Fort Eustis on-post housing is privatized and operated byBalfour Beatty Communities(757) 369-8335, which offers 9 communities with 2-4 bedroom single family, duplex and townhouse style homes based on pay grade and family size. Home amenities may include washer/dryer hookups, fully equipped kitche...
Army Military Transition Team (MTT) to report for processing at Fort Hood, Texas, fully staffed with the appropriate grade and specialty for their unique and diverse mission, the 1st MTR/MTT began its tour in Iraq in June following training at Fort Eustis, Kuwait and Iraq. Training Iraqi tra...
On the site stood Fort Frontenac, which was of great importance in the French and Indian War. The present city was founded by United Empire Loyalists in 1783 and prospered during the War of 1812 as the Canadian naval base for operations against the Americans. From 1841 to 1844 it served as...
Brig. Gen. Abraham Eustis establishes the Artillery School of Practice at Fort Monroe. Later becoming the Coast Artillery School, the training of artillery officers was centralized here for over a century. 1828 Edgar Allan Poe, serving in the Army under the name Edgar Perry, is assigned to For...
“The base is the world’s largest helicopter training installation.” The US Department of Defense is considering relocating and consolidating the Aviation Logistics School at Fort Eustis with the Aviation Center and school at Fort Rucker.
In 1953, the Wherry Housing complex was constructed at the sites of Endicott era batteries, Montgomery and Eustis. The complex contained 53 buildings and 206 housing units. In 1955, Fort Monroe became the headquarters for the Continental Army Command and, in the Army reorganization of 1973, it...