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Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is a United States Army post in the Columbus, Georgia area. Located on Georgia 's border with Alabama , Fort Moore supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees on a daily basis.
The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center is a museum located in Columbus, Georgia, just outside the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning). The 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m 2 ) museum opened in June 2009.
Follow Me in front of the Infantry School. Follow Me is a United States Army memorial located at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia.It was created in 1959 by two soldiers, Private First Class Manfred Bass, sculptor and designer, and Private First Class Karl H. Van Krog, his assistant. [1]
The new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was highlighted by his heroism as commander at the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
Harold Gregory Moore Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second-highest decoration for valor, and was the first soldier in his West Point graduating class of 1945 to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.
The other World War II unit that 3rd Ranger Battalion draws lineage from is the 5307 Provisional Unit, also called Merrill's Marauders.This unit was consolidated 10 August 1944 with Company F, 475th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Penetration, Special) (constituted 25 May 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Company F, 475th Infantry Regiment.
Presently Army aviation assets at Lawson support the Infantry School and other units stationed at Fort Moore. On January 9, 2025, Special Air Mission 39 [2] flew the casket of the late President Jimmy Carter from Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, MD to Lawson Army Airfield after his state funeral in Washington D.C. [3]
The United States Army Armor School was established on October 1, 1940, in Fort Knox, Kentucky, with the first class starting November 4th of the same year. [2] The school was established by then–Lieutenant Colonel Stephen G. Henry under the guidance of Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. , for whom the headquarters building is now named.