FORT JACKSON

Where
In Columbia, off I 77, exits 10 & 12; Mailing address: Fort Jackson, SC 29207-5060

Major units
1st Basic Combat Training Brigade; 4th Training Brigade; Victory Brigade; Noncommissioned Officers Academy; U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School; Soldier Support Institute

Population
4,500 active duty; 11,500 family members; 4,000 civilians

Changes ahead
To gain Department of Defense Polygraph Institute from Fort McClellan, Ala., by July 1999

Housing
99 officer family units; 1,167 enlisted family units; 3 unaccompanied officer units; 5 unaccompanied enlisted units. Call (803) 751-5312;Housing referral: (803) 751-7101

Temporary lodging
7 distinguished visitor units; 361 visiting officer units; 432 visiting enlisted quarters; 70 guest house units; campground with 18 RV spaces, 10 tent spaces, 9 cabins/cottages. Call (800) 276-6984; Campgrounds: (803) 751-5253

Commissary
Very large

Exchange
Medium; two shoppettes. New exchange under construction; opens February 1999.

Schools
Three elementary schools on post, run by Department of Defense; off-post schools in Richland School Districts 1 and 2

Army Community Service
(803) 751-5256

Child care
Center for 452, open 5:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Mon. - Fri.; home care for 126

Health care
60-bed Moncrief Army Community Hospital. Information: (803) 751-2273 . Two primary care clinics. Tricare: (800) 444-5445. Benefits adviser: (803) 751-2324/2287

Recreation
Softball fields; youth sports park; gyms; health club; lakes; community center, tennis

Internet
E-mail: User ID@jackson-emh1.army.mil Home page: jackson-www.army.mil

Main phone numbers
Commercial: (803) 751-7601 or DSN: 734-7601