ATLANTA — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hinted he would like to change the name of Fort Moore back to Fort Benning. The former Army National Guard infantry officer and Fox News weekend host ...

In some of his first remarks as defense secretary, Hegseth referred to Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, a Georgia base renamed Fort Moore, pointedly using their original Confederate namesakes.

Fort Bragg and Fort Benning. Fort Bragg and Fort Benning were two of nine bases that the Naming Commission, a commission mandated by Congress to rename bases honoring Confederates, for which new ...

The same month, in a YouTube interview with conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, Hegseth said he completed his infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, which was renamed Fort Moore.

In addition to the North Carolina base, several other Army posts were renamed, including Fort Benning, home to the Army's infantry school, to Fort Moore, after the late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore ...

Fort Bragg and Fort Benning. Fort Bragg and Fort Benning were two of nine bases that the Naming Commission, a commission mandated by Congress to rename bases honoring Confederates, for which new ...

“Every moment that I’m here, I’m thinking about the guys and gals in Guam, in Germany, Fort Benning, and Fort Bragg, on missile defense sites and aircraft carriers,” Hegseth told reporters ...

And on his first official day as Pentagon chief, he called Fort Liberty and Fort Moore by their previous names, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.

he referred to Fort Bragg in remarks to reporters as well as Fort Benning, another base formerly named for a Confederate that was renamed to Fort Moore. Mr. Hegseth issued the Fort Bragg ...

He said he deliberately referred to Bragg and Fort Benning — the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, which is now called Fort Moore — as he entered the Pentagon on his first day. “There are ...