It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of Excellence as well as the National Security Agency/Central Security Service' Georgia Cryptologic Center (NSA Georgia or NSAG).

Fort Eisenhower is one of the largest US Army installations in the world with more than 16,000 military service members and 13,500 civilian personnel assigned to it.

[1] One of the major components of the installation is Advanced Individual Training for Signal Corps military occupational specialties.

On 5 January 2023 William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment directed the full implementation of the recommendations of the Naming Commission.

During World War I, the US Army Camp Hancock was located in Augusta, Georgia in the general vicinity of the current Daniel Field.

The U.S. War Department approved a contract to construct facilities on a new training area near Augusta, in Richmond County, Georgia, which had been selected several months earlier.

[11] From early 1946 to June 1947, the U.S. Army Disciplinary Barracks for convicted criminals was located at Camp Gordon, and the installation was scheduled for deactivation.

In September 1948 the Army relocated the Military Police School from Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, to Camp Gordon.

Since June 1986 the post has been the home of the Signal Corps Regiment, the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for providing and maintaining information systems and communication networks.

Fort Eisenhower is a diversified post where army Signal, Military Intelligence, Medical, and now Cyber are housed.

[24] In March 2020 Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) relocated from Virginia to its new home in Fortitude Hall, co-joined with the National Security Agency — Georgia headquarters.

[b] The Signal school focuses primarily on communications technology that is currently being utilized by the United States Army to provide the DODIN or Department of Defense Information Network, the platform for cyberspace operations.

While the TRADOC school itself is a major function, the post is home to the following active-duty tenant units: Fort Eisenhower has approximately 30,000 military and civilian employees and currently has an estimated $1.1 billion economic impact on the Augusta-Richmond County economy.

It is named after World War II Major General Raymond O. Barton Sr., a local resident of Augusta and prominent commander during the assault on Normandy during D-Day on 6 June 1944.

[30] Barton Field is used extensively for festivals, events, and morning physical fitness training for units stationed at Fort Eisenhower.

[32] Fort Eisenhower is also home to an outdoor pool and water park, an escape room, the Hilltop Riding Stables, numerous gyms and fitness centers, a disc golf course, shooting range, and commercial eateries and Army dining facilities.

The PX is operated by the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and provides shops tailored to the military as well as a general department store.

[35] One of the brands of household products featured at the commissary is Skilcraft, which are manufactured by visually impaired, blind, and disabled individuals.