Fort Benning is located in an area commonly known as the "Tri-Community", comprised of Columbus, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama. Columbus, known as Georgia's third-largest city ...

Fort Benning was renamed in a May 2023 ceremony as Fort Moore in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Moore.

Hal Moore began his infantry training at Fort Benning in the 1940s, one of his sons was born there, and the family was stationed at the base prior to the elder Moore’s deployment to Vietnam ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered the Columbus, Georgia, military post to revert to its old name after it was re-designated as Fort Moore during the Biden administration. However, the ...

reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning. The move reflects an ongoing effort by the Pentagon to overturn ...

Fort Moore, an Army base in Georgia used to train soldiers, was renamed to Fort Benning on Monday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum reinstituting the base’s old name ...

The Pentagon on Monday renamed Fort Moore as Fort Benning, switching the sprawling Georgia military base near Columbus back to its original name. The move is part of a broader Trump administration ...

also including Fort Bragg – but not exactly honoring their Confederate namesakes. Hegseth renamed the Georgia base in honor of Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a World War I veteran awarded the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reinstated the name "Fort Benning" on Monday for one of ... removing the name of a U.S. service member. The base, located in Columbus, Georgia, had been renamed ...

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 ...

Family members of Hal and Julia Moore were shocked, angry and confused by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision Monday to return the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, to the name Fort Benning.