Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The congressionally mandated Naming Commission recommended that Fort Benning be renamed Fort Moore after Lieutenant General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore, both of whom are buried on post. [10] On 6 October 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accepted the recommendation and directed the name change occur no later than 1 January ...
All were renamed in 2023: Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia, named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning, was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore [13]
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.
In 2020, during the George Floyd protests, there were renewed calls to rename U.S. Army installations named after Confederate soldiers, including Fort Benning. [8] Fort Benning was renamed Fort Moore, after Lieutenant General Hal Moore Jr. and his wife, Julia as of May 11, 2023. [9] It is the only base named for a married couple. [10]
The Department of Defense has approved the renaming of nine military bases that honor confederate officers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The post Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III ...
The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023. The U.S. Army garrison commands organizational Fort Liberty flag waves after a redesignation ceremony officially renaming the military installation on ...
Fort Moore, formerly Fort Benning, officially renamed on May 11, 2023 in commemoration of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore [62] Fort Liberty , formerly Fort Bragg, officially renamed on June 2, 2023, in commemoration of the American value of Liberty .
Benning, Bragg and Lee Demoted; Panel recommends naming installations after Women, Black Americans For The First Time At Last, The U.S. Military Won't Have Bases Named After Confederates Skip to ...