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Fort Moore renamed Benning

CNN on MSN · 13h

Defense secretary reverts name of another Army base, saying Fort Moore is now Fort Benning

The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its original name — though this time Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it’s after an enlisted World War I soldier and Distinguished Service Cross recipient,

UPI News on MSN · 8h

Pentagon restores Fort Moore's original name to Fort Benning

The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore in Georgia will return to its former name of Fort Benning, with the restored name honoring a different Benning than a Confederate general.

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

Not that Benning: Hegseth renames Fort Moore, but not for Confederate general, he says

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to that of original namesake.

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Fort Benning, Georgia, is back — but not in honor of a Confederate general

A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden ...

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Hegseth Revives the Old Name of Another Military Base

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on ...

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Base Redesignation

Secretary of Defense Hegseth directed the Army to change the name of Fort Moore to Fort Benning in honor of Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a Distinguished ...

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