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Fort Benning, Georgia is located in Chattahoochee County. Zip codes in Fort Benning, GA include 31995, and 31905. More Fort Benning information.

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5 hrs ago | WSB-AM Atlanta

Thanksgiving: Feeding an Army

Military cooks at Fort Benning in west Georgia are literally feeding an Army this Thanksgiving.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Staff. Sgt. Norton awarded Silver Star at Fort Benning ceremony

Staff Sgt. Michael E. Norton of the 75th Ranger Regiment was awarded a Silver Star Tuesday during a ceremony at the Ranger Memorial on Fort Benning.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

MyFoxAtlanta

Protesters Scheduled for Trial

A federal magistrate has ordered four participants in protests last weekend at Fort Benning to stand trial.

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WXIA-TV Atlanta

Silver Star Recipient: Never Leave A Fallen Ranger Behind

We are sometimes so eager to find the heroes among us, that we may lower our standards to find them.

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War on Terrorism

Army Casualty

"Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements." Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

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WRBL

Suspicious Note and Package at Fort Benning

Fort Benning investigators are launching an investigation into a suspicious note and package found last week on post.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Everything Alabama

Four arrested in protests at Fort Benning over the weekend

Four people who were arrested during weekend protests at Fort Benning are to appear in federal court in Columbus, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports.

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HOT 107.9

Participated in Fort Benning protest

A protest in Georgia has ended with a Syracuse woman under arrest. The Post-Standard reports Nancy Gwin faces up to six months in jail after she and three others walked into Fort Benning to protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

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Mercury-Register

Letter: Taxpayer money supports oppression

The June 28 military coup in Honduras has faded from U.S. mainstream news. Apparently, since there have been no bombs, no call to war for U.S. soldiers, not even a civil war within Honduras, media and U.S. populace alike have lost interest.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

KNX-AM Los Angeles

Army Post in Georgia Threatened With Attack Similar to Fort Hood

A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

MyATLtv.com

Ft. Benning Soldier Inspires Fellow Troops; General Petraeus

Thursday was graduation day for the officer candidate school at Fort Benning. There's an OCS graduation every thirteen weeks, so having one Thursday was not unusual, except that Thursday's ceremony was special because of the guest speaker and the exceptional soldier who asked him to come.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Marin Independent Journal

One-eyed Army soldier graduates officer program

Peter Sprenger lost his right eye to shrapnel from an exploding car bomb during his first combat tour in Iraq, but the Army infantryman never let the wound dim his focus on staying in the fight.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Major League Baseball

Jackson helps kids during homecoming

For Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson, a homecoming in Georgia takes on a little bigger meaning.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

El Salvador honors 6 Jesuits slain by army in 1989

Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador's civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country's highest honor Monday.

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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Fort Benning: November is Warrior Care Month

The Warrior Training Battalion is celebrating Warrior Care Month with a week's worth of Commander's Cup activities that will culminate in an Open House Friday, Nov.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Ledger-Enquirer.com

The defenders of our liberty

When the original Camp Benning - located near what is now the Columbus Public Library - was just a month old, the war that in effect created it came to an end.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Local student pits ACLU verse union

A local graduate student's stalled thesis has pitted the American Civil Liberties Union against the Bureau of Prisons over the attempted removal of religious material from prison chapel libraries.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Veterans Day rings true at Fort Benning

Wednesday marked the day when American military veterans are honored for their sacrifices.

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Korda: America and its military: the poison is past, for good

We thank them for their service to our country." The passengers burst into applause.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Seattle Indymedia Center

Nov. 20-22 Mass Mobilization to Close the SOA

Join DC activists for the November vigil in Georgia. November 20-22, 2009: Vigil and Nonviolent Direct ActionConverge on Fort Benning, Georgia Join the Mass Mobilization to Close the School of the Americas and to Change U.S. Foreign Policy In less than 2 weeks, thousands will converge on Fort Benning, Georgia to say no to military coups, military ...

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