South Carolina Military Base Guide

If you are traveling to South Carolina on PCS orders, look up the BAH in your new duty location using our BAH Calculator. You can also find veteran benefits in South Carolina.
Army Bases in South Carolina
- Fort Jackson
- USAREC, Columbia Recruiting Battalion
Marine Corps Bases in South Carolina
- MCAS Beaufort
- MCRD Parris Island
Air Force Bases in South Carolina
- Shaw Air Force Base
Joint Bases in South Carolina
- Joint Base Charleston
Coast Guard Bases in South Carolina
- USCG Base Charleston
Get more info on VA benefits for veterans, retirees, separating service members, spouses, dependents, and disabled veterans. Learn more about the GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon program, monthly housing allowances, VA loans, and TRICARE.
Did you know? South Carolina offers qualifying veterans state employment preference. The S.C. State Employee Veterans Hiring Preference works by requiring “at least one qualified Veteran” to be interviewed for each full time state job. Learn more at the official site.
Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities in South Carolina
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
6439 Garners Ferry Road
Columbia, SC 29209-1638
803-776-4000
Mental health: 803-776-4000 x6823
Sumter VA Clinic
245 North Bultman Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
803-938-9901
Mental health: 803-776-4000 x2442
Orangeburg VA Clinic
151 Magnolia Village Parkway
Orangeburg, SC 29118
803-533-1335
Mental health: 803-776-4000 x2242
Columbia VA Regional Benefit Office
6437 Garners Ferry Rd
Columbia, SC 29209
800-827-1000
VetSuccess on Campus at Midland Technical College
315 S Beltline Blvd
Lindau Engineering Technology Building, room 105
Columbia, SC 29205
803-397-1003
Veteran Readiness and Employment Office at Moncrief Army Community Hospital
4500 Stuart Street
9th Floor, Room 925A
Ft Jackson, SC 29207
803-647-2405
Fort Jackson National Cemetery
4170 Percival Rd
Columbia, SC 29229-8307
803-699-2246
Columbia, SC Vet Center
1710 Richland Street
Suite A
Columbia, SC 29201
803-765-9944
Other Military Bases in the Continental United States:
- Fort Novosel, Alabama
- Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona
- Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
- Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
You can also review our complete list of Military Bases by State.
About the author
Editor-in-Chief Joe Wallace is a 13-year veteran of the United States Air Force and a former reporter/editor for Air Force Television News and the Pentagon Channel. His freelance work includes contract work for Motorola, VALoans.com, and Credit Karma. He is co-founder of Dim Art House in Springfield, Illinois, and spends his non-writing time as an abstract painter, independent publisher, and occasional filmmaker.