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 ...

FORT BENNING — Cpl. Fred G. Benning’s platoon and company commanders had just been killed during a fierce battle in France toward the end of World War I. And two of his senior noncommissioned ...

Ms. Sue Conger-Williams, right, Fred Benning's granddaughter unveils a new sign at Fort Benning during a ceremony honoring new namesake on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Fort Benning, Ga.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth renamed Fort Moore to Fort Benning ... for generations of soldiers and families behind me." Henry Benning, for whom the base was originally named in 1918, had ...