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Fort Benning
Army Infantry Center and School
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Army Infantry Center and School a
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command activity, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the focal point for U.S. Army infantry training and the development of infantry organization, equipment, and doctrine. The installation, which occupies some 184,000 acres and employs some 25,000 military and 6,100 civilian personnel.
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Fort Benning secure, but vigilance promised.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...congressional delegation says the future of Fort Benning appears secure, but that it will...preserving programs and personnel at Fort Benning as other members of the delegation...not categorically state that Fort Benning's officer training courses would...
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Future of Fort Benning in question.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; FORT BENNING, Ga. _ There are no clear...is going to have on Fort Benning. But one thing is certain...modernization would affect Fort Benning. "This thing is...information regarding Fort Benning's future and clouded a...
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Memo raises concerns about Fort Benning's future.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...anxiety about what role Fort Benning will play in the modern...potential transfer of more Benning people to Fort Knox...the situation involving Fort Knox, officials said...recently sent eight Fort Benning personnel _ along with...
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Congressional Delegation Says Georgia's Fort Benning Has Secure Future.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...congressional delegation said the future of Fort Benning appears secure following Monday...preserving programs and personnel at Fort Benning as other members of the delegation...not categorically state that Fort Benning's officer training courses would...
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FORT BENNING, 27 OTHER COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 5/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...at a May 6 Pentagon ceremony. Fort Benning, Ga., was recognized as the...Maj. Gen. Carl F. Ernst, Fort Benning's commanding general, accompanied...gets a profit from it, she said. Fort Benning took top honors in the competition...
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Columbus, Ga., Water Works signs deal with Fort Benning Army base.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...Business News Sep. 28--Fort Benning and the Columbus Water...operation of the Fort Benning water and wastewater treatment...Col. Ricardo Riera, Fort Benning's garrison commander...last two years, Fort Benning and water works officials...
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FORT BENNING HOUSING PARTNERSHIP OPENS NEW DOORS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...Realty Capital, LLC. Fort Benning, Ga., and its housing...redevelopment of Fort Benning's family housing in...the surrounding area. Fort Benning Family Communities...redevelopment of Fort Benning's military housing is...
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Columbus, Ga., Chamber Braces to Defend Fort Benning from Base Closures.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 1/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...direct action to protect and enhance Fort Benning as the Defense Department prepares...We are not predicting that Fort Benning will be closed, but we are certain...ranges and depots that might work at Fort Benning. Hank Kinnison, a Wexford Group...
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FORT BENNING WINS GEORGIA OGLETHORPE AWARD
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 2/12/1999; ; 542 words
; 00-00-0000 Fort Benning, Ga., (Army News Service, Feb...Barnes announced Feb. 12 that Fort Benning has won the 1998 Georgia Oglethorpe...an organization in Georgia and Fort Benning shares the spotlight this year with...
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Columbus Water Works Supplies Fort Benning With Water and Wastewater Services
Newspaper article from: Columbus Times; 10/13/2004; 462 words
; ...Columbus Times 10-13-2004 Fort Benning Garrison Commander Colonel...CWW will provide Fort Benning with water and wastewater...said, "The support of Fort Benning's infrastructure...that economically Fort Benning is a vital part of this...
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Benning, Fort
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BENNING, FORT BENNING, FORT. Camp Benning (redesignated as Fort Benning in 1922), named for the Confederate general Henry L. Benning, was established near Columbus, Georgia, during World War I. By consolidation of three smaller military...
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Fort Benning
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Fort Benning a U.S. Army installation south of Columbus, Georgia...U.S. Army Infantry School. Named after Henry Lewis Benning , the facility was founded in 1918 as Camp Benning and became Fort Benning in 1922. Originally covering...
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Bases, Military: Development of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...seacoast fortifications such as Fort Jay (1794) on Governors Island...Infantry School was established, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1827...quartered in wooden and adobe forts dotting the West and Southwest. Among the most famous were Fort Bliss, Texas (established...1917–18 were Fort ...
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Museums, Military History
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...at battlefields, seaports, forts, or military bases that provide...Harpers Ferry, Rock Island, Fort McHenry, Fort Monroe, Fort Adams, and Fort Point. The...the Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia; to the Special Warfare...
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Army Combat Branches: Armor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...the mechanized force, then at Fort Eustis, Virginia, moved it to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and formed...provisional tank brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia, and carried out...x201D; The Fort Knox and Fort Benning brigades formed the nuclei for...
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