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.

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,

Fort Moore is once again named Fort Benning following a memorandum signed Monday by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The change is effective immediately.The army post, which is the sixth-largest in the United States,