Fort Benning leaders and family members of Fred Benning pose for photos next to the new Fort Benning sign that was unveiled during a ceremony Wednesday. (Screenshot from Fort Benning livestream) Fort ...

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 — 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 ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (AP) — The Army’s training hub in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore during a ceremony Thursday, replacing the name of a Confederate officer that had adorned the base for more than a ...

FORT BENNING -- 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 ...

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 ...