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Fort Benning, Georgia, 12 November 1945; Verdun, France, 24 March 1962; Reorganized and redesignated as 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, 6 June 2000; 30th Medical Group [159] Fort Benning Georgia, 6 June 1949; Reorganized and redesignated as 30th Medical Brigade 17 June 1993; 31st Medical Group [116] 39th Medical Group
In February 2025, the base was again renamed to Fort Bragg, this time for World War II paratrooper Roland L. Bragg. [15] 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. [16] [17]
Patton Golf Course, an 18-hole regulation length public golf course at the Fort Benning Golf Club, Fort Benning, Georgia. [26] General George S Patton Park Recreation Center, a 93-acre park in Detroit, Michigan, dedicated in the early 1950s. [27] [28] [29] Patton Range, a rifle and machine gun firing range at Fort Benning, Georgia [30]
It participated in World War II, the Korean War and, more recently, deployed to Afghanistan. The hospital was involved in relief operations following Hurricane Katrina. The unit currently falls under the command of the 44th Medical Brigade and is based at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), GA, and relocating to Fort Stewart, GA during FY 2020.
The McKenna Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) site was an urban village built by Army engineers for urban training of soldiers on a US Army base in Fort Benning, Georgia. The site belongs to the Soldier Battlelab and was primarily used for live, virtual and constructive experimentation on soldier systems, weapons, and equipment.
In August 1931, the Army named the airfield in honor of Capt. Walter R. Lawson, a Georgia native who had been killed in the crash of a Martin MB-2 at McCook Field, Ohio on 21 April 1923. Lawson served with the 41st French Escadrille during World War I , had one victory, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in action.
The base was officially renamed in 2023.Costs to update its name were estimated at $8 million at the time. It's unclear how much it might cost the military to change the name again.
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