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Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is a United States Army post in the Columbus, Georgia area. Located on Georgia 's border with Alabama , Fort Moore supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees on a daily basis.
Fort Moore was the second of two historic U.S. Military Forts in Los Angeles, California, during the Mexican–American War. [1] It lay straight above the junction of the Hollywood Freeway and Broadway, [ 2 ] on an historic hill that once sheltered the old Plaza .
The 17th STS is made up of a headquarters unit and two operational detachments. The headquarters unit is stationed at Fort Moore, Georgia. Detachment 1 (Red Team) is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia and is attached to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. [4]
Live updates: Jimmy Carter's remains arrive at US Capitol in dramatic farewell. ... 12:15 p.m.: Special Air Mission 39 leaves for Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia.
The new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was highlighted by his heroism as commander at the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
The museum is located on a 155-acre campus adjacent to Fort Moore. The campus includes Inouye Field, sprinkled with soil from the battlegrounds of Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, [3] and a 2,100-seat stadium which hosts graduations of Army trainees. The graduations are open to the public.
Presently Army aviation assets at Lawson support the Infantry School and other units stationed at Fort Moore. On January 9, 2025, Special Air Mission 39 [ 2 ] flew the casket of the late President Jimmy Carter from Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, MD to Lawson Army Airfield after his state funeral in Washington D.C. [ 3 ]
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command with headquarters at Fort Benning, Georgia. Today, 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment is a One Station Unit Training battalion on Sand Hill, Fort Moore, Georgia.