Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

Danny Powell hadn’t heard of the defense secretary’s decision to change the name of North Carolina’s largest military base back to Fort Bragg.

The Army is set to dramatically expand ... By April, the service expects to have 10 additional basic training units established across Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma ...

Hegseth has been outspoken on his views of the name changes of military bases ... my company commander from my infantry training, which was at Fort Benning, which is no longer Fort Benning.

Derek R. Thorstenson has graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. During the 12 weeks of training, the ...

Nearly every student, sitting at desks in Army uniforms at Fort Jackson ... known as Fort Benning. Roughly 95% of soldiers graduate and are then allowed to attend basic training, whereas many ...

Pete Hegseth speaks during his confirmation hearing to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The ...

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 ...