Sgt. 1st Class Janina Simmons, a drill sergeant leader with the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy, recently earned the distinction of being the first African-American female to graduate Ranger School.
Ranger School is considered one of the toughest training courses Soldiers can go through. According to Army.mil, "Army Rangers are experts in leading Soldiers on difficult missions -- and to do this, they need rigorous training. For more than...
Fort Jackson's century-long partnership with the Greater Columbia Region and the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, launched when the Chamber led a fundraising campaign to purchase the land for the installation in 1917 -- at the time a World War I training site -- is being recognized in 2019, with the Greater Columbia Region named as one of five nationwide Great American Defense Communities of the year.
