Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hinted he would like to change the name of Fort Moore back to Fort Benning.

Fort Bragg is one of nine major Army bases that initially bore the names of Confederate leaders. Their names were changed in ...

On his first day in the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred to Georgia's Fort Moore by its original name, Fort ...

The Pentagon is changing the name of the military base Fort Liberty ... he referred to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore by their former names, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning. Fort Bragg and Fort Benning ...

Hegseth referred to Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, a Georgia base renamed Fort Moore, pointedly using their original Confederate namesakes. In a podcast interview last year, Hegseth said ...

He said he deliberately referred to Bragg and Fort Benning — the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, which is now called Fort Moore — as he entered the Pentagon on his first day. “There are ...

The Pentagon will change the name of the North Carolina military base Fort ... he called Fort Liberty and Fort Moore by their previous names, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.

He said he deliberately referred to Bragg and Fort Benning — the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, which is now called Fort Moore — as he entered the Pentagon on his first day. “There are ...

The mention of Fort Benning also stood out, as the Georgia base was renamed Fort Moore in 2023, another step in the Pentagon’s efforts to remove Confederate associations from military assets.

In addition to the North Carolina base, several other Army posts were renamed, including Fort Benning, home to the Army's infantry school, to Fort Moore, after the late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore ...