Fort Rucker is located in the Southeast portion of Alabama commonly referred to as the “Wiregrass”, named for a wild grass that is found in the region. In 1973, the US Army Aviation flight training was consolidated and Fort Rucker became the headquarters for the Army Aviation Training Center. FT Rucker is known in the US Army community as the “Home of the Army Aviation”. FT Rucker’s Aviation training covers initial entry rotary-wing courses to advanced courses in aviation safety.
Fort Rucker is located in southeast Alabama and covers about 63,100 acres. FT Rucker mostly lies in Dale County, but other areas that are government-owned and lease acreage includes Coffee County, Geneva County and Houston County. Wooded landed, rolling countryside. several lakes and streams make up the Wiregrass area. About 90 miles from the Gulf of Mexico makes the Wiregrass a desirable retirement community.
Centrally located between the cities of Enterprise, Daleville and Ozark Alabama, FT Rucker is easy to access. About twenty (20) miles southwest of FT Rucker is Dothan, home of the National Peanut festival. Visit Montgomery, the Alabama state capital is about 80 miles north of Fort Rucker. Panama City Florida, Destin Florida and other sandy beaches of Florida is a short 90 mile drive south on US HWY 231.
Entry onto Fort Rucker is from the three main gates. The Enterprise gate is accessed from the West, on Rucker Blvd. The Daleville gate is located on the south side from Daleville Ave or US HWY 85. Coming in from the east on US Highway 231 in Ozark, turn onto Alabama 249 westbound (Andrews Ave) and enter FT Rucker through the Ozark gate. Monday – Friday you may also access the Faulkner gate from US HWY 27.
Local airports that service the Fort Rucker and Wiregrass area is the Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) or Montgomery Regional Airport Dannelly Field (MGM). Dothan Regional Airport is located on the north side of Houston County.
The above information is just a highlight of the Fort Rucker area. While relocating to the Fort Rucker area, the Wiregrass has endless possibilities for learning about Historic Alabama, the History of Aviation at the Aviation Museum on FT Rucker, weekend vacations to the sandy beaches of Florida, Wiregrass area Festivals, Fort Rucker area points of interest, true Southern Cooked Meals and outdoor activities. Below you will find various articles that will help with relocation to the Fort Rucker area.
Fort Rucker - Things to do/Places to see: Pet Friendly Establishments:
Enterprise AL History Walking Tour Fort Rucker area Hotels
Clayhatchee AL Historic Marker
Disney's Armed Forces Salute Special
Fort Rucker area Information: Fort Rucker Relocation Information:
Fort Rucker area Shopping Fort Rucker BAH Rates
Fort Rucker area Churches Fort Rucker on-post Housing
Getting to know Enterprise AL Fort Rucker FREE Internet Cafe
Enterprise AL Welcome Center Fort Rucker area Radio Stations
Fort Rucker area Weather: Fort Rucker area Restaurants:
Fort Rucker Hurricane Evacuation Routes
Fort Rucker Hurricane Checklist
Wiregrass area Market Reports: Day Trips from Fort Rucker
1st quarter Market Report Destin Florida
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Fort Rucker Relocation / Relocation Specialist / On-line Relocation Guide
Proudly Serving / Fort Rucker / Fort Rucker Families / Fort Rucker Communities
Fort Rucker PCS / Fort Rucker Military Move
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Military Relocation Guide
Pet friendly hotels are part of the On-line FORT RUCKER relocation packet / guide.
PCSing to the Fort Rucker area? During your relocation to the Enterprise area, your family may need hotel accommodations! One more thing to add to the headache of a military PCS move - finding a PET FRIENDLY HOTEL! While there are several websites that are geared towards traveling with your pet, I have found that the databases for the Enterprise & FT Rucker area to be incomplete.
Since I have a 75 pound lab and can relate to the frustrations of trying to find a hotel or rental house / apartment that are PET FRIENDLY, I have decided to compile a list of Hotels in the Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Daleville and Ozark areas that are PET FRIENDLY. The One-Stop Calling Hotel List will help cut back on your time spent calling all the hotels in the FT Rucker and Enterprise AL area to determine if they accept pets (and long distance charges).
Availability, terms and condition and pet fees will need to be confirmed
ENTERPRISE area Hotels
Holiday Inn Express
9 North Pointe Boulevard (located off the Boll Weevil Circle) Enteprise, AL 36330
(334) 347-2211
Military Disount offered.
Comfort Inn
615 Boll Weevil Circle Enterprise, AL 36330
(334) 393-2304
Enterprise Inn & Suites
630 Glove Ave Enterprise, AL 36330
(334) 347-6262
Americas Best Value Inn & Suites
101 Access Rd. Enterprise, AL 36330
(334) 348-2378
DALEVILLE area Hotels:
EconLodge
444 N. Daleville Ave Daleville, AL 36332
(334) 598-6304
Green House Inn
761 S Daleville Ave Daleville, AL 36332
(334) 598-1475
OZARK area Hotels:
Quality Inn & Suites
858 US HWY 231 Ozark, AL
(334) 774-7300
Jameson Inn
1360 S US Highway 231, Ozark, AL
(334) 774-0233
ALL INFORMATION DEEMED RELIABLE BUT NOT GUARANTEED
RATES AND TERMS NEED TO BE VERIFIED WITH EACH HOTEL
Authored: Michelle Tucker - Fort Rucker Real Estate Blog
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Request a FREE Fort Rucker Relocation packet from the FT Rucker Relocation Specialist. If you are moving to the Fort Rucker / Enterprise AL area view the FORT RUCKER AREA RENTAL HOMES to begin your relocation search.
Fort Rucker / Enterprise AL / Daleville AL / Ozark AL
FT Rucker Relocation / FT Rucker PCS / FT Rucker Military Move
Relocation Specialist / Military Spouse Relocation / Relocation Packet
Proudly Serving the FORT RUCKER AREA
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Annual Oktoberfest
September 26, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Howze Field - Fort Rucker
German beer, traditional German food, carnival games, vendors, crafts and mingling amongst other festive goers. Live music entertainment will be provided and the event is to be enjoyed by the entire family. The event is open to the public, so all residents of the Wiregrass (Daleville, Enterprise, Ozark, Dothan and New Brockton) is encouraged to come out and enjoy the FT Rucker Okotberfest Annual Community Event.
For more information, contact MWR Special Events at 255-9810.
OKTOBERFEST IN GERMANY:
Oktoberfest dates back to 1810 celebrated in Munich (Bavaria), Germany. Oktoberfest was to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to the Saxon-Hildburghausen Princess Therese. All the citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. The main event of the original Oktoberfest was a horse race.
Fast forwarding to the present, the Oktoberfest event is the largest fair in the world lasting for sixteen days, with an average of 6 million visitors.
Traditionally, the Munich Oktoberfest has taken place during the sixteen days up to and including the first Sunday in October. In 1990, after the German reunification, the schedule for the Oktoberfest event was altered to coincide with the German Unity Day on October 3rd. If the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival will go on until October 3rd ending on the German Unity Day. Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st.
Originally, the Oktoberfestbiers were the beers that have been served at the event in Munich and were supplied by 6 breweries 
known as the Big Six and consisted of dark lagers. Now days with the introduction of pale lagers, one will find a variety of different brewed biers.
The event may be known for the "beer drinking fest" however, traditional German (Deutsche) food is a big part of the event. These dishes would include Wurst sausage (Bratwurst), Hendl (chicken), Kasespatzle (cheese noodles) and the famous Sauerkraut. Don't forget the famous Bavarian favorites such as Obatzda (spiced cheese-butter concoction), roast ox tails and Reiberdatschi (apple pancakes).
Make sure you come back to see photos from the
2008 Annual Fort Rucker Oktoberfest
Fort Rucker Relocation Links:
Downtown Enterprise Alabama Walking History Tour
FT Rucker area Shopping Directory
Fort Rucker area Church Directory
FT Rucker area Housing Market Report
Fort Rucker Community Events / Fort Rucker MWR
FT Rucker Relocation / FT Rucker PCS
Wiregrass / Daleville AL / Enterprise AL / Ozark AL
Oktoberfest - Howze Field
Michelle Tucker - Realty World SHAP
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Fort Rucker Alabama
I recently wrote about on-post housing on FT Rucker and the mock utility billing. This post is an update to Fort Rucker Mock Utility Billing.
Picerne Military Housing, the managing company for on post housing on FT Rucker, held a town hall meeting on Thursday for the military residents to ask questions, discuss concerns and provide further information on the program. The meeting was held at Rucker-Picerne Partners Building located on Andrews Avenue FT Rucker, Alabama. Approximately 50 residents showed up to get the full details. Picerne Military Housing provided soft drinks and cookies upon entering.
Picerne's representative went into details about the reason for implementing the billing of utilities to the military families. #1 goal is to conserve / reduce energy. The Department of Defense has mandated a goal to cut energy consumption by 3% on ALL military installations by 2015. "We all have to do our part". The Soldiers Center Building (BLDG 5700) on Fort Rucker recently was evaluated. The onsite temperature was adjusted during the day and cut back during the evenings and weekends while it was closed, the savings total over $4000 per month.
Who and how Picerne will determine the billing was discussed in length. A third party who handles metering readings will be contracted to handle all the billing and readings of the meter. Residents are rest assured that "like homes" will be used to compare consumption (3 bedrooms with 3 bedrooms).
The programs is not to get residents upset or scared of the program, but instead to make military residents become more aware of your energy consumption. The program will begin on November 1st with a MOCK bill. This MOCK billing period is intended to last for about 6 months. No confirmed dates have been set, but "sometime in May of 2009" was mentioned for the actual billing process to begin. The Mock Billing is to begin in Allen Heights and will include the new construction in Munson Heights.
Some residents were upset with the new program. Concerns such as "BAH (basic housing allowance) is suppose to cover utilities, homes that are not energy efficient and Picerne making a profit from the BAH and now charging for utilities. One resident questioned if conserving energy is so important than why are they not installing solar panels. Most of the answers from the representatives referred back to "mandated by Congress", "the top 10% and bottom 10% will be dropped, then we will get a baseline from the remaining 80%", "we don't have the answers to that" and "we will discuss that at our next meeting".
After attending the town hall meeting, the only new information that I had was the MOCK billing will be for a period of 6 months. I am anxious to see the first mock bill however at the same time nervous that we might actually be paying extra for our energy consumption.
Fort Rucker on post housing / Fort Rucker Picerne
Fort Rucker Relocation / Fort Rucker housing / Military Housing
Military Spouse Relocation Specialist
authored by: Michelle Tucker Fort Rucker Real Estate
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Congratulations Marie!
Marie Westerman, the Realtor® for the Augusta, Waynesboro and the Fort Gordon area recently became the #1 Featured Agent for the Augusta / Richmond County Georgia area. I received the call around 11:30 pm. The voice on the other line was full of joy. It was Marie calling to share her achievement. Marie is fairly new to Active Rain and has quickly become efficient in the blogging world. Marie has informed me that she will be doing several series on relocating to the Augusta, FT Gordon, Plant Vogtle and Waynesboro area. Marie has recently put together a relocation packet that can be delivered by mail or an online relocation packet version.
Congratulation Marie for your hard work and dedication! Keep up the great work and providing useful information for the Augusta, Fort Gordon, Plant Vogtle and Waynesboro area!
Authored by: Michelle Tucker - Fort Rucker Real Estate
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Welcome to FORT RUCKER
Fort Rucker is centrally located between Enterprise, Daleville and Ozark ALABAMA. A short drive south on HWY 231 you will be in Dothan, AL. Dale County and Coffee County are located in the Beautiful Wiregrass Community in the State of Alabama.
The Fort Rucker / Enterprise area offers some of the best views of helicopters. Ft. Rucker is home of the US Army Aviation and the Army Aviation Museum. A favorite with military retirees, the small towns of Ozark and Enterprise combine exceptionally low home prices with quality living.
Enterprise AL Real Estate / Fort Rucker AL Real Estate / Coffee County
Proudly Serving Ft Rucker - Enterprise - Daleville - Ozark
Michelle Tucker / Realty World / Southern Homes & Properites LLC
I was raised in Port Orchard, WA in the Great Northwest and attended South Kitsap High School. Moving on to Tacoma is where I met my husband who was in the United States Army stationed at Fort Lewis. Military Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) orders took us on a world wide adventure.
Stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta GA, we decided to take a leap and get a piece of the American Dream - Homeownership. The process from start to finish was full of questions and uncertainties. After the closing I could not stop thinking "what did we just sign." A few months later I enrolled for the Real Estate course with Meybohm Real Estate Institute. A year after passing the state exam, I decided I wanted to help first time home buyers understand the process and educate them on the biggest purchase they will make. I placed my license with Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate Co. in South Augusta where I received top notch training and unforgettable mentoring. Thank you Linda Squarcette and Caroline Hampton.
Being an US Army spouse for 10 years, I understand the demands of a military PCS move. If you are not assigned a sponsor or they fail to provide you with the information you need or desire. Call Michelle Tucker and request your FREE FT RUCKER RELOCATION PACKET and get first hand knowledge of the Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Daleville, Ozark, New Brockton, Elba and surrounding Wiregrass area.
Ask me about my "FREE - No Obligation Guarantee"
"Thank you for educating us and helping us to understand our first home purchase. Your patience and dedication will never be forgotten. When we think Real Estate - we will think of Michelle Tucker, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. We hope others get the chance to work with you at your next duty station." AnnaMaria & Joseph Gibbs - Grovetown, GA.
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In six months time, my agent did not show my house not once! Around the first of January 2007, I was notified that both mortgages had intended to foreclose. I had resolved myself to this fact and began vacating the premises. I had known Michelle for about three years prior and she convinced me to let her have a try at selling my house.
She worked tirelessly and relentlessly. She made suggestions on how better to present the property, (i.e. trimming trees and bushes that concealed the entrance way). She took many pictures to best represent my home in the listing. I truly believe she is a miracle worker because by January 28, 2007, she had found an interested couple who almost immediately signed a purchase agreement. The successful sale of my house and property closed on March 6, 2007. This was approximately six days before it was to be auctioned of at the Richmond County Courthouse. I celebrated! Michelle is a good person, an excellent Realtor, and my friend. If you and your family are interested in buying or selling a home, please ask me about Michelle M. Tucker. I would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. My email address is tboiver@aug.edu.
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I did nothing more than my job and was happy to help you and the Slagles in finding what they needed and really, a happy and content customer is more than I can ever ask for, but to get a happy and content colleague, that is more than I deserve. You know, you will always have someone that will help you in this area.
Thank you for your support on your end and I would be more than happy to help with any other customers you have coming to Ft. Campbell area. I am very humbled by your comments and have no idea how to thank you!
Thanks again and really, THANK YOU for your kind words!
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