The recent death of retired Marine Rep. John Murtha sent shock waves through the military and political communities.
About two weeks ago, several elements of Fort Benning’s 11th Engineer Battalion were told to prepare to deploy to the earthquake-ravaged city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
Fort Benning hosted a deployment ceremony Friday morning for 13 soldiers with the 926th Medical Detachment who will soon leave for Iraq.
WASHINGTON — It’s time to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation’s top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to “lie about who they are.”
The 2010 Atlanta Braves Caravan began its trek across the Southeast with a stop to salute the troops at Fort Benning on Saturday morning.
The soldiers of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division have passed the 90-day mark of their yearlong deployment to Iraq.
Ranger Training Brigade said goodbye Friday to its top noncommissioned officer during a change of responsibility ceremony at Fort Benning.
The Fort Benning community has a new tax center.
In a ceremony held Monday morning at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center, 550 new commemorative pavers were dedicated on Heritage Walk.
Renting the latest video game titles on Fort Benning is now as easy as pressing a button, thanks to the installation of a new video game rental kiosk at the shopping mall on post.
In October of last year several local military girlfriends and wives posed beside restored World War II planes to create an old-fashioned pinup calendar.
Columbus Council wants the Georgia General Assembly and the Department of Transportation to consider raising the speed limit on the in-town stretch of Interstate 185 to 65 mph from 55 mph.
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation on Fort Benning will celebrate its nine-year anniversary today.
It wasn’t in a stocking or under the tree.
There isn’t much of a military presence in Boston, where I grew up. Soldiers aren’t sipping coffee at the local Starbucks or waiting in line with you at the DMV. Not like they do here.
Sixty soldiers with Fort Benning’s 690th Medical Company are scheduled to arrive home on Christmas Day after an almost yearlong deployment to Iraq.
Fort Benning marked the 20th anniversary Thursday of Operation Just Cause — the invasion of Panama — with an airborne jump at Fryar Drop Zone.
Pfc. George D. MacDonald was sentenced Saturday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2008 murder of fellow Fort Benning basic trainee Pvt. Rick Bulmer.
Staff Sgt. Justin D. Grimm was awarded the Silver Star — the nation’s third highest military decoration behind the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross — in a ceremony held Monday on Fort Benning.
The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for leaving a suspicious package with a threatening note last month on Fort Benning.
