41 PM 02/20/12 - Fort Gordon Garrison Commander Colonel Robert A. Barker will be present to drop the puck for the opening ceremony.
Ft. Stewart: 100 troops to advise Afghan forces
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 02/17/12 - The deploying soldiers will be officers and senior noncommissioned officers from Fort Stewart's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
Ga. Marine recovering from injuries after bomb blast
Last Updated: 2:06 PM 02/14/12 - Authorities say a U.S. Marine from northeast Georgia is recovering after being severely injured by a blast from a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
Local soldier places in national contest
Last Updated: 3:17 PM 02/13/12 - A Grovetown man won Honorable Mention in DIRECTV's Ultimate Displaced Fan Contest. He is the ultimate Dallas Cowboys fan.
Parris Island to honor women's service to Marines
Last Updated: 1:58 PM 02/13/12 - Women officially became part of the Corps in February 1943 with the establishment of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. They make up about 7 percent of the Corps.
Special ops teams first in, last out in Afghan war
Last Updated: 11:04 AM 02/08/12 - The top U.S. special operations commander said his troops could be tapped to lead the mission in Afghanistan.
SC Democrat wants tax credit for hiring veterans
Last Updated: 4:24 PM 02/07/12 - Rep. Bakari Sellers of Denmark says veterans in the military-friendly state deserve a hand up.
Ga. state senators aim to help returning veterans
Last Updated: 3:37 PM 02/04/12 - Three military veterans who now serve in the Georgia Senate are proposing legislation aimed at helping soldiers make the transition back into civilian life after returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Families, friends welcome 297th Military intelligence Battalion back to Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 1:15 PM 01/27/12 - Families and friends are reuniting today during a "Welcome Home" ceremony.
Panetta: US ground forces would be cut by 100,000
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 01/26/12 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells a Pentagon news conference the administration will request a 2013 budget of $525 billion, plus another $88 billion for operations in Afghanistan.
Secret hostage rescue played out during State of the Union
Last Updated: 2:56 PM 01/25/12 - Obama had learned shortly before last night's speech that American aid worker Jessica Buchanan and the Danish man, Poul Thisted, were safely in U.S. military hands.
Military zones could bring new businesses, jobs to Richmond Co.
Last Updated: 12:02 PM 01/24/12 - The creation of three military zones in Richmond County could potentially bring new businesses and jobs to the areas around Fort Gordon.
More women joining military to find new opportunities
Last Updated: 12:49 PM 01/23/12 - The number of active duty enlisted women in the Army has increased dramatically since the 70s. The Pew Research Center has found the share of enlisted female officers has quadrupled since then.
AP source: All 6 killed in crash were Marines
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 01/20/12 - The official says there is no indication that the helicopter was hit by enemy fire.
Army reports suicides down, but violent crimes up
Last Updated: 4:38 PM 01/19/12 - It said that 278 soldiers in the active duty, Guard and Reserve committed suicide last year compared to 304 in 2010.
Army rededicates building named for young soldier
Last Updated: 9:51 PM 01/17/12 - News 12 wanted to learn a little more about Fort Gordon's Griffith Hall and the young man who gave it his name after he gave his life in the Vietnam War 47 years ago.
Vietnam launches first locally made warship
Last Updated: 9:36 PM 01/16/12 - State media say Vietnam has launched its first domestically made warship equipped with artillery and missile systems. Tensions have risen between Vietnam and China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
New medical device could help save more soldiers' lives in line of battle
Last Updated: 3:58 PM 01/13/12 - A break-through medical device created right here in Augusta could help save the lives of soldiers on the battlefield.
Marines probe video depicting urination on corpses
Last Updated: 7:39 PM 01/11/12 - The Marine Corps said Wednesday it is investigating a video depicting what appears to be four Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
Soldier laid to rest 61 years after his death
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 01/09/12 - It's a homecoming story 61 years in the making. Army Sgt. Joseph A. Bowen lost his life in the Korean War six decades ago. He was laid to rest Saturday in Hephzibah.
Iraq sees second big wave of attacks since US troop pullout
Last Updated: 7:03 PM 01/05/12 - Hours later, a suicide attack hit pilgrims heading to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing 48 people.
Local Korean War soldier's remains returned to Hephzibah
Last Updated: 6:58 PM 01/05/12 - On Thursday, his family invited News 12 along for a moment they've waited for, for more than 60 years.
Local Korean War soldier remains identifed, buried after 60 years
Last Updated: 6:23 PM 01/05/12 - More than 7,000 American men who served in the Korean War are still missing.
Neighbors excited, ready to welcome disabled veteran to Appling home
Last Updated: 7:14 PM 01/03/12 - The landowner told News 12 he was compelled by the family's story this summer and decided to call Homes For Our Troops and offer up the land.
Family of wounded veteran receives plot of land to build home
Last Updated: 7:32 PM 01/02/12 - The Homes for Our Troops president told News 12 the land was recently donated to the family.
Defense Secretary comments on Marines defiling Taliban corpses
Last Updated: 6:30 PM 01/12/12 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is branding as "utterly despicable" a video purporting to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
Dozens of vets, wounded warriors bag deer in special Jackson hunt
Last Updated: 11:58 PM 01/02/12 - Some were wounded, others were not, but all the veterans at a hunt in Jackson today left with a smile and peace of mind.