Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

Derek R. Thorstenson has graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. During the 12 weeks of training, the ...

Danny Powell hadn’t heard of the defense secretary’s decision to change the name of North Carolina’s largest military base back to Fort Bragg.

He said he deliberately referred to Bragg and Fort Benning — the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, which is now called Fort Moore — as he entered the Pentagon on his first day. “There are ...

It’s Fort Bragg.” “There are other bases that have been renamed that erodes that very same legacy,” he said. “There’s a reason I said Bragg and Benning when I walked into the Pentagon ...

Sgt. Skylar Land, a 2011 graduate of Central Lee, recently completed a tour of duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in ...

Fort Bragg and Fort Benning. Fort Bragg and Fort Benning were two of nine bases that the Naming Commission, a commission mandated by Congress to rename bases honoring Confederates, for which new ...

Georgia, previously known as Fort Benning. Roughly 95% of soldiers graduate and are then allowed to attend basic training, whereas many of them would have previously been turned away and not ...

Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, they highlight the service of SPC Mason Leist ...

David Matthew Hall joined in the United States Army on July 30, 1985. After completing basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he was stationed at Camp Greaves in Korea with the 19th Infantry Brigade ...