The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its ...

Upon arrival to Fort Benning, cadets were assigned to barracks where they stayed alongside their teammates and other participants. To enhance their “Meet the Army” experience, cadets dined in ...

World War II veterans and Vietnam Veterans, including veterans from Hal Moore’s unit in Vietnam, pose next to the new post sign at the end of the ceremony changing the name of Fort Benning to ...

The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning. Defense ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has signed a memorandum renaming Fort Moore to Fort Benning, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. Instead of paying homage to a Confederate officer ...

Hegseth's first name change memo went to North Carolina, where Fort Bragg had been renamed Fort Liberty by the Biden administration and was returned to its original albeit after a different person.

However, the fort’s official namesake will now be Army Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a World War I veteran awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1918 for his battlefield heroics in France.

Previously, Fort Benning was named for Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War who stridently opposed the abolition of slavery. Now, Hegseth said ...

will once again be called Fort Benning but without ties to the Confederacy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a memorandum announced Monday. “I direct the U.S. Army to change the name of ...

Fort Moore, located just outside Columbus, Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning. Yes, Fort Benning in Georgia will again be known by that name after being changed to Fort Moore during the ...