Fort Moore
Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia. 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. As a power projection platform, the post can deploy combat-ready forces by air, rail, and highway for their designated mission. Fort Moore is the home of the United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, the United States Army Armor School, United States Army Infantry School, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly known as the School of the Americas), elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, and other tenant units.
| Fort Moore | |
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| Part of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Forces Command (FORSCOM) Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) | |
| Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area Chattahoochee County, Georgia (93%) and Russell County, Alabama (7%) ≈182,000 acres (74,000 ha, 284 sq mi, 740 km2) | |
Maneuver Center of Excellence | |
Fort Moore Fort Moore | |
| Coordinates | 32°21′58″N 84°58′09″W |
| Type | Army post |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army |
| Website | Official Website |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1909 |
| In use | 1918–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Units and tenant units
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Established as Camp Benning, named after a Confederate general of the American Civil War, in 1918 it was the Home of the Infantry. In 1922 Camp Benning became Fort Benning. In 2005, it was transformed into the Maneuver Center of Excellence, as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission's decision to consolidate a number of schools and installations to create various "centers of excellence". Included in this transformation was the move of the Armor School from Fort Knox to Fort Moore.
In 2023 the name was changed to honor General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore as part of the process of renaming military assetts associated with the Confederacy.