Ft Moore

[Stinky The Clown]

From Wikipedia, this excerpt tells the story of why I am feeling a swelling in my chest.

It was originally named for Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.[1][2] Fort Benning was one of the ten U.S. Army installations named for former Confederate generals.[3] The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,[4] passed over an attempted veto by President Donald Trump,[5] includes a provision that all ten Army bases named after prominent Confederate military leaders be renamed.[6]

The congressionally mandated Naming Commission on 8 August 2022, issued its recommendation that Fort Benning be renamed Fort Moore after Lieutenant General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore, both of whom are buried on post, and as are Julia's parents.[7] On 6 October 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accepted the recommendation and directed the name change occur no later than 1 January 2024.[8] On 5 January 2023, William A. LaPlante, US under-secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment (USD (A&S)) directed the full implementation of the recommendations of the Naming Commission, DoD-wide.[9] The redesignation to Fort Moore occurred on 11 May 2023.[10][11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Moore

When one serves, the whole family serves. Thank you, Julia Compton Moore. Another badass woman

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[HAB911]

2. It's about time

Took basic and served a year in the 197th at FT. MOORE.

[rsdsharp]

3. Then LTC Moore was the focus of the book We Were Soldiers Once, And Young

and the movie We Were Soldiers, Based on the book, starring Mel Gibson.

[lpbk2713]

4. That's interesting.

When my grandson was deployed to Poland about a month ago he left
from Fort Benning. When he returns he'll be coming back to Fort Moore.

[2naSalit]

5. Yes!

[ITAL]

6. At least the second Fort Moore I know about

Different Moore though! The original US Fort built over Los Angeles in 1847 was Fort Moore, named after Captain Benjamin Moore, a fatality in the Mexican American War.