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Fort Benning reclaims its old name to honor WWI hero Corporal Fred G. Benning instead of a Confederate general.
Fort Benning’s name has officially been restored after a two-year stint as Fort Moore that was part of a national move away ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month ordered the change back to Fort Benning to honor Fred Benning, who was awarded the nation’s second-highest honor for battlefield bravery as an 18-year-old ...
Less than two years after changing the name of Columbus military base Fort Benning to Fort Moore, the U.S. military will hold a ceremony this week to restore the base's name, this time dedicating it ...
Georgia's Fort Benning, formerly Fort Moore, had its renaming ceremony Wednesday. Three generations of descendants of Fred Benning, who the base now honors, participated.
U.S. Army Soldiers, veterans, military and civic leaders, community members, and the whole Benning family gathered for the ...
FORT BENNING (AP) — The Army has restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a ...