FORT BENNING (AP) — The Army officially restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth emphasized the name of Fort Benning but showed appreciation for its former namesake while speaking to the newest graduates of the base's Officer Candidate School ...

Just weeks before World War I ended, the U.S. military established Fort Benning near Columbus. The first soldiers arrived there on Oct. 6, 1918. Later that month, officials held a ceremony for naming ...

FORT BENNING — Cpl. Fred G. Benning’s platoon and company commanders had just been killed during a fierce battle in France toward the end of World War I. And two of his senior noncommissioned officers ...

Fort Benning’s Crook Soldier Performance Readiness Center honors an Olympic boxing champion and decorated Black combat veteran whose legacy now anchors the base’s H2F program. From Olympic boxing to ...

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