Soldiers with the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade on Fort Benning is preparing for intense combat situations that could arise as they advise our foreign partners. We had the chance recently to go behind the scenes during their training.
In the past two decades, the local House of Heroes has had more than 17,000 volunteers, honoring more than 900 military veterans and/or their spouses with home repairs and improvements, but for the first time ever, a team of Fort Benning drill sergeants are working with the non-profit, showing a sof
For the first time in decades, the military branch is implementing a new fitness test to better prepare soldiers for combat. Fort Benning gave News Leader 9 a first look.
The Army is honoring African-American soldiers - who make up nearly a quarter of those enlisted, and 11 percent of the officer corps, but only six percent commissioned into combat arms.
It's said that an army is only as good as its training, which means preparing for combat is often more important than actually being in the battle itself.
