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

Fort Moore has been renamed back to Fort Benning following an order by the new Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The longtime Chattahoochee Valley U.S. Army base located in Columbus had gone by Fort ...

Fort Moore, named in 2023 after late Auburn resident and Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, is being changed back to Fort Benning.

Fort Moore has been renamed back to Fort Benning following an order by the new Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The ...

The Army awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Benning for "extraordinary heroism in action" during events that took place Oct. 9, 1918, south of Exermont, France. (Benning received his award ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the renaming of Fort Moore in Georgia to its original name of Fort Benning, though he changed its namesake.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Army to rename Fort Moore in Georgia back to Fort Benning on Monday, honoring Corporal Fred G. Benning, a World War I hero, in a move reversing a 2023 ...

Benning’s platoon commander had been killed and two non-commissioned officers had been wounded in fighting south of Exermont, France. Benning then led the remaining 20 men through heavy fire to ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Fort Moore is once again named Fort Benning following a memorandum signed Monday by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The change is effective immediately. The army ...

“The Army awarded CPL Benning the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in action south of Exermont, France, on October 9, 1918,” read a memo signed by Hegseth directing ...