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Hegseth renames Fort Moore

Defense secretary reverts name of another Army base, saying Fort Moore is now Fort Benning

The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its original name — though this time Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it’s after an enlisted World War I soldier and Distinguished Service Cross recipient,

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Fort Moore renamed Benning, this time for a corporal who fought heroically in WWI

Georgia’s Fort Benning is the second base to be renamed since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assumed his post.

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Not that Benning: Hegseth renames Fort Moore, but not for Confederate general, he says

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to that of original namesake.

Hegseth Revives the Old Name of Another Military Base

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on ...

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Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning

For more than a century, the Army post bore the name of Henry Benning, a Confederate brigadier general and ardent advocate of ...

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Fort Moore Army Base Guide

Fort Moore, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama. Columbus, known as Georgia's third-largest city, is a growing community of 250,000. Besides being the home of the Best Army Installation in the ...

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