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South Lumpkin Road gate to close Nov. 1

     Starting Nov. 1, Fort Benning will permanently close the Access Control Point 1 on South Lumpkin Road.  Closure is required to facilitate traffic flow through the access control point located on Fort Benning Boulevard and to provide manpower for the new Harmony Church ACP.


    To reduce any negative impact on the community, the near-term solution is to divert traffic to and from South Lumpkin Road through the parking lot of the National Infantry Museum to Benning Road. A new road between South Lumpkin and Benning Road is already being planned, and if funding is approved, construction could begin as early as next year.

Dixie Road construction

Dixie Road construction will occur in four phases.  Phase 1 is already underway and includes timber harvesting at Wagner and Corson ranges, demolition of Ragin Court and installation of silt fencing near Sightseeing Road.  More updates will be posted as work progresses. 
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CG Ferriter
This week, CSM Hardy and I are at the 60th Association of the United States Army  Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C.

This year's theme is America's Army: The Strength of the Nation. While we're here, we have the opportunity to tell everyone about all of the great work that is being done at Fort Benning to continue to keep the Army strong.

Among the success stories - AMU's SGT Sherri Gallagher, who bested 11 other competitors to earn the Soldier of the Year title for 2010.

And, on Thursday, we'll celebrate with the entire community at Soldier and Family Appreciation Day beginning at 3 p.m. at Doughboy Stadium.  Come out and watch the 3rd HBCT take on Columbus State as football returns to Doughboy!

One Force, One Fight!

Michael Ferriter

Commanding General

Doughboy Bowl
Ranger Paver
Ranger Memorial Paver Dedication, Oct.15.  Photo by John D. Helms

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First female selected as Best Warrior's Soldier of Year

First female
Photo credit:  Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown.  Soldier of the Year Sgt. Sherri Gallagher of the U.S. Army Marskmanship Unit, second from left, and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Staff Sgt. Christopher McDougall, a military policeman stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, second from right, receive their awards from the Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, and Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army Oct. 25.

For the first time since its inception nine years ago, a female Soldier has claimed the title of Soldier of the Year for 2010's Best Warrior Competition.

Sgt. Sherri Gallagher of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, who represented U.S. Training and Doctrine Command at Best Warrior, beat out 11 other competitors from the Army's major commands. Gallagher, who is currently stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., is one of the top long-range rifle shooters in the country.

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Army leaders at AUSA promise not to cut family programs

Family programs
 

Photo Credit: C. Todd Lopez

During an opening presentation at the 2010 Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Army John McHugh discussed the Army's challenge of operating in a constrained budget environment as well as efforts to modernize the Army.


Army leaders promised to leave family support programs intact when looking for ways to lean out the service's massive budget.

"We want to ensure that the family programs we're operating are run well and efficiently and if we need to make adjustments so they can be more so, that's fine," said Secretary of the Army John McHugh. "But what we won't do particularly as a first reaction, is look to those programs as a source of budgetary savings."



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Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins

Nov. 5 at Wetherby Field

Gates open at 6 p.m.  Concert begins at 7 p.m.

Free to all active-duty Soldiers, Family members and DoD ID card holders


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The following events are scheduled to take place on Fort Benning:

  • OCT 28 - Soldier and Family Support Appreciation Day featuring the Doughboy Bowl
  • OCT 29 - Dog Park - Howl-o-Ween
  • OCT 30 - 6 - 8 p.m. - Trick-or-Treat for Fort Benning residents
  • OCT 31 - Halloween
  • NOV 5 -  Retiree Appreciation Day
  • NOV 5 -  Trace Adkins at Wetherby Field, 6 p.m.
  • NOV 7 -   Patton Village Town Hall at McBride Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
  • NOV 9 -   Indianhead Village Town Hall at Wilson Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
  • NOV 11 - Veterans Day federal holiday
  • NOV 12 - Veterans Day training holiday
  • NOV 13 - Wetherby Field - Movie Night
  • NOV 16 - East Main Post Village Town Hall at White Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
  • NOV 18 - 11:30 a.m. - Benning Conference Center - Native American Heritage lunch
  • NOV 18 - Custer/Upatoi Villages Town Hall at McBride Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
  • NOV 30 - Davis/Bouton Villages Town Hall at Stowers Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
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