Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, signed a memorandum renaming Fort Moore in Georgia and Fort Benning immediately.
Instead of the Confederate public and Silver Star recipient for whom it was actually called, this time it honors an joined World War I guy and receiver of the Distinguished Service Cross.
Fort Moore was given the name in 2023 in an effort to rename outposts after names associated with Confederate eras.
It was named in honor of Hal Moore, who commanded the Army’s 1st Battalion,  , 7th Cavalry Regiment from 1945 to 1977, as well as his wife Julia, who contributed to the development of the government’s method for families of fallen service users.
The new brand is apparently in honor of Corporal Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary bravery while battling the U.S. Army in 1918 in France’s Andersen.
This change honors the installation’s historic record of service to , the United States of America, and honors the interceptor philosophy, according to the U.S. Department of Defense in a media release.
Following the death of his platoon commander and the detention of two top non-commissioned soldiers, CPL Benning took control of the surviving 20 people of his company and bravely led them through large fire to their assigned purpose in support of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, according to a letter signed by Hegseth on Monday.
adding that CPL Benning “embodied the Infantryman’s Creed, as he never let his country’s believe be eroded and fought to achieve success for both his product and his nation.”
This is not the first moment a U.S. Army base has been renamed. Fort Liberty in , North Carolina  was recently renamed Fort Bragg from Fort Bragg  to Fort Liberty in 2023, and Hegseth changed its name last quarter to Fort Liberty in , Fort Bragg.
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