About 90 Soldiers from the 63rd Engineer Company are back on familiar turf after spending almost 15 months in Iraq.

For the first time in more than two decades, the Army's top active-duty drill sergeant hails from Fort Benning.

Post officials hope a change in venue will encourage more local residents to attend the Community BRAC Update, held at 3 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month.

When Ruslan Emelyanov left the Russian army after nine years of service, he never thought he would wear a military uniform again. The former paratrooper, who fought with the 205th Infantry Brigade (Airborne) in Grozny, Chechnya, for 15 months, told his family he was through with war, he wanted to see the world.

Bowling is a sport for any age, said 79-year-old CWO(R) Dan Olds, who bowls every Tuesday in a league at the Mall Bowling Alley on post.