Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson is a United States Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) base located in South Carolina. This installation is named for Andrew Jackson, a noted United States Army General and 7th President of the United States.

Jackson is one of two basic training facilities that allows females to participate. It is commonly known as "Relaxin' Jackson" from its reputation as not being as harsh as other training facilities, but that is left to the opinion of the soldiers training there.

It also has a Drill Sergeant school and a Cooks School. The Drill Sergeant school is located close to the Fitness Training Unit (FTU, also known secretly as "Fat Camp"), a place for soldiers who couldn't pass the initial fitness test, a Post Exchange (PX), the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Platoon (PTRP), a place for injured soldiers hurt in BCT to recover from their injuries so they can return to training, a Dining Facility (DFAC), a Church, a Battalion headquarters, and three barracks used for holding soldiers before they are shipped to their respective training units. This location is the first and last place they see on base. The main hospital is Moncrief Army Hospital with a medical and dental clinic close by.

In 1994, the film "Renaissance Man" starring Danny DeVito was shot on location there and one scene shows Victory Tower, one of the training tools used by the Army to build confidence in the trainees.

External links

• Fort Jackson Army Training Center official website.

Further reading

• Department of Defense. 21st Century U.S. Military: U.S. Army Adjutant General School (AG School) at Fort Jackson, plus Army Background Material CD-ROM. 34019 page Publisher: Progressive Management. February, 2005. ISBN 1422000060

• Halstead, Fred. GIs speak out against the war: The case of the Ft. Jackson 8. 128 pages. New York: Pathfinder Press. 1970. ASIN B0006C0BA6.

• Kleckley Clayton B.History, annual supplement : headquarters, United States Army Training Center and Fort Jackson. Office of the Director of Plans and training. ASIN B000101DUK.

• Shogren, Michael G. An intensive cultural resource management survey, Fort Jackson Military Reservation, Richland County, South Carolina. Report of investigations / Alabama Museum of Natural History, Division of Archaeology. 152 pages. Publisher: University of Alabama, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Division of Archaeology. 1992. ASIN B0006P5YK0.

• Widmer, Randolph J. Archeological survey of a proposed record fire range, Fort Jackson military reservation, Richland County, South Carolina University of South Carolina, Institute of Archeology and Anthropology Research manuscript series. University of South Carolina. 1976. ASIN: B0006WAH00.

See also: Fort Jackson, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Andrew Jackson, Army War College, Basic Combat Training, Command and General Staff College, Danny DeVito, Fort Belvoir