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FORT BENNING, Ga. – Over Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning in August 2016, a U.S. Army paratrooper exits the rear of a C-130 aircraft. Fort Benning is birthplace of the U.S. Army Airborne, and home to the U.S. A More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Oct. 19, 2018) -- Maj. Gen. Gary Brito, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, leads units from across post in an early morning run to celebrate the Fort Benning C More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers of the all-African American 24th Infantry Regiment and family members in 1941 outside the building here that housed the regiment's post exchange and snack bar. The building, which w More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a March 2004 photo, a member of a Fort Benning prescribed burn crew uses a bulldozer to move a burning dead tree to where it can't spread fire outside the space within which the crew want More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an October, 2016 photo, an M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Benning displays its speed and agility during a combat training exercise. Abrams tanks and crews will be front-and-center at the arduou More

In an April 2018 photo, a mortar team takes part in the Best Mortar Competition, one of four separate competitions that was to have been part of this year's prestigious annual Infantry Week competition, which h More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 1, 2018) – Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, left, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Scott A. Brzak, right, MCoE and Fort Benning command sergeant maj More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 30, 2018) -- Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, gives remarks at the Fort Benning Memorial Day Ceremony. MCoE and Fort Benn More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a June, 2018 photo, drill sergeants at Fort Benning stand by as busloads of new recruits pull in to start the entry level training that will make them Soldiers. Such trainees are just one More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Aug. 3, 2018) – Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, center, the Maneuver Center of Excellence, hands the U.S. Army Infantry School colors to Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, left, the new commandant of the In More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Feb. 8, 2019) – In this U.S. Army file photo, the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning commanding general, Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, speaks during the Maneuver Warfighter Conference More

FORT BENNING, Ga (Sept. 11, 2018) – Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, briefs attendees on the priorities and mission of TRADOC on the first day of the 2018 More

FORT BENNING, Ga (Sept. 13, 2018) – Maj. Gen. Gary Brito, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, gives a closing statement. The Maneuver Warfighter Conference came to an end on its t More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an October 2018 photo, a team of U.S. Army snipers compete at Fort Benning during the International Sniper Competition. This year that competition will be part of Fort Benning's prestigio More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a Nov. 2018 photo, military retirees from around the Fort Benning region attend annual Retiree Appreciation Day at the Benning Club here. Fort Benning will hold its 38th Retiree Appreciat More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an August 2019 photo, Soldiers attending the Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy as students in its Infantry Advanced Leader Course take part in machine gun training in which stude More

FORT BENNING, Ga. - Workers installing new windows at one of Fort Benning's many historic homes Oct. 1, part of a broader effort underway since about a year ago to curb lead-based paint hazards in the historic More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Theodore “Ted” Isham, a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, demonstrates Nov. 20 how Native American service members known as code talkers used their tribal languages to send encoded More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a November 2019 photo, housing inspectors at Fort Benning check the condition of an air filter and HVAC return vent during a quality assurance inspection of a home being readied for occup More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a November 2019 photo, housing inspectors at Fort Benning carry out a quality assurance inspection of a home in the Patton Village housing area to get it ready for occupancy. Fort Benning More

Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of Fort Benning’s U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, speaks to an audience of Family housing residents during a housing town hall meeting here Dec. 3. During th More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Candidates at one of the military’s toughest training schools – Fort Benning’s U.S. Army Ranger School – paddle assault boats along a waterway in Florida Dec. 7 during the “swamp” phase of R More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A December 2019 view of sunset, looking across Choctawhatchee Bay from the Destin Army Recreation Area, in the Florida panhandle, about 220 miles south of Fort Benning. The resort is popular More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Members of the Fort Benning community shop an aisle of the post’s commissary Dec. 20. New categories of patrons are now allowed to use Department of Defense commissaries, exchanges and recre More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning Jan. 21, Soldiers prepare to inventory contents of crates containing equipment their unit needs for the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, which becomes the Army’s official f More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At the Fort Benning Tax Center Jan. 27, staff get things ready for business, which starts Feb. 3. The center is in building 130 at Morrison and Ingersoll, near the Benning Club. Staff will p More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Movers at a housing area on Fort Benning, Georgia load the household goods of an Army Family Feb. 24 whose assignment at Fort Benning has reached its end. Soldiers and their Families move to More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a February 2020 photo here, members of the EXFOR, or Experimentation Force, move into an area they've just scouted with use of a small drone. The drone was one of various items of newly d More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a March 2020 photo taken before adoption of COVID-19 precautions, Fort Benning officials, residents of Family housing here including "mayors", and representatives of The Villages of Benni More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning leaders make final preparations moments before the start of an online community town hall meeting held March 17 to outline a range of precautionary measures being taken here aga More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning leaders March 24 make final review of information shortly before start of their second online COVID-19 town hall meeting, live-streamed on Facebook to keep the community updated More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning leaders hold their third online COVID-19 town hall meeting March 31, live-streamed on Facebook. Officials gave updates on a variety of measures put in place to help limit the sp More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Key leaders at Fort Benning hold their fourth online COVID-19 town hall meeting April 7, live-streamed on Facebook. From right are, Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Man More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers who recently finished initial-entry training at Fort Benning board buses April 9 for transport to new assignments at Fort Stewart, Georgia, under elaborate health-and-safety precaut More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning's Lawson Army Airfield April 14, Soldiers who recently graduated here from One-Station Unit Training for service with the Infantry or Armor, exercise social distancing and we More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning's Lawson Army Airfield April 14, Soldiers who recently graduated here from One-Station Unit Training for service with the Infantry or Armor, exercise social distancing and we More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At the entrance to Fort Benning's commissary April 15, a customer cleans his hands with sanitizer placed there for patron's use, and, in keeping with a recent Department of Defense directive More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning's main gate April 24, security guards check for proper identification of motorists seeking entry to the post. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, officials in March banned mo More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a May 2020 photo at the 1st Division Child Development Center, a staff member takes the temperature of a child at the start of a day, a safety measure done each morning at the CDC as part More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At the main Exchange barber shop on Fort Benning May 27,business is done under safety precautions against the spread of COVID-19, including wearing of cloth face coverings, social distancing More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A Soldier gets in a workout June 16 at Fort Benning's Paul R. Smith Fitness Center, which had been closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened the day before. Officials here have gi More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A Soldier enrolled in the U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning gets guidance from an instructor about which way to move next as the Soldier learns how to stalk targets June 19. Both are h More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At a 216-acre solar farm on Fort Benning June 25, Bryan M. Gossage (center) principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, and Jack Surash (right More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A drill sergeant newly assigned to Fort Benning's 199th Infantry Brigade signs a move-in inspection form June 25 at the home he will move into on Fort Benning. Because of the COVID-19 pandem More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, who became commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning July 17, goes online to talk to the community July 20 via live-str More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – During an online virtual housing town hall meeting July 27, staffers at Fort Benning keep track of questions being submitted by the post's Family housing residents, and carry out other tasks More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – During a ceremony reactivating the Army's 197th Infantry Brigade here July 31, Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe (foreground, right), commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excell More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – 1st Lt. Haley Johnson, a registered nurse who works in the mother/baby unit of Martin Army Community Hospital here, gets in a workout Aug. 7 at Fort Benning's Smith Fitness Center. Johnson, More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers prepare for a computer simulation experiment inside the Modeling Simulation Branch of Fort Benning's Maneuver Battle Lab Aug. 13. Recently, the MSB's team of computer simulation exp More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Doughboy Stadium here Aug. 28, work has begun on extending the length of the heavily used running track, as well as giving it a new rubberized surface and installing a drainage system to More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A column of eight-wheeled Stryker combat vehicles moves along a road at Fort Benning Sept. 2 during training for students enrolled in the Scout Leader Course. The Stryker, along with the Bra More

How to make the Army's Infantry and Armor forces become even more lethal and ensure they continue having first-rate leaders is the focus of the U.S. Army's annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference, scheduled onlin More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – For Soldiers practicing squad battle tactics here Sept. 16, watching out for one another's safety and otherwise supporting their team is of high importance, and the same watchful, supportive More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Students enrolled in the Armor Basic Officer Leader Course (ABOLC) check their location before proceeding across the terrain in an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during training here Sept. 22. More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Officials of the U.S. Army and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sign a conservation agreement here Sept. 25 to support management of natural resources on Army-controlled lands. Signing are Ale More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning Oct. 21, a wildlife technician cuts a space in a pine tree for a wooden block, known as an artificial cavity or insert, to create a home for the red-cockaded woodpecker. Inst More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston (second from left) gets a look at a recently renovated home here Oct. 22. With him are representatives of a private company that partners with Fort More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Staff. Sgt. Lynette Eriacho, a Soldier of Navajo and Apache descent, with her 10-year-old daughter Diedra, at Fort Benning Nov. 17. Eriacho, who was born and raised in New Mexico, recently c More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – An image from a recent Army video shows recruits starting training here to become cavalry scouts taking part in an event designed to instill teamwork and attention to detail on their first d More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Alexander Nappi (third from right), an Infantry officer, during training this year while attending Britain's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. While in Officer Candidate Sc More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Commanders of training units and other Fort Benning senior officials prepare a video Dec. 7 that outlines the procedures under which thousands of Soldiers in training here will head home for More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Lt. Gen. Gary M. Brito makes keynote remarks Dec. 11 at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia on occasion of the unveiling of a new "Diversity in Leadership" display. The display More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – An image from a Dec. 15 live-streamed town hall session in which Fort Benning's commanding general, Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe (upper left) announced that the post will impose stricter COV More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an image from a recent video, Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, points to the hedgerow cutter affixed to a More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, calls in a recent video for Soldiers and others in the Fort Benning communit More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, accompanied by other key officials, makes a "walking town hall" visit for a More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe (left), commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, held a virtual town hall meeting live-streamed Jan. 21 in which he an More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Command Sgt. Maj. Robert K. "Rob" Fortenberry (right), senior enlisted leader of the U.S. Army Infantry School, talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Sims of U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) J More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Staff Sgt. Tamarisk Witherspoon offers tips to trainees here Feb. 3 during a briefing she designed to help Soldiers get off to a good start once they graduate training and move to their new More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Oct. 19, 2018) -- Maj. Gen. Gary Brito, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, leads units from across post in an early morning run to celebrate the Fort Benning C More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A World War II-vintage C-47 transport plane makes an airdrop over Fort Benning's Fryar Drop Zone Aug. 16, 2019, in observance on National Airborne Day. Making the jump were historical re-en More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a November 2016 photo, an M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Benning maneuvers during a mock combat engagement. Abrams tanks and crews will be front-and-center at the arduous Sullivan Cup Tank Crew More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 1, 2018) – A giant novelty check for the amount of $1,392,052.41 represents the savings volunteers have provided the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning in 2017. More than 70 S More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 30, 2018) -- Soldiers, veterans and civilians attend the Fort Benning Memorial Day Ceremony May 28, 2018, at the Main Post Cemetery. Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of the Ma More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (July 24, 2018) – Col. Douglas G. Vincent, commander of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, passes the guidon of the ARTB to Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of the Maneuver C More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Sept. 13, 2018) – Audience members ask questions of panelists during the Maneuver Warfighter Conference. The Maneuver Warfighter Conference came to an end on its third day, Sept. 13, at the M More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a photo taken shortly after Hurricane Michael struck the Florida panhandle in October 2018, loose timbers are part of the storm damage wrought at the Destin Army Recreation Area, a scenic More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an October 2018 photo, visitors and others attend a U.S. Army Ranger School graduation ceremony at Fort Benning. Large groups of visitors attending graduations and other such events were More

A U.S. Soldier a takes part in a training event, showcasing for the secretary of the Army the skills Soldiers acquire and hone at Fort Benning, Georgia, Nov. 19, 2018. Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper vi More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In an April 2019 photo, a U.S. Army Infantry mortar crew competes at Fort Benning against other mortar teams from across the Army in the Best Mortar Competition, part of the prestigious annu More

FORT BENNING, Ga. - Workers installing new windows at one of Fort Benning's many historic homes Oct. 1, part of a broader effort underway since about a year ago to curb lead-based paint hazards in the historic More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – During a Nov. 20 observance of Native American Heritage Month here, audience members view a projection slide showing examples of how Native American Code Talkers used their tribal languages More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning Nov. 21, housing inspectors carry out a quality assurance inspection of a home in the Patton Village housing area with the aim of having it ready for occupancy by a military More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – In a November 2019 photo, a housing inspector checks the condition of an HVAC air handler during a quality assurance inspection of a home being readied for occupancy. This week, housing offi More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Col. Matthew Scalia, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Benning, speaks to an audience of Family housing residents during a housing town hall meeting here Dec. 3. During the meeting, offic More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Candidates at one of the military’s toughest training schools – Fort Benning’s U.S. Army Ranger School – ready their gear for a boat assault they were about to make during the “swamp” phase More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Members of the Fort Benning community do their shopping at the post’s exchange Dec. 20. New categories of patrons are now allowed to use Department of Defense exchanges, commissaries, and re More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning Jan. 21, Soldiers prepare to inventory crates containing equipment their unit needs for the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, which becomes the Army’s official fitness test- More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – The Fort Benning Tax Center, in building 130 at Morrison and Ingersoll, near the Benning Club, opens for business Feb. 3 and will prepare tax forms and file them electronically – all free – More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Movers at a housing area on Fort Benning, Georgia load the household goods of an Army Family Feb. 24 whose assignment at Fort Benning has reached its end. Soldiers and their Families move to More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Buses pull in to transport Soldiers newly graduated from initial-entry training at Fort Benning to Fort Stewart, Georgia April 9 amid elaborate health-and-safety precautions. The 40 Soldiers More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers assigned to courtesy patrol duty at the Fort Benning commissary April 15 check would-be shoppers for proper identification cards and for whether they are wearing face masks or other More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, leads a COVID-19 town hall meeting April 28, live-streamed on Facebook . During t More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning officials videotape a town hall meeting May 12 to update the public on measures here to stem the spread of COVID-19. Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito (right), commanding general of the U More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At the food court inside the main Exchange at Fort Benning May 28, red-orange markers on the floor help patrons keep proper social distancing, and masks or other cloth face covering are worn More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At Fort Benning's Paul R. Smith Fitness Center June 16, a sign reminds patrons of some of some of the things to do to guard against the COVID-19 pandemic. The center had been closed because More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Two Soldiers heavily camouflaged in ghillie suits blend in with the foliage at Fort Benning June 19 as they practice stalking targets as students in the U.S. Army Sniper Course here. Most st More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – At a 216-acre solar farm on Fort Benning June 25, Bryan M. Gossage (second from right), principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, and Jack S More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Officials of the Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy here plan to place this sign around the school's perimeter and post guards at key locations as part of their all-out effort to shi More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – During a ceremony reactivating the Army's 197th Infantry Brigade here July 31, the brigade's new commander, Col. Bart G. Hensler, draws off the casing that enclosed the unit's colors, which More