Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to ...
After two years as Fort Moore, the Army base formerly known as Fort Benning is getting its old name back. Now it's being ...
In 2022, a federal commission estimated that changing the names of nine military installations would cost taxpayers $21 ...
A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth renamed Fort Moore to Fort Benning. The base is spread out in over 182,000 acres near Columbus ...
Like Fort Benning, Fort Bragg was named after a Confederate general.
Hegseth said the new Fort Benning will be named after World War I hero Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his "extraordinary heroism" in France in 1918.
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary on Monday ordered the U.S. Army to rename Fort Moore ... served or held leadership in the Confederate States of America, the breakaway ...
The U.S. Army base was previously named after Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general ... installation's storied history of service to the United States of America, honors the warfighter ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored another famous military base to its original name Monday after the name was previously changed due to its Confederate association. Hegseth changed the name of U ...
The move reflects an ongoing effort by the Pentagon to overturn the Biden administration’s 2023 decision to remove names that honored Confederate leaders, including for nine Army bases.
The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its ...