Fort Moore, a Georgia U.S. Army installation, will revert back to its old name, Fort Benning, on the orders of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning. The move reflects an ongoing effort by the Pentagon to overturn the Biden administration's 2023 decision to remove names that honored

Instead of paying homage to a Confederate officer, as Fort Benning previously did, the new name pays tribute to U.S. Army Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his “extraordinary heroism in action during World War I with the U.S. Army in France in 1918,” the department’s news release says.