Cpl. Fred Benning was a World War I hero who became a baker, a successful businessman, and the mayor of Neligh, Nebraska.

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

The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its ...

Fort Moore, an Army base in ... (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Hegseth said the base’s renaming is in honor of Corporal Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished ...

Fort Benning is located in an area commonly known as the "Tri-Community", comprised of Columbus, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama. Columbus, known as Georgia's third-largest city ...

Benning. Fort Benning became Fort Moore ... (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images) No word yet on whether four other forts that were renamed in recent years will also revert their names.

Georgia's Fort Moore has been renamed to Fort Benning. Secretary of Defense Pete ... $1.5M nest egg would last in 50 states Starliner saga: See photos of astronauts landing, exiting SpaceX Dragon ...

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

Fort Eisenhower in Augusta, Georgia was originally named after John Gordon, a Confederate general and slave owner. Could its name switch back?

However, the fort’s official namesake will now be Army Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a World War I veteran awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1918 for his battlefield heroics in France.

The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning. Defense ...