In less than two months, Fort Benning will have a new commanding general, and we now know who that will be and what the current man in charge will do next.
Some call it a 3-day “suffer fest.” The Best Ranger competition wrapped up last week on Fort Benning and now we’re taking you inside the action of this famous event.
As the Best Ranger competition gets started on Fort Benning, a winner from 25 years ago is prepping for one of the toughest adventure races in the world, all to help today’s Army rangers.
On March 29th, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam after a long, bloody war. Almost five decades later, the Columbus Fort Benning community honored those who fought and died there.
In an uncertain world, Fort Benning is providing a forum for U.S. Army leaders to discuss the best technology and how to best train soldiers for potential war or anything else.
While some southeastern states are considered appealing places for former soldiers, the number of military retirees younger than 65 in South Carolina is declining.
For the first time in history, the U.S. Army is offering a $50,000 signing bonus to anyone who enlists for 6 years, that move getting a thumbs of from recruiters in Georgia and nationwide.
By The Associated Press and SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
A U.S. official said the complex attack was believed to have been carried out by the Islamic State group. The IS affiliate in Afghanistan is far more radical than the Taliban, who recently took control of the country in a lightning blitz and condemned the attack.
Gray Television's Greta Van Susteren dedicated the latest episode of her weekly Sunday news show, Full Court Press, to the upcoming end of this war that’s claimed nearly 2500 American lives.
After decades in the Army, that included leading troops during the War in Iraq, a veteran in Columbus is now testing new technology that is helping to save hundreds of soldiers’ lives.
It was a tradition for 10 years, people or teams running or bicycling from Savannah to Columbus or vice versa, while raising money to help organizations, including local military veterans, but the hiatus for the event was extended thanks to COVID-19.
Testing their communication and war-fighting skills on Fort Benning, the Security Forces Assistance Brigade or 1st S-FAB is getting ready for a deployment later this year to South America, to help more foreign partners.
