The 18-year-old World War I corporal behind Fort Benning’s renaming
Fort Benning's new namesake, Fred Benning, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his battlefield courage
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.
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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The decision came after Hegseth made complaints in the media about recent military base name changes and changed Fort Liberty’s name back to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The base next to Columbus was renamed Fort Moore in 2023 in honor of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia.
Hal and Julia Moore’s son ‘saddened’ and ‘angered’ over Fort Benning renaming
Retiree Army Col. David Moore, the son of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, voiced anger over the decision to rename Fort Moore to Fort Benning.
Fort Benning is back — Hegseth orders Fort Moore to revert to its original name
Fort Moore, the Army base in Georgia that is home to infantry and armor training, will once again be called Fort Benning but without ties to the Confederacy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a memorandum announced Monday.
Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning, dumping Fort Moore
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth renames Fort Moore to Fort Benning — but a different one
This change underscores the installation’s storied history of service to the United States of America,” the Department of Defense said in a news release.
Defense Department changes Fort Moore's name back to Fort Benning
Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves, will now honor a World War I Cpl. Fred Benning.
Pentagon restores Fort Moore's original name to Fort Benning
The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore in Georgia will return to its former name of Fort Benning, with the restored name honoring a different Benning than a Confederate general.
Son of Fort Moore namesakes speaks out after base renamed to Fort Benning
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Fort Moore in Georgia will once again be called Fort Benning. The U.S. military base was originally named in 1918 after Confederate General Henry L. Benning,
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