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

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the renaming of Fort Moore in Georgia to its original name of Fort Benning in a memo on Monday, though he changed its namesake. The Army base was initially named after Confederate Gen.

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to that of original namesake.

The Secretary of Defense has renamed Fort Moore back to Fort Benning after less than two years under the current name. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today, which confirmed the new Benning will be named after Cpl.

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers.

Fort Moore received its name in 2023 amid a bipartisan effort to remove Confederacy-linked names from military installations.

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 has renamed an Army base in Georgia in ... The base was originally named after Confederate General Henry L. Benning in October 1918, but it was renamed Fort Moore in May 2023 to honor Army Lieutenant General Hal Moore ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reverted the name of Fort Moore, Georgia, to its previous name, Fort Benning. The Army base was originally named after Confederate General Henry L. Benning. This is the second military base that has been renamed by the Trump administration.

A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden administration’s purge of military base names that honored rebel leaders, will now revert to its original moniker.

Trump pushes through another name change as Fort Moore becomes Fort Benning again - The Naming Commission estimated it would cost $4.9 million to rename Fort Benning as Fort Moore

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... name of Fort Benning in a memo on Monday, though he changed its namesake. The Army base was initially named after Confederate Gen. Henry L.