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Maj. Patrick Biggs, a combat trainer with the 11th Armored Calavry Regiment, says that realistic training at the National Training Center provides deploying soldiers that opportunity to "train the way you fight." About 700 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia recently spent two weeks at the U.S Army's ... (more)

Madame Marty Franchot's kindergarten French classes at Sarah Smith Elementary wrote Valentine's Day greetings to American soldiers.

A United States Army Sergeant from North Texas was laid to rest at DFW National Cemetery Friday after dying in a tragic accident near his Georgia base.

Milton Crenchaw was a Flight Instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen. Crenchaw was a contemporary of another Tuskegee Flight Instructor Savannahian James Wright.

Christiaan Bush started thinking about enlisting in the armed forces when he was about 6 years old, his mother said Thursday.

Fort Stewart is identifying the Third ID soldier killed late Sunday night in a traffic accident.

The accident occurred at 12:01 a.m. on Ga. 119 near the Noncommissioned Officer Academy, according to a release from the 3rd Infantry Division/Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Public Affairs office Monday afternoon.

The following shelter and Lockheed Martin employees, pictured from left, took part in the donation ceremony: victims advocate Cynthia Burch, family violence assessor Melanie Griffin, shelter assistant director Cheryl Hughes, Lockheed Martin program manager Mike Passmore and Lockheed Martin ESH representative Dale Morningstar.

The accident happened around 12:01 a.m. on Highway 119 near the NCO Academy. The Soldier was assigned to the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

91,000: Number of U.S. soldiers still in Afghanistan. 68,000: Number of soldiers that will remain in Afghanistan under a reduction plan.

A trial is set to start Monday for a former Fort Stewart solider charged with shooting and killing two fellow soldiers while deployed to Iraq.

Jan. 28: A man and woman reported their personal property missing after taking a cab ride back to Fort Stewart lodging from a nightclub on E.G. Miles Parkway.

Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News During testing for the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge this week at Fort Stewart, 3rd Infantry Division soldiers had to demonstrate their ability to provide initial treatment to wounded comrades.

About 700 soldiers from Georgia are among the latest U.S. troops headed to Afghanistan for a war that continues even after the Iraq conflict's end, leaving anxious spouses and parents who wonder why their loved ones are still fighting.

Fort Stewart infantrymen have been taking part in a series of hands-on tests all week, with each soldier hoping to earn an Expert Infantryman Badge.

For the first time Wednesday, eventually in the War on Terror became identifiable when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the transition from combat to training and assistance should occur for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2013.

A deadly motorcycle accident is under investigation in Long County. Georgia State Patrol says a 22-year-old Fort Stewart soldier on a motorcycle hit a Toyota Corolla attempting to make a left turn.

A specialized corps of defense lobbyists is springing into action ahead of President Obama's expected request for a new round of military base closures.A Lobbyists with experience in the Base Realignment and Closure process expect an influx of new business when the White House details the proposal in its official budget request to Congress on Feb.

Nearly 700 Fort Stewart soldiers are getting ready to say goodbye to their families before leaving for their first deployment to Afghanistan.

The woods of Fort Stewart rang out with gunfire as Fourth Brigade soldiers took aim, not at an enemy, but one of the Army's most elite honors.