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Military Times5d
Fort Benning returns to old name — with a new namesake
The nation’s largest Army installation was rechristened Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, following a brief two years as Fort Liberty.
Yahoo5d
Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier
The nation’s largest Army installation was rechristened Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, following a brief two years as Fort Liberty.
'Change is necessary:' Army looks to reclassify 22,000 paid parachutist positions
During the podcast, Anderson said the 22,000 soldiers will still keep their jobs and be reclassified as non-parachutist ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution6d
Fort Benning’s renaming ceremony is this week. Here’s who the name honors now
Critics have called the move a calculated attempt at stoking division. In February, the Pentagon restored Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to its original name, Fort Bragg. The post was ...
Stars and Stripes5d
‘He is my hero’: Fort Benning marks name change with ceremony highlighting World War I infantryman
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Fred Benning was a humble, small-town man who rarely spoke of his exploits as a teenage soldier in Europe, where he earned the Army’s second highest honor for battlefield ...