TODAY THROUGH MONDAY
(Today through Monday) 3RD ID/STEWART-HUNTER
PARTICIPATION IN MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS:
Today: 3 p.m.: The Marshes of Skidaway Island Memorial
Day Ceremony - Lt. Col. Brian Ducote, Commander 3rd Battalion, 7th infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, is the featured speaker, along with the 3rd ID Band
providing patriotic music.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.: The Savannah VVA Memorial Day Ceremony
- The 2nd Brigade Combat Team provides a firing party, and the 3rd ID Band
Brass Quintet provides patriotic music.
Monday, 9 a.m.: Fort Stewart, Cottrell Field, Ga., 3rd ID
Memorial Day Ceremony - Maj. Gen. Jim Rainey, 3rd ID Commanding General, is the
featured speaker.
Monday: 10 a.m.: The Sun City Veteran's Association
Memorial Day Ceremony - The 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade provides a Chaplain and
a Firing Party.
Monday, 10 a.m.: The Jeff Davis County Veterans
Association, Hazlehurst, Ga., Memorial Day Ceremony - The 2nd Brigade Combat
Team provides a Firing Party.
Monday, 10 a.m.: American Legion Post 36, Thunderbolt,
Ga., Memorial Day Ceremony - Col. Jeffrey Becker, Commander 3rd Combat Aviation
Brigade is the featured speaker, along with a firing party and noncommissioned
officer to lay wreath.
Monday, 11 a.m.: Hinesville American Legion Memorial Day
Ceremony - Maj. Gen. Jim Rainey, 3rd ID Commanding General, is the featured
speaker, the 3rd ID Color Guard, 3rd ID Jazz Band and bugler.
Monday, 11 a.m.: American Legion Post 500, Laurel Grove
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga., Memorial Day Ceremony - 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade
Color Guard.
Monday, 11 a.m.: American Legion Post 130, Folkston, Ga.,
Memorial Day Ceremony - 3rd Sustainment Brigade Firing Party.
Monday, 11 a.m.: City of Richmond Hill, Ga., Memorial Day
Ceremony - Lt. Col. Cameron Weathers, the 1st Brigade Combat Team Deputy Commander,
is the featured speaker, along with a color guard and firing party.
Monday, 11:30 a.m.: The GA Veterans Memorial Cemetery,
Glennville, Ga., Memorial Day Ceremony -
Lt. Col. Michael Biankowski, Commander 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, is the featured speaker, along with a color guard, and Firing
Party.
Monday, 3 p.m.: Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Post 3563,
Vidalia, Ga. Memorial Day Ceremony - Major Jason Wingeart, Executive Officer
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, is the featured
speaker, along with a color guard and bugler.
Monday, 6 p.m.: Veterans of Effingham County,
Springfield, Ga., Memorial Day Ceremony - Major Stephen Gerber, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, is the featured speaker.
(Friday-Monday) THE EXCHANGE TRAINING HOLIDAY/HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE:
The Exchange at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
will be operating under holiday hours for the Memorial Day training holiday and
federal holiday. Please check the hours which have been posted at the
facilities, or you may call to find out the specific hours for the service you
wish to utilize at 912-876-8880, ext. 200.
(Friday) TRAINING HOLIDAY AFFECTS STEWART/HUNTER LEISURE
TRAVEL HOURS:
Fort Stewart's Leisure Travel Office, located in the PX
Furniture Exchange, will close at 4 p.m. rather than its usual 6 p.m. on Friday. Also, the Hunter Leisure Travel Office,
located in the PX Exchange, will open at 10 a.m. rather than its usual 9:30
a.m. on Friday (May 27). The Leisure Travel hours changes were made necessary
by AAFES adjusting the PX hours because of the Training Holiday. Both Leisure
Travel offices are closed Monday, Memorial Day.
(Friday) CLIENT SERVICES OFFICE CLOSURE: The Legal Assistance Office will be closed Friday
for the Division Training Holiday and Monday for the Federal Holiday. As a reminder Legal Assistance Office hours
are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-11:30 a.m., 1-4:30 p.m., and Thursday
from 1-4:30 p.m. For more information, call 912-767-1064.
(Friday and Monday) STEWART-HUNTER GATE SCHEDULE:
Access Control Points or Gates affected by the Training
Holiday, Weekend and Federal Holiday on Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield is
noted as follows: (FORT STEWART) Gate 2 (Closed Friday (Training Holiday),
Weekend and Monday (Federal Holiday) Gate 4C (Closed Friday (Training Holiday),
Weekend and Monday (Federal Holiday) Gate 7 (Closed Weekend and Monday (Federal
Holiday); (HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD) Wilson Gate (Closed Friday (Training Holiday),
Weekend and Monday (Federal Holiday). For more information, call 912-767-1883.
(Friday) HUNTER CIF CLOSURE:
The HAAF Central Issue Facility (CIF) will be closed
Friday and will re-open with normal business hours on Tuesday. For additional information, individuals may
contact (912) 435-0367.
(Friday) WIN A CAR WITH A HOLE-IN-ONE AT TAYLORS CREEK:
Play in the Commander’s Scramble at Taylors Creek Golf
Course on Friday and you could win a Chevy Malibu provided by Mike Reed
Chevrolet if you make a hole-in-one. The four-person scramble gets under way at
8 a.m. The $45 per person cost includes greens fee, golf car, range balls,
lunch and prizes such as gift cards and pro shop merchandise. For more
information, call 912-767-2370.
(Saturday) STEWART/HUNTER OUTDOOR POOLS OPEN:
The Corkan Recreation Area Outdoor Swimming Pool on Fort
Stewart (912-767-8575) and the Hunter Army Airfield Outdoor Pool/Water Spray
Park (912-315-5786) will open for the summer season Saturday, Memorial Day
Weekend. Hours will be Thursday-Monday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. (Closed
Tuesdays and Wednesdays.) Price is $3 daily. Family and individual season
passes are $80 each. Season passes can be purchased at Stewart/Hunter Leisure
Travel offices or at the pools after opening. Kids under 4 are admitted free.
Bryan Village Outdoor Pool is closed this season because of a lack of certified
lifeguards.
(Saturday) HOLBROOK MOVIES UNDER THE STARS:
The first showing in the popular Holbrook Pond “Movies
Under the Stars” series” will be Saturday and will feature “Home.” The film is
rated PG and lasts 93 minutes. The movies are free and begin at sunset. Popcorn
and drinks will be available for sale. Movie-goers are asked to bring their own
chairs or blankets. Other movies to be
shown are “Minions,” June 24; “Cinderella,” July 22; “Inside Out,” Aug. 20;
“Jurassic World,” Sept. 17, and “Transylvania 2,” Oct. 22. For more
information, call 912-767-4316.
(Saturday) BRING YOUR PET TO THE EXCHANGE:
Shoppers are encouraged to bring their pet(s) to the
store at the Fort Stewart Main Store building 71 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday.
First-prize winner will receive a $100 Exchange gift card, and second-place
winner will take home a $75 gift card. Third-place winner will earn a $50 gift
card. And fourth-place winner will take home a $25 gift card. For more
information, call 912-876-8880.
