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Bringing Down the House

A man uses a tool to remove nails from a wooden board while another man holds the board in place at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Bill Bowman (right), of Austin, Texas, Habitat For Humanity, helps Dave Tosi, of Greensboro, N.C., Habitat For Humanity, try a new "de-nailer" at a warehouse on Fort Gordon. The air-powered tool removes nails from boards. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle)

Officials from Fort Gordon and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources offer demonstrations to prepare bidders in an auction for recycled building materials from deconstruction of old World War II-era buildings at the Army post. (The Augusta Chronicle, July 16, 2004)

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Staying on the March

Warrant Officer W. Scott McDonald conducts the Army Signal Corps Band during Independence Day festivities at Fort Gordon. (Credit: Chris Thelen)
Warrant Officer W. Scott McDonald conducts the Army Signal Corps Band during Independence Day festivities at Fort Gordon. (Credit: Chris Thelen)

The Signal Corps band performs for the public and the military year-round. (The Augusta Chronicle, July 4, 2004)

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Earning Her Stars

Maj. Gen. Hicks' 13-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and Gen. Byrnes pin the officer's shoulders with a second star, indicating her new rank as major general. Soldiers raised a two-star flag at the post. ANNETTE M. DROWLETTE/STAFF
Maj. Gen. Hicks' 13-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and Gen. Byrnes pin the officer's shoulders with a second star, indicating her new rank as major general. Soldiers raised a two-star flag at the post. ANNETTE M. DROWLETTE/STAFF

Maj. Gen. Janet Hicks, the first woman to command Fort Gordon and a soldier who first joined the Army in 1975, is promoted to a two-star general rank as she leads a military post that is the head of the Army Signal Corps. (The Augusta Chronicle, June 3, 2004)