The local Army post used to be called Fort Gordon, named for John Brown Gordon, a Confederate general and former Georgia governor. But the military base renaming commission changed its name and ...

Fort Gordon was originally named after John Brown Gordon — a major general in the Confederate Army. It changed its name to Fort Eisenhower during that 2023 group of name changes – honoring the ...

and with a training company at Fort Gordon, Ga. The success of these tests resulted in the adoption of the new concept to include the formation of Drill Sergeant Schools. These were the first ...