Army Life

Army football coach Rich Ellerson expects spring game at Fort Benning's historic Doughboy Stadium to be 'memborable moment'; Smiths Station grad Colby Miller to appear with Black Knights

Army football coach Rich Ellerson makes trips around the country to the military bases where his players will be stationed for training during the summer.

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Army football: Black and Gold spring scrimmage to be played at Fort Benning's Doughboy Stadium

Army will play its spring football game at Fort Benning’s Doughboy Stadium on March 9.
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Army-Navy football game: Midshipmen defeat Black Knights for 10th straight time

President Obama in attendance
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Fort Benning Rangers awarded for their actions in Afghanistan

During a U.S. Army Ranger raid in Afghanistan, an enemy soldier pushed away Sgt. Robert J. Troemel’s rifle and tried to stab him in the throat. Troemel blocked the knife, which went through his hand, then drew his own knife, blocked more thrusts and killed the enemy attacker by stabbing him...
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Rep. Sanford Bishop says all Fort Benning commanders looking into cutting costs

A week after a Fort Benning official reduced the projected impact from the Base Realignment and Closure process and acknowledged a 15 percent cut in its workforce on post, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr. said all post commanders have been directed to study their operations to reduce costs.
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Fort Benning: Virtual battle field to help improve combat tactics

In a cluster of buildings at Fort Benning, soldiers and civilian workers fight the next war against a mythical country in the Maneuver Battle Lab.
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Fort Benning soldiers get safety training, perform mock air assault

Army Sgt. James Foster recalled how, on a dark night, an officer thought his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter had landed but the aircraft was still 45 feet off the ground.
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Pilots killed in Fort Benning helicopter crash identified

The two pilots who died Monday in a Fort Benning helicopter crash were Capt. John D. Hortman and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Steven B. Redd, said a statement Wednesday from the Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Capt. John D. Hortman and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Steven B. Redd identified today as victims in helicopter crash at Fort Benning

Two pilots who died Monday in a helicopter crash at Fort Benning were identified today as Capt. John D. Hortman and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Steven B. Redd, according to a release from the Special Operations public affairs office.
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Fort Benning: Rail shipment of armor equipment from Fort Knox almost complete

The big rail shipment of armored equipment from Fort Knox, Ky., to Fort Benning is almost complete, a post official said Tuesday.
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Fort Benning: Col. Walter E. Piatt takes command of Infantry School

From his humble beginnings at Fort Benning more than 30 years ago, Col. Walter E. Piatt stood tall in the Benning Conference Center Friday as the new commander of the Infantry School.