Fort Jackson is the largest and most active Initial Entry Training Center in the U.S. Army, training 50 percent of all Soldiers and 70 percent of the women entering the Army each year. Providing the Army with trained, disciplined, motivated and physically fit warriors who espouse the Army’s core values and are focused on teamwork, is the post’s primary mission. Accomplishing that mission means training more than 45,000 Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training Soldiers every year.

The post has other missions as well. Fort Jackson is home to the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, the U.S. Army Chaplains Center and School, and the Department of Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment.

The Fort spans more than 52,000 acres, includes more than 73 ranges and field training sites and 1,100 buildings. Facility construction is currently under way for the U.S. Army 81st Regional Readiness Sustainment Command scheduled to be completed this year. Other projects include the Army Drill Sergeant School, Residential Community Initiative, Joint Center for Religious Training and Education and the Veterans Administration National Cemetery.