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The crew of a 37 mm gun M3 anti-tank gun, in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1942. During World War II Fort Benning had 197,159 acres (79,787 ha) with billeting space for 3,970 officers and 94,873 enlisted persons. Among many other units, Fort Benning was the home of the 555th Parachute Infantry Company, whose training began in ...
The renaming of Department of Defense-owned assets that honor the Confederacy — including Fort Benning — was spelled out in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
Fort Moore, which is now the only U.S. base named after a married couple, had originally been christened after Confederate General Henry L. Benning. Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon for the ...
The U.S. Army garrison commands organizational Fort Liberty flag waves after a redesignation ceremony officially renaming the military installation on June 2, 2023 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
In March 2022, the commission determined that Fort Belvoir does not meet the criteria provided in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act for a renaming recommendation but the commission recommends that the Department of Defense conduct its own naming review of the post, based on results of the commission's historical research. [33]
The Army created a rudimentary landing field at Benning in 1919 with the initial mission of determining if data obtained by balloon observation would benefit the infantry. The airfield consisted of two small hangars that housed the balloon unit. In 1922, the Army made the facility a permanent Army post renaming the camp Fort Benning.
Fort Gordon (1917), near Augusta, Georgia, named for Confederate General John Brown Gordon, was redesignated Fort Eisenhower on 27 October 2023 in honor of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the ninth renaming. [15] [16] Fort A.P. Hill (1941), near Bowling Green, Virginia, named for Confederate General A. P. Hill, was redesignated Fort Walker on ...
Nearly 30 years after reporting to Fort Benning as a brand-new second lieutenant for his officer basic course, Curtis Buzzard returns to where it all began. Now a Major General, Buzzard comes back ...