The news of the senseless shooting in Texas is impacting many military families across the nation. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud spoke with a woman from Burke County whose husband was training at Fort Hood this summer.

A soldier at Fort Jackson has died after collapsing during a physical fitness test. The Army says 19-year-old Private Jamal Britt, from Edgewood, MD, died Wednesday evening at Providence Northeast Hospital. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter Robert Kittle, and Joseph Kasko, have more.

According to the Fort Gordon Public Affairs Officer Marla Jones, a soldier with the 67th Signal Battalion died in Iraq on September 29th in a non-combat related incident. Specialist Ross Eugene Vogel III, 27, of Company B, 67th Signal Battalion, deployed to Iraq with the unit in August. He was found unconscious in his room at Camp Delta, Iraq, near the city of Kut, and was taken to a medical facility.

A mother of a fallen SC soldier remembers him by painting pictures from digital pictures he left behind. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has the story.

A National Guard soldier who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan has drowned in a lake along the Georgia-South Carolina border. Multiple media outlets report that 28-year-old Brad Daniel Seawright’s body was recovered Sunday morning by divers searching Lake Russell.

According to Marla Jones, with the Public Affairs Office at Fort Gordon, a seven-year-old child was confirmed as the latest H1N1 (swine flu) case for Fort Gordon.

According to Marla Jones, with the Public Affairs Office at Fort Gordon, two more cases of H1N1 (swine flu) were confirmed for Fort Gordon, on Saturday, July 18th.

The supply of yellow ribbons in Hailey, Idaho, could run out pretty soon. That’s according to the director of the town’s Chamber of Commerce. The organization has been coordinating a show of support for Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl.

Three more cases of H1N1 were confirmed for Fort Gordon on Wednesday. None were hospitalized and all three have fully recovered. With the latest cases, there now have been a total of 11 confirmed cases at the Post.

A Fort Gordon soldier is in jail after a fight over the weekend. Christopher Millhouse, 21, is charged with Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime.

A Bulloch County family is remembering a hero, beloved son, and brother who was killed in action in Afghanistan. Sgt. Brock Chavers of the Georgia National Guard died when an IED exploded Monday. He was assigned to the Americus company D, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Division. Chavers was one of six children and being in the military was a family affair. He followed in the footsteps of two of his older brothers by joining the National Guard, and his youngest brother just finished basic training for the Army. His mother says Brock was the most giving person you would ever meet.

According to Marla Jones, with the Fort Gordon Public Affairs Office, a 31-year-old active duty Fort Gordon servicemember was confirmed July 6 as the sixth person at the Post with H1N1 flu (swine flu).

A U.S. military spokesman says 2 more U.S. troops have been killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan, bringing to six the number of Americans killed Monday.

The Taliban’s Web site says that it has captured a missing U.S. soldier American authorities had earlier said may have been kidnapped. The Web site said Monday that the Taliban had “arrested a drunken American soldier” five days ago.

A case of H1N1 Flu has been confirmed at Fort Gordon. Information was made available via press release.