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Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning, dumping Fort Moore

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reinstated the name Fort Benning for the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, reversing the previous name, Fort Moore, which honored military family members.
Fort Moore was named in May 2023 to honor Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia, in response to racial injustice protests.
Family members of Hal and Julia Moore expressed shock and confusion over the decision, labeling it a violation of the spirit of a law aimed at removing Confederate names.
Hegseth appointed Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a World War I soldier, as the new namesake to comply with the Congressional mandate to eliminate Confederate names.

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Pentagon to rename Georgia base back to 'Fort Benning,' but after WWI hero not Confederate general

Hegseth said the new Fort Benning will be named after World War I hero Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his "extraordinary heroism" in France in 1918.

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Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning.

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Hegseth restores Fort Benning name

(The Center Square) – Two years after the sign at Fort Benning was changed to Fort Moore, the sign at the Army base in Georgia will be changed again.

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Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning, dumping Fort Moore

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort

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Fort Benning is back — Hegseth orders Fort Moore to revert to its original name

Fort Moore, the Army base in Georgia that is home to infantry and armor training, will once again be called Fort Benning but without ties to the Confederacy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a memorandum announced Monday.

8 hours ago·Washington, United States

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