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 ...
On March 3 two American military heroes were insulted. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the renaming of Fort Moore, Georgia, back to Fort Benning, after Cpl. Fred Benning, a decorated Army ...