Fort Lee News

The Army Ordnance School is beginning to take shape at its new Virginia home under a base realignment that is ending the school's nearly one-century link to Maryland.

After nearly a century at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Army Ordnance School has officially begun its relocation to Fort Lee.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, servicemen and women may not have been around the table with their loved ones, but they gave thanks and shared a feast with one another.

Army takes Fort Lee hotel plan to Congress before environmental review Nov. 24--PETERSBURG -- Army officials have made a formal request to Congress to approve a 1,000-room hotel at Fort Lee even though an environmental review of the proposal has not been completed, a spokesman for a local coalition of business owners said Monday.

The number of illegal immigrants arrested while attempting to enter Fort Lee has dropped significantly this year, despite a boom in construction at the Army installation.

Army Pvt. Stephen J. Marsden , grandson of Bill and Dale Marsden of Eastham, recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., and from the Petroleum Supply Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va.

Little Forest Baptist Church will host the Northern Virginia Area Inspirational Gospel Music Awards today at 7 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church located at 13020 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge.

Since he was a child, Ferriday resident and former National Guard SPC Billy Simmons Sr.

Vernon and Opal Davis sat comfortably on Thursday afternoon in the living room of their charming mountain-surrounded home of more than half a century.

Virginia has many military bases with many military families. The greater Richmond area is home to the Army's Fort Lee and several other military home-fronts. As word of more deployments make the news locally , the question of how to support a parent whose spouse has just left for a lengthy military deployment often comes to the forefront.

This family photo shows George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, in his Army uniform.

Virginia statements on the shootings at Fort Hood: "I am truly saddened to hear of the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, home to thousands of our nation's active-duty military and their families.

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood, Texas, Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

Nov. 4--The Tri-Cities area's hospitality industry is receiving significant support in their campaign against an Army plan to build a 1,000-room hotel at Fort Lee.

LONG BEACH, Calif.- Boeing [ NYSE: BA ] transported a 170-foot-long C-17 Globemaster III fuselage by tractor-trailer from its facility in Long Beach to Seal Beach, Calif., and then by ship to Fort Lee, Va.

Erik Dexter began noticing changes in his battle buddy's behavior almost immediately.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Oct. 14 to celebrate the completion and opening of a 75,000-square-foot dining facility.

The 17th Annual Midlothian Day Parade is Saturday, October 17, stepping off at 9am from Capitol Ale and heading East on Midlothian.

Hundreds of soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines from Virginia are serving in Afghanistan, and many more have been boots on the ground there.

Oct. 16--PETERSBURG -- A business group created in response to a plan to build a 1,000-room military hotel at Fort Lee has asked the Army to go back to square one on the project and do more research on its potential economic effects before going forward.