Army test-fires new $34 million test range
Army test-fires new $34 million training range By ERICA WALSH The first shots were fired on Fort Knox's newest range this week. The Wilcox Range, a multi-purpose training range, is the latest training...
View ArticleExplosives unit headed back into Iraqi fray
Explosives unit headed back into Iraqi fray By ERICA WALSH About 20 Fort Knox soldiers are on their way to Iraq, some for a second time in two years. The 703rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment...
View ArticleBudget Woes Hit Army Posts Nationwide
A diversion of dollars to help fight the war in Iraq has helped create a $530 million shortfall for Army posts at home and abroad, leaving some unable to pay utility bills or even cut the grass. In San...
View ArticleMunitions Pose No Danger
Munitions pose no danger FORT KNOX — World War I-era munitions found at a construction site at Fort Knox pose no danger, Army ordnance experts determined. Construction workers at the site of the future...
View ArticleTrilateral Plan to Corner World Gold Market?
AugustReview.com [Editor's note: members of the Trilateral Commission and companies with Commission representation appear in bold type.] Since 1973, this writer has made inquiry as to the location and...
View ArticleHow much gold is in Fort Knox and who owns it?
Sorry, not taking Wikipedia as a source. Nor are spurious "conspiracy theory" comments welcomed. It's an honest question. Answers should cite primary sources and such primary sources should cite date...
View ArticleIs there any gold inside Fort Knox, the world's most secure vault?
... For several prominent investors and at least one senior US congressman it is not the security of the facility in Kentucky that is a cause of concern: it is the matter of how much gold remains...
View ArticleArmy Preps for Tea Party Terrorists
A few months back, the commander in chief of our Armed Forces, that erstwhile community organizer Barack Hussein Obama, denigrated a large cross section of Americans who identify with the Tea Party...
View ArticleUS To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com (pretty funny)
Treasury officials say the gold has just been rattling around in the bottom of some vaults at the US Bullion Depository anyway.
View ArticleLocked and loaded: Duke Brigade ready for deployment
For Erica Lukachko and her growing family, deployments don’t get any easier. Her husband, Sgt. First Class Aaron Lukachko, is gearing up for a winter deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 3rd...
View ArticleNew uniforms, equipment will mission in Afghanistan
Fort Knox soldiers readying for a year-long deployment to Afghanistan have new equipment and uniforms to help them in their mission. The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is one...
View ArticleSelling Gold at Fort Knox Emerges as Next Big Question in Debate on Federal...
NEW YORK — The next big question on the federal debt limit could be whether to start selling the government’s holdings of gold at Fort Knox — and at least one presidential contender, Ron Paul, has told...
View ArticleRon Paul Calling for a Fort Knox Audit (What came of it?)
"In September, Treasury completed its latest audit, showing that U.S. gold reserves total 9,300 tons with a market value of $320 billion, Thorson said. The recent run-up in gold prices -- the precious...
View ArticleU.S. Army Specialist from Longview Killed in Afghanistan
A female Mark Morris High School graduate was shot and killed Wednesday in a guard tower in Afghanistan, according to the soldier's stepmother. U.S. Army Specialist Mikayla Anne Bragg is Cowlitz...
View ArticleReport of 1 Kilo Gold Bar Filled with Tungsten Found in UK
Report of 1 Kilo Gold Bar Filled with Tungsten Found in UK March 26, 2012 “What appears to be a tungsten filled gold bar has been found – this time in the UK. It is believed that a scrap dealer bought...
View ArticleFort Knox drops Ted Nugent from concert plans
Following rocker Ted Nugent's recent comments about President Barack Obama, he has been dropped from a scheduled performance at Fort Knox, the post announced Thursday afternoon. Nugent set off a...
View ArticleFrom the Pentagon to the Patton Museum: 9/11 relic finds home at Fort Knox
When a tarp was pulled away from a beat-up fire truck the first time Christopher Kolakowski saw it, he immediately reached out his hand to touch it. “It was a very spiritual moment for me,” he said....
View ArticleChild immigrants will not go to Fort Knox
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sen. Rand Paul said Monday Fort Knox was being considered as a possible place to temporarily house some of the immigrant children pouring across the country's southern border. The...
View ArticleFort Knox first military post to go 'off the grid'
After tapping into solar, wind, geothermal and now natural gas resources on post, Fort Knox has become the first U.S. military installation to go “off the grid.” The installation announced Wednesday it...
View ArticleHas the Federal Reserve Sold the Gold at Fort Knox?
famed Fort Knox is a facility managed by the U.S. Mint. Curiously, however, in a recent exchange of e-mails with a gold investment blog, the former director of that agency demonstrates a disturbing...
View ArticleThe 18 Trillion Dollar Debt, the Biggest Heist on American Citizens in History
At the end of Obama's second term, it is estimated the national debt will be 20 trillion dollars. Most of this money has gone to frivolous spending by the Federal government, as well as been stolen by...
View ArticleCHINA SAYS "NO DOLLARS" FOR NEW YUAN
In a shocking move likely to crush the US economy overnight, China is refusing to make its new gold-backed Yuan, convertible from or to US Dollars. The new Yuan will be introduced next Tuesday, April...
View ArticleThe Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement—Or Does It?
Eighty feet below the streets of lower Manhattan, a Federal Reserve vault protected by armed guards contains about 6,200 tons of gold. Or doesn’t. The Fed tells visitors its basement vault holds the...
View ArticleMnuchin’s Pre-Fort Knox Quip: ‘I Assume the Gold Is Still...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will check out the nation’s gold stash when he pays a rare official visit to Fort Knox on Monday -- while keeping an open mind for future film projects. “I assume...
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