The renaming continues: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been reversing the renaming of some significant military installations. Sort of. In February, he changed the name of “Fort Liberty,” North Carolina, back to Fort Bragg. Now he’s changed the name of “Fort Moore,” Georgia, back to Fort Benning.
There’s a catch: It’s not the same Benning. The post has been renamed, not after Confederate General Henry Benning, but after a Great War Army veteran, Corporal Fred Benning.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today directing Fort Moore, Georgia, to be renamed Fort Benning.
The installation will now be renamed in honor of Army Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who “served with extraordinary heroism during World War I with the United States Army, and in recognition of the installation’s storied history of service to the United States of America,” the memo…
