The Trump Administration has returned a Georgia military installation back to its former name, but the name now represents someone else.

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.

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

Retiree Army Col. David Moore, the son of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, voiced anger over the decision to rename Fort Moore to Fort Benning.

Fort Benning's new namesake, Fred Benning, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his battlefield courage

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today directing Fort Moore, Georgia, to be renamed Fort Benning.

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.

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.

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

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

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