Georgia’s Fort Benning is the second base to be renamed since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assumed his post.

The Secretary of Defense has renamed Fort Moore back to Fort Benning after less than two years under the current name.

For more than a century, Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the ...

Cpl. Fred Benning was a World War I hero who became a baker, a successful businessman, and the mayor of Neligh, Nebraska.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today directing Fort Moore, Georgia, to be renamed Fort Benning.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort ...

Like Fort Benning, Fort Bragg was named after a Confederate general.

Fort Moore, a Georgia U.S. Army installation, will revert back to its old name, Fort Benning, on the orders of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reverted the name of Fort Moore, Georgia, to its previous name, Fort Benning. The Army base ...

Previously, Fort Benning was named for Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War who stridently opposed the abolition of slavery. Now, Hegseth said ...

Fred G. Benning. For nearly a century, the U.S. Army installation was named for confederate officer Henry L. Benning, a Columbus native. It was one of nine military installations congress ordered ...