Director of Fort Lauderdale international airport steps down Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, facing critical decisions on its future expansion, needs a new leader. Fort Lauderdale boat show welcomes visitors back October used to be considered immune from hurricane winds by organizers of The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Not last year. Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida on Oct. 25 and turned a showcase dubbed the biggest boat show in the world into a dud. Which made the boat shows recovery this year all the more triumphant, as boaters and gawkers lined the streets and cars jammed the Fort Hood, Fort Bliss soldiers headed to Iraq Hundreds of soldiers with Fort Hoods 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th Brigade Combat Team in Fort Bliss left for Iraq Friday for a yearlong deployment. Fort Hood, Fort Bliss soldiers headed to Iraq With tears welling in their eyes, hundreds of soldiers said goodbye at Fort Hood on Friday as they prepared to leave for a yearlong deployment to train Iraqi troops. Fort Lauderdale airports heavily criticized director abruptly resigns Facing critical decisions on future expansion, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is suddenly in search of a new leader. Fort Bliss troops deploy FORT BLISS - With tears welling in their eyes, hundreds of soldiers and their family members said goodbye Friday as they prepared to leave for a yearlong deployment to train Iraqi troops. Reserve training unit ends stint at fort An Army Reserve unit that trained soldiers at Fort Jackson for 18 months is returning to Florida. The 107 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 485th Regiment, of Orlando, Fla., were called up to active duty in May 2005. Missed Chances For Fort Meade FORT MEADE -- Two teams headed to the playoffs in different classifications held an offensive shootout Friday night at Fort Meades Frank S. Battle Field when South Sumter defeated Fort Meade, 48-21. GMH Military Housing to Provide 840 Units at Fort Bliss, Fort Stewart OCTOBER 27, 2006 -- El Paso, Texas -- The Newtown Square, Pa.-based GMH Military Housing LLC, a military housing division of GMH Communities Trust, has been selected by the Army to design, construct and manage 470 apartment units here at Fort Bliss and 370 units at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Ga. Each project will total $30 million, Kathleen Grim, vice president of marketing for GMH, told MHN. Fort Dale downs fifth Top 10 team The No. 5 Lowndes Academy Rebels came into Fort Dale riding a nine-game win streak Thursday night, but that all came crashing down as the No. 4 Fort Dale Eagles trounced the Rebels off of a strong running performance by Mika Jones, 32-0. | ||