Fort Benning News

Veterinarians have served in the U.S. Army since the days of George Washington. Once they served as farriers for cavalry horses.

During the nine weeks of training, the KIng received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions.

The bomb was Myles Caggins, chief of operations and facilities for the Muscogee County School District, telling a crowd at a public hearing that the district must close not two schools, but six.

President Kennedy flies to racially troubled Alabama today for two speeches and perhaps a crucial meeting with defiant segregationist Gov.

Airman 1st Class James Mason, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, rides his motorcycle around Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Aug.

Soldiers at Fort Benning and across the Army have the opportunity to further their educations, as the Army offers numerous educational benefits and opportunities to Soldiers, Family members and veterans.

Fort Benning recently became home to a new piece of armored warfare history, as three Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles were delivered to the armor restoration shop on Sand Hill last month.

Keynote speaker Melanie Braam offered insightful words of wisdom from a variety of well-known individuals along with helpful and genuine advice of her own to the 12 Marshall East Campus Learning Alternative graduates at the 2013 graduation ceremony Tuesday morning.

Pulitzer Prize winning author and noted military historian Rick Atkinson will be speaking at 1 p.m. June 13 at Fort Benning in the headquarters building .

A Muscogee grand jury today is reviewing the 2011 confrontation in which a Columbus police officer killed a suspected bank robber while fatally wounding a Fort Benning fire inspector.

Edward Johnson Jr. is a hero and Wounded Warrior in our community. A 1991 graduate of Cocoa High, Edward served in the U.S. Army from 1997 to 2011 and was deployed overseas six times in his career: once each to Bosnia, Kuwait, Korea and three times to Iraq.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com Muscogee County Sherrif John Darr talks with the participants of the Law Enforcement Torch Run Monday afternoon at the Government Center.

The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare has asked the Muscogee School Board to submit a plan for educating Fort Benning high school students on an integrated basis.

Capt. Edward C. Garcia Jr. completed and graduated from the United States Army Ranger Training School in Ft.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com Royce Matthews is an administrative clerk for Martin Army Community Hospital and owner of Tastee Cookie Company on Armour Road in Columbus.

With the Iraq War over and the Pentagon looking to trim its force by 2017, Fort Benning officials are seeing more soldiers leave the Army this year.

President Barack Obama acknowledged the day in an official proclamation , noting, "As long as there have been courageous men and women willing to protect our Union and our ideals, there have been extraordinary spouses at their side -- patriots in their own right who serve and sacrifice in ways many cannot fathom." The Fort Benning Directorate of ... (more)

This would be a great job to get because this a great public library system in a great community, and they help make each other great.

Fort Benning schools may add about 200 students over the next two years -- an increase of 7 percent -- based on available housing units and growth from the Base Realignment and Closure process.

A Marine who served in Asia during World War II will be presented the China War Memorial Medal on Saturday during a ceremony at Fort Benning.