[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 206 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.206
                                     Agreed to December 22, 2009        

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas in 1940, in preparation for possible involvement in World War 
  II, the United States Army identified a site near Augusta, Georgia, 
  that was suitable for division-level training, and the War Department 
  entered into a $22 million contract to construct the new 
  installation;

Whereas, at the groundbreaking ceremony on October 18, 1941, the new 
  installation was named Camp Gordon in memory of John B. Gordon, a 
  general in the Civil War and former Georgia Governor;

Whereas during World War II, Camp Gordon was home to three Army 
  divisions, namely the 4th Infantry Division, the 26th Infantry 
  Division, and the 10th Armored Division until they were deployed to 
  Europe, where all three served with distinction;

Whereas after the war, on November 1, 1948, Camp Gordon began its 
  signal corps tradition by becoming the home of the Signal Corps 
  Training Center;

Whereas by 1950, the need for signalmen for the Army during the Korean 
  War led to a major expansion of the Signal Corps Training Center, 
  making it the largest single source of Army communications 
  specialists;

Whereas, on March 21, 1956, Camp Gordon was made a permanent 
  installation and renamed Fort Gordon;

Whereas the military conflicts in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 
  1970s, together with advances in communications-electronics (C-E) 
  technology, placed heavy training demands on Fort Gordon;

Whereas at the height of the Vietnam War, the Signal Corps Training 
  Center was renamed the Southeastern Signal School and became the 
  primary source of personnel for tactical C-E units in Vietnam;

Whereas in September 1965, the Southeastern Signal School activated the 
  Signal Officer Candidate School, from which more than 2,000 officers 
  graduated by February 1968;

Whereas in the post-Vietnam era, as the Army reorganized and 
  modernized, signal training at Fort Gordon progressed to keep pace 
  with rapid technological advances on the modern battlefield, and the 
  Southeastern Signal School was renamed first as the United States 
  Army Signal School and subsequently the United States Army Signal 
  Center at Fort Gordon;

Whereas in June 1986, the United States Army Signal Corp Regiment was 
  established, and Fort Gordon was designated as the regimental home 
  base;

Whereas the Signal Center's efforts included the development of Mobile 
  Subscriber Equipment, the Army's communications architecture and 
  assuming the lead for the Army's Information Mission Area, which 
  included the integration of automation, communications, visual 
  information, records management, and publications and printing;

Whereas in 1990 and 1991, the Signal Center played a vital role in 
  preparing soldiers for deployment during Operation Desert Shield and 
  Operation Desert Storm;

Whereas in the 1990s, Fort Gordon became the home for training most of 
  the personnel within the Department of Defense who operate and 
  maintain satellites and continued to train signal troops of allied 
  and foreign countries;

Whereas Fort Gordon continues to serve as a power projection base for 
  several Signal units responsible for conducting operations overseas;

Whereas approximately 19,000 soldiers are stationed at Fort Gordon, and 
  many of these soldiers have been deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom 
  or Operation Enduring Freedom multiple times; and

Whereas the strength and unwavering support of the soldiers and their 
  families of Fort Gordon and the entire Augusta community have 
  contributed to making the United States a safe and secure country: 
  Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
        (1) recognizes Fort Gordon as the home of the United States 
    Army Signal Corps on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Fort 
    Gordon serving as the home of the Signal Corps Training Center;
        (2) commends the soldiers, their families, and the civilian 
    personnel at Fort Gordon for their service and dedication to the 
    United States; and
        (3) recognizes the contributions of Fort Gordon to Operation 
    Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.