Tagged: Ft. Knox

Ft. Knox will gain 150 new soldiers this fall. The 42nd Clearance Company is scheduled to relocate from Bamberg, Germany, to Ft. Knox by October.

The unit's primary missions are to conduct route reconnaissance minesweeping operations, and minefield clearance operations.

The 150 soldiers from the 42nd Clearance Company are expected to be accompanied by an estimated 200 family members.

A soldier apprehended Thursday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Kentucky’s Fort Knox a day earlier.

The FBI said in a court filing that Marquinta E. Jacobs fired a .45-caliber handgun at the victim, “striking him several times.” Jacobs is charged with murder, according to the criminal complaint.

Jacobs is the soldier whom Army investigators said was apprehended Thursday in Portland, Tenn., FBI spokeswoman Mary Trotman said.

Army investigators had said a soldier wanted for questioning was apprehended in Portland, where Jacobs’ mother lives. But the Army declined to identify the soldier, except to say he is a member of Fort Knox’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.