Learn about your housing options before your move — government and non-government housing is available across installations. Contact your housing office to find out housing availability both on and off the installation. Provides support for deployment, relocation and financial assistance as well as installation specific resources such as employment and availability of support on the installation. Utilize these resources to help you and your family balance life in the military.
A network of support and leisure services offer service members and their families options to engage with the community. Programs and activities vary by installation but may include health and wellness opportunities or discounted ticket options.
Learn about your transportation options and key and essential information when moving to a new installation. Show More. Back to Home. Fort Knox. Installation Message. Due to quickly changing conditions in response to COVID, we recommend checking the installation website directly for current information.
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Customize your own printable booklet with key resources and installation information. Local Community Information. Enrollment totals approximately 2, students. Established in , the Fort Knox Community Schools provide a comprehensive program for preschool through high school students who are military family members living on post. Approximately 2, students attend the eight Fort Knox schools, which are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Fort Knox schools provide full educational benefits for children with special needs, ages three through The system offers special programs for students with a wide range of disabling conditions; including mental handicaps, emotional disturbances, and learning disabilities.
The school system makes contract tuition arrangements for students with special problems that are beyond the scope of the system's facilities or personnel. Fort Knox Schools' voluntary half-day program for four-year-olds is called the Discovery Program. The program uses a Montessori-based curriculum.
If you have a four-year-old, it is highly recommended that you enroll. The School Liaison Officer works in conjunction with Child and Youth Services and the local school community to address educational issues including, homeschool involving military children. For adult education, there is a community college and a vo-tech school in Elizabethtown, as well as branches of large universities on post.
The main campus of the University of Louisville is a minute drive from the base. The CDCs care for children 6 weeks to Kindergarten. You must have an appointment for registration and there may be a wait of up to 10 days for an appointment. The registration number is or DSN Family Child Care is in-home certified care that is provided by a family member in government quarters. Providers are private contractors who establish their own fees and operating hours.
School Age Services serves children 6 to 10 years of age for before and after school care and full day care during school vacations and breaks. Transportation is provided to and from Fort Knox schools only. Also included in this program is a computer lab, a homework center, and neighborhood activity homes.
MEDDAC serves the active duty and retired members of the armed services, their family members and the family members of deceased service members. It also treats civilians in emergency situations when it is the closest hospital. All patients must present an identification card. Children over 10 years of age must present their ID card even when accompanied by a parent with identification.
Ireland Army Hospital is a full service general medical and surgical hospital fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Community Health Nurse provides comprehensive care and follow-up nursing service for beneficiaries.
Services provided include home visits on and off post, chronic disease, and tuberculosis prevention, health and troop education, health risk appraisals, and follow-up on selected communicable diseases.
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Select personalised ads. One Italian and 17 German prisoners are buried in the post cemetery. During their service, airmen serving in the unit were regularly subjected to racial discrimination. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Davis was one out of five black officers to earn their wings from the first training class at Tuskegee Army Air Field and led successful missions with the 99th Pursuit Squadron before commanding the d Fighter Group in Italy in Davis returned to the U.
The war ended before they could be deployed. At the close of the war there were 16 combat tested armored divisions and approximately sixty-five tank battalions. Armored units had participated in every major theater of operations that Americans had participated in. The Armored Center was inactivated in October , but reestablished over a year later. Gaffey was killed in a B crash as it attempted to land at Godman Airfield in June He is the highest ranking officer buried in the post cemetery.
In Army recruits from the Universal Military Training Experimental Unit arrived at Fort Knox to participate in a short-lived experimental program UMT that offered extended basic training combined with civilian supervision and discipline.
They would train more than , Soldiers during their time at Fort Knox. The Patton Museum first opened its doors on May 30, , showcasing armored vehicles and items associated with General George S. Patton, Jr. When the Korean War starts that year, armored trainers formed the 72nd Tank Battalion and fought with distinction in Korea.
Other armored units serve in the war until its end in An audience of nearly 10, people was on hand to welcome President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Fort Knox on April 23, In , more than one million trainees had completed one or more training programs in the Fort Knox Training Center since its inception in In the M1 "Abrams" tank was fielded.
During this conflict, Fort Knox served as a mobilization center and provided combat ready Soldiers. In the U. Army Recruiting Command Headquarters relocated to Fort Knox, a mission responsible for worldwide recruiting and provides the command, control and staff to support the recruiting force as the Army now recruits over 75, new Soldiers annually.
The last original M1 Abrams tank retired from active Army and a ceremony at Fort Knox marked the occasion in In July the Armor Center Commander was directed to create a Blue Ribbon Panel to develop organizational and operational concepts and a related transformation strategy for the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
The Army announced selection of an Interim Armored Vehicle, known as the Stryker, intended to equip the interim brigade combat teams desired by the Army Chief of Staff. On September 11, America was attacked by terrorists, killing 2, people. Digital technology dictated another transformation in how armor would conduct itself on the battlefield and a Future Combat System was developed. Military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq prompted changes and termination of the program at Fort Knox.
However, to support Armor activities, a battle lab was retained. Army Cadet Command. Fort Knox uniquely boasts the sole responsibility for all Soldier career management, from swearing in to departing service. Its senior-most units include U.
Army Cadet Command, U.
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