Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to ...
The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore in Georgia will return to its former name of Fort Benning, with the restored ...
Fort Moore received its name in 2023 amid a bipartisan effort to remove Confederacy-linked names from military installations.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort ...
This change underscores the installation’s storied history of service to the United States of America,” the Department of ...
The decision came after Hegseth made complaints in the media about recent military base name changes and changed Fort Liberty ...
The move reflects an effort by the Pentagon to overturn the Biden administration's 2023 decision to remove names that honored ...
Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves, will now honor a World War I ...
The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its ...
It looks like an eye-popping number, because it is to your everyday citizen,” said Abigail Blanco, an associate professor of ...
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers. By Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington Defense ...
Instead of paying homage to a Confederate officer, as Fort Benning previously did, the new name pays tribute to U.S. Army Cpl ...