ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta Information First) – U.S. Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on Monday renaming Fort Moore in Georgia to Fort Benning, its earlier title.
The brand new identify, in line with the division, pays tribute to Corporal Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in motion throughout World Battle I with the U.S. Military in France in 1918.
“This alteration underscores the set up’s storied historical past of service to the USA of America, honors the warfighter ethos, and acknowledges the heroes who’ve educated on the set up for many years and can proceed to coach on its storied ranges,” the Division of Protection mentioned.
Underneath present regulation, in line with Stars and Stripes, Hegseth can not identify Protection Division belongings or properties for people tied to the Confederacy. However Hegseth was allowed to revert the set up again to Fort Benning so long as it was in honor of one other particular person with no ties to the Confederacy.
In 2023, below President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration, the U.S. Military’s Georgia coaching hub was renamed Fort Moore, changing the identify of a Accomplice officer that had adorned the bottom for greater than a century with that of a adorned Vietnam Battle commander and his spouse, according to the Associated Press.
An impartial fee beneficial in Could 2022 renaming nine of the Army’s bases commemorating Accomplice officers.
Situated simply exterior Columbus, Georgia, the bottom trains troopers to battle within the infantry, to serve in tank crews, and is residence to the elite Military Ranger Faculty. Roughly 70,000 troopers and civilian employees are stationed there.
Hal Moore served in Vietnam as commander of a cavalry battalion based mostly at Fort Benning and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. His spouse, Julia Moore, efficiently lobbied the Pentagon to undertake a coverage that navy households can be notified of struggle casualties in individual reasonably than by telegram.
Based in 1918 as Camp Benning, the Georgia base had lengthy been named for Henry L. Benning, a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court docket who vocally supported secession after Abraham Lincoln gained the presidency in 1860. Benning joined the Accomplice Military through the Civil Battle and rose to the rank of brigadier common.
In January 2023, the Pentagon ordered that the names of Accomplice officers and troopers be stripped from bases, ships, streets and different locations by the tip of the yr.
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