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PENTAGON, (March 3, 2025): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today directing Fort Moore, Georgia, to be renamed Fort Benning.
The installation will now be renamed in honor of Army Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who "served with extraordinary heroism during World War I with the United States Army, and in recognition of the installation's storied history of service to the United States of America," the memo reads.
Originally established and named Camp Benning in October 1918 after Civil War-era Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, the installation kept Benning's name until being renamed Fort Moore — after Army Lt. Gen Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore — in May 2023.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Hudner during his visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025. Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander C. Kubitza, DOD
PENTAGON, (Feb, 26, 2025): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, yesterday, where he took time to speak to service members who are currently supporting the illegal alien holding operations being led by the Department of Homeland Security.
This wasn't Hegseth's first visit to Cuba, as then-Army 2nd Lt. Hegseth was deployed to Guantanamo Bay from 2004 to 2005 with the New Jersey National Guard.
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A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, ( Feb. 19, 2025): On the morning of February 19, 1945, the first wave of United States Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima — commencing 36 long, perilous days of gruesome warfare, and one of the most consequential campaigns of the Second World War. With ruthless fervor, the Japanese struck our forces with mortars, heavy artillery, and a steady barrage of small arms fire, but they could not shake the spirit of the Marines, and American forces did not retreat.
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A man in civilian attire, sunglasses and a baseball hat is talking to two people in camouflage uniforms. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025. Photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew R. Sveen
PENTAGON, (Feb. 5, 2025): During a media interview today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said morale is high among U.S. troops currently assisting with enforcement operations at the southern border because they are supporting the strengthening of their own country.
The Defense Department announced, Jan. 22, 2025, that it would be sending an additional 1,500 active-duty service members to the border to bolster the more than 2,500 active-duty troops and National Guardsmen already in the region.
Hegseth traveled to the border, Feb. 3, 2025, to see operations firsthand and interact with the service members stationed there, many of whom serve in the pay grade of E-6 and below.
Read more: DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS ENLISTED MORALE IS HIGH AT SOUTHERN BORDER