Whether your trainee just left for basic training or is nearing the end, graduation will be here before you know it. Below you’ll find Fort Jackson’s graduation dates and more to help you begin planning your trip to see your soon-to-be Soldier.
Where is Fort Jackson?
Fort Jackson is located in Columbia, South Carolina. There are three common airports that families will fly into for Graduation day festivities:
- Columbia Metropolitan (CAE) 25 minutes away from Fort Jackson
- Augusta Regional Airport, GA (AGS) 1 ½ hours to Fort Jackson
- Charlotte International, NC (CLT) 1hr 45minutes away from Fort Jackson
Hotels For Graduation
There are many hotels on and around the base for you to stay in, and is recommended to book your hotels in as much advance as possible, as vacancy fills up fast. When booking your travel plans try to make sure your reservations can be refunded as 10% of trainees will not graduate on time.
Booking your flight and hotel with Sandboxx Travel is easy. Let our team of military travel experts make sure to take all the worrying out of planning so that you can focus on supporting your SIT through this journey.null
Fort Jackson Graduation Dates 2020
*Graduation dates are subject to change based on the needs of the Command. You should check with your trainee before booking. We don’t accept any responsibility for these dates changing.
| Fort Jackson Ship Date | Fort Jackson Graduation Date |
| 1/13/2020 | 3/19/2020 |
| 1/21/2020 | 3/26/2020 |
| 1/27/2020 | 4/2/2020 |
| 2/3/2020 | 4/9/2020 |
| 2/10/2020 | 4/16/2020 |
| 2/18/2020 | 4/23/2020 |
| 2/24/2020 | 4/30/2020 |
| 3/2/2020 | 5/7/2020 |
| 3/9/2020 | 5/14/2020 |
| 3/16/2020 | 5/21/2020 |
| 3/30/2020 | 6/4/2020 |
| 4/6/2020 | 6/11/2020 |
| 4/13/2020 | 6/18/2020 |
| 4/20/2020 | 6/25/2020 |
| 4/27/2020 | 7/2/2020 |
| 5/11/2020 | 7/16/2020 |
| 5/18/2020 | 7/23/2020 |
| 5/26/2020 | 7/30/2020 |
| 6/1/2020 | 8/6/2020 |
| 6/8/2020 | 8/13/2020 |
| 6/15/2020 | 8/20/2020 |
| 6/22/2020 | 8/27/2020 |
| 6/29/2020 | 9/3/2020 |
| 7/6/2020 | 9/10/2020 |
| 7/13/2020 | 9/17/2020 |
| 7/20/2020 | 9/24/2020 |
| 8/3/2020 | 10/8/2020 |
| 8/10/2020 | 10/15/2020 |
| 8/17/2020 | 10/22/2020 |
| 8/24/2020 | 10/29/2020 |
| 8/31/2020 | 11/5/2020 |
My son should be graduating 10/15/2020. I need to know if the date has changed, because of their two week quarantine? I also need to know if family can attend? We need to be able to fly out to SC.
My son graduates tomorrow from Fort Jackson how do I see the graduation. He is with echo 3-34
Would like to know the time of Graduation and how will this work with the Covid 19. My grandson will be graduating also on 10/8/2020.
Hi my son should be having graduation on 10/08/20 if the date doesn’t change. Are they letting families come attend the graduation and family day? Last I heard it was canceled because of Covid . I just want to be able to book my tickets to fly out.