The family of a Vietnam War hero who lived in Alabama expressed sadness and anger that his and his wife’s names are being stripped from an Army base in Georgia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that Fort Moore,

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

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers.

Fort Moore received its name in 2023 amid a bipartisan effort to remove Confederacy-linked names from military installations.

The Secretary of Defense has renamed Fort Moore back to Fort Benning after less than two years under the current name. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today, which confirmed the new Benning will be named after Cpl.

The Army will return the famed Georgia base to Fort Benning, the name originally chosen in honor of Confederate Henry Benning.

The Trump Administration has returned a Georgia military installation back to its former name, but the name now represents someone else.

The Pentagon will change the name of the Georgia military base Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, formerly named after a Confederate general, though this time it will honor a different man. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memorandum to restore the name of the Army base to Fort Benning after it was renamed Fort Moore in May 2023,

The US is "prepared" to go to war with China as the trade war between the two countries heats up, defence secretary Pete Hegseth has declared. The bold statement comes in response to the Chinese Embassy sharing online that it was "ready to fight till the end" whether it be in the form of a "tariff war,