Fort Benning - wikipedia Fort Benning Fort Benning eponym : BG Henry L. Benning, CSA, of Columbus, GA Part of Training and Doctrine Command ( TRADOC ) Forces Command ( FORSCOM ) Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM ) Columbus, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area Chattahoochee County, Georgia ( 93 % ) & Russell County, Alabama ( 7 % ) ≈ 182,000 acres ( 737 km2 ) The Chattahoochee River runs through Fort Benning. Maneuver Center of Excellence Type Army post Site information Controlled by United States Army Website Official Website Site history Built 1909 ; 109 years ago ( 1909 ) In use 1918 -- present Garrison information Garrison Units and tenant units 198th Infantry Brigade 199th Infantry Brigade 194th Armored Brigade 316th Cavalry Brigade Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy 14th Combat Support Hospital, 44th Medical Brigade Task Force 1 - 28, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team 75th Ranger Regiment Army Marksmanship Unit 283d MCOE Band 17th Air Support Operations Squadron, USAF Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation ( WHINSEC ) United States Army Armor School United States Army Infantry School Martin Army Community Hospital Location of Fort Benning in Georgia Fort Benning is a United States Army post straddling the Alabama -- Georgia border next to Columbus, Georgia. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active - duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees, and civilian employees on a daily basis. It is a power projection platform, and possesses the capability to deploy combat - ready forces by air, rail, and highway. Fort Benning 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 ( United States ), 3rd Brigade -- 3rd Infantry Division, and many other additional tenant units. It is named after Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Since 1909, Fort Benning has served as the Home of the Infantry. Since 2005, Fort Benning has been 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 Benning. Contents 1 History 1.1 Commanding Generals 2 Post information 2.1 Main Post 2.2 Kelley Hill 2.3 Sand Hill 2.4 Harmony Church 3 Command group 3.1 Units and tenant units 4 Armor School move 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History Camp Benning was established in October 1909, after President Woodrow Wilson called for a special session of Congress, culminating Congressional work in the creation of the Revenue Act of 1913, reintroducing an income tax which lowered tariffs, ( tariffs - a schedule of rates or charges of a business or a public utility ) assigning permanent status in 1909. Initially providing basic training for World War I units, post-war Dwight D. Eisenhower served at Benning from December 24, 1918, until March 15, 1919, with about 250 of his Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, tankers who transferred to Benning after the armistice. On December 26, 1918, a portion of the Camp Polk ( near Raleigh, North Carolina ) tank school was transferred to Camp Benning `` to work in conjunction with the Infantry school ''. Camp Benning tank troops were moved to Camp Meade from February 19 -- 21, 1919. In February 1920, Congress voted to declare Camp Benning a permanent military post and appropriated more than $1 million of additional building funds for the Infantry School of Arms, which later became the Infantry School. By the fall of 1920, more than 350 officers, 7,000 troops and 650 student officers lived at Camp Benning. The post was renamed to Fort Benning in 1922, after Henry L. Benning, a general in the army of the Confederate States of America. In 1924, Brig. Gen. Briant H. Wells became the fourth commandant of the Infantry School and established the Wells Plan for permanent construction on the installation, emphasizing the importance of the outdoor environment and recreation opportunities for military personnel. During Wells ' tenure, the post developed recreational facilities such as Doughboy Stadium, Gowdy Field, the post theater and Russ swimming pool. Doughboy Stadium was erected as a memorial by soldiers to their fallen comrades of World War I. One of the Doughboys ' original coaches was a young captain named Dwight D. Eisenhower. Lt. Col George C. Marshall was appointed assistant commandant of the post in 1927 and initiated major changes. Marshall, who later became the Army Chief of Staff during World War II, was appalled by the high casualties of World War I caused, he thought, by insufficient training. He was determined to prevent a lack of preparation from costing more lives in future conflicts. He and his subordinates revamped the education system at Fort Benning. The changes he fostered are still known as the Benning Revolution. Later in his life, Marshall went on to author the Marshall Plan for reviving postwar Europe and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. During World War II Fort Benning had 197,159 acres ( 797.87 km2 ) with billeting space for 3,970 officers and 94,873 enlisted persons. Among many other units, Fort Benning was the home of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, their training began in December 1943 and was an important milestone for black Americans, as was explored in the first narrative history of the installation, Home of the Infantry. The battalion, later expanded to become the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, was trained at Fort Benning but did not deploy overseas and never saw combat during World War II. During this period, the specialized duties of the Triple Nickel were primarily in a firefighting role, with over one thousand parachute jumps as smoke jumpers. The 555th was deployed to the Pacific Northwest of the United States in response to the concern that forest fires were being set by the Japanese military using long - range incendiary balloons. The 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was activated July 15, 1940, and trained at the Fort. The 17th Armored Engineer Battalion became active and started training July 15, 1940. The 4th Infantry Division, first of four divisions committed by the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reorganized and completed its basic training at Fort Benning ( Sand Hill and Harmony Church areas ) from October 1950 to May 1951, when it deployed to Germany for five years. The Airborne School on Main Post has three 249 - foot ( 76 m ) drop towers called `` Free Towers. '' They are used to train paratroopers. The towers were modeled after the parachute towers at the 1939 World 's Fair in New York. Only three towers stand today ; the fourth tower was toppled by a tornado on March 14, 1954. During the spring of 1962 General Herbert B. Powell, Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, directed that all instruction at the Infantry School after July 1 reflect Reorganization Objective Army Division structures. Therefore, the Infantry School asked for permission to reorganize the 1st Infantry Brigade under a ROAD structure. Instead, the Army Staff decided to inactivate the Pentomic - structured brigade and replace it with a new ROAD unit, the 197th Infantry Brigade, which resolved a unit designation issue. With the designation 1st Infantry Brigade slated to return to the 1st Infantry Division when it converted to ROAD, the existing unit at Fort Benning required a new title. The staff selected an infantry brigade number that had been associated with an Organized Reserve division that was no longer in the force. For the new ROAD brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia, the adjutant general on August 1, 1962, restored elements of the 99th Reconnaissance Troop, which thirty years earlier had been organized by consolidating infantry brigade headquarters and headquarters companies of the 99th Infantry Division, as Headquarters and Headquarters Companies, 197th and 198th Infantry Brigades. Fort Benning was the site of the Scout dog school of the United States during the Vietnam War, where the dogs trained to detect ambushes in enemy terrain got their initial training, before being transferred to Vietnam for further advanced courses. Fort Benning also had an urban village, McKenna Military Operations in Urban Terrain, built by Army engineers for urban training of soldiers. It was used for live, virtual and constructive experimentation on soldier systems, weapons, and equipment. The site was approximately 200 meters square, and included 15 buildings resembling a European village. There was a church, small houses, domestic residences and office - style buildings. In 1984, following the signing of the Panama Canal Treaty, the School of the Americas relocated from Fort Gulick ( Panama ) to Fort Benning. After criticism concerning human rights violations committed by a number of graduates in Latin America, the school was renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Commanding Generals List of Fort Benning Commanders Major General Gary M. Brito March 2018 -- present Major General Eric J. Wesley March 2016 - March 2018 Major General Austin S. Miller July 2014 -- March 2016 Major General H.R. McMaster Jun 2012 -- July 2014 Major General Robert B. Brown Nov 2010 -- Jun 2012 Major General Michael Ferriter Jun 2009 -- Nov 2010 Major General Michael D. Barbero Nov 2008 -- Jun 2009 Major General Walter Wojdakowski Aug 2005 -- Nov 2008 Major General Benjamin C. Freakley Jul 2003 -- Aug 2005 Major General Paul D. Eaton Oct 2001 -- Jun 2003 Major General John M. Le Moyne Sep 1999 -- Oct 2001 Major General Carl F. Ernst Jul 1996 -- Sep 1999 Major General John W. Hendrik Sep 1994 -- Jul 1996 Major General Jerry A. White Oct 1991 -- Sept 1994 Major General Carmen J. Cavezza Jun 1990 -- Oct 1991 Major General Michael F. Spigelmire Sep 1988 -- Jun 1990 Major General Kenneth C. Leuer Jun 1987 -- Sep 1988 Major General Edwin H. Burba Jr. Jan 1986 -- Jun 1987 Major General John W. Foss Mar 1984 -- Jan 1986 Major General James J. Lindsay Jul 1983 -- Mar 1984 Major General RL `` Sam '' Wetzel Aug 1981 -- Jul 1983 Major General David E. Grange Jr. Jun 1979 -- Aug 1981 Major General William J. Livsey Jul 1977 -- Apr 1979 Major General Willard Latham Aug 1975 -- Jul 1977 Major General Thomas M. Tarpley Feb 1973 -- Aug 1975 Major General Orwin C. Talbott Sep 1969 -- Feb 1973 Major General George I. Forsythe May 1969 -- Aug 1969 Major General John M. Wright Jr. Jul 1967 -- May 1969 Major General Robert H. York Jul 1965 -- Jul 1967 Major General John Heintges Aug 1964 -- Jul 1965 Major General Charles W.G. Rich Feb 1963 -- Aug 1964 Major General Ben Harrell Aug 1961 -- Feb 1963 Major General Hugh P. Harris Apr 1960 -- Jul 1961 Major General Paul L. Freeman May 1958 -- Apr 1960 Major General Herbert B. Powell Aug 1956 -- Apr 1958 Major General George E. Lynch May 1956 -- Aug 1956 Major General Joseph H. Harper Jun 1954 -- May 1956 Major General Guy S. Meloy Jr. Jan 1953 -- June 1954 Major General Robert M. Young Jun 1952 -- Jan 1953 Major General John H. Church Mar 1951 -- May 1952 Major General Withers A. Burress Jul 1948 -- Jan 1951 Major General John W. O'Daniel Jul 1945 -- June 1948 Major General Fred L. Walker Jul 1944 -- Jul 1945 Major General Charles H. Bonesteel Sep 1943 -- Jun 1944 Major General Leven C. Allen Feb 1942 -- Sep 1943 Brigade General Omar N. Bradley Mar 1941 -- Feb 1942 Brigade General Courtney H. Hodges Oct 1940 -- Mar 1941 Brigade General Asa L. Singleton Oct 1936 -- Aug 1940 Brigade General George H. Estes Sep 1933 -- Sep 1936 Major General Campbell King May 1929 -- May 1933 Brigade General G Edgar T. Collins Mar 1926 -- May 1929 Brigade General Briant H. Wells Nov 1923 -- Mar 1926 Major General Walter H. Gordon Sep 1920 -- Nov 1923 Major General Charles S. Farnsworth Apr 1919 -- Jul 1920 Colonel Henry E. Eames Oct 1918 -- Apr 1919 Post information There are four main cantonment areas on Fort Benning : Main Post, Kelley Hill, Sand Hill, and Harmony Church. Main post Main Post houses various garrison and smaller FORSCOM units of Fort Benning such as 14th Combat Support Hospital and 11th Engineer Battalion FORSCOM as well as a number of TRADOC - related tenants, e.g. the Officer Candidate School, the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy, and the Airborne School. McGinnis - Wickham Hall ( formerly known as Infantry Hall ) is the post headquarters and Maneuver Center of Excellence. Adjacent is a monument, the Ranger Memorial. Kelley Hill Kelley Hill formerly housed the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division ( Mechanized ), the parent unit of two combined armed battalions ; 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2d Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, as well as 3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, and two support battalions ; 3 - 3 BSTB, and 203d BSB. Between December 11, 2015, and December 15, 2015, the 3rd BCT 's six subordinate battalions performed inactivation ceremonies on Sledgehammer Field. On December 16, 2015, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment Task Force ( or Task Force 1 - 28 ) was activated in its place. Task Force 1 - 28 is a 1053 - member unit `` made up of selected soldiers from the six inactivated battalions that formed the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division ''. Sand Hill Sand Hill is the primary location of the 198th Infantry Brigade, responsible for training Infantry One Station Unit Training ( OSUT ), and the location of the 30th AG Reception Battalion at Fort Benning. Home of 1 - 19 Infantry Battalion 2 - 19 Infantry Battalion, 1 - 50 Infantry Battalion, 1 - 46 Infantry Battalion, 2 - 47 Infantry Battalion, 3 - 47 Infantry Battalion 2 - 58 Infantry Battalion, and 2 - 54 Infantry Battalion. Harmony Church Harmony Church area houses the 194th Armor Brigade, 316th Cavalry Brigade Armor School and the first phase of Ranger School, 4th Ranger Training Battalion ( ARTB ). After the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) Commission 's decision to create the Maneuver Center of Excellence ( MCoE ), Harmony Church is now the new home of the Armor School. Command group Current Command Commanding General, U.S. Army MCoE : Major General Gary M. Brito Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army MCoE : Command Sergeant Major Scott A. Brzak Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army MCoE : Mr. Donald M. Sando Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School : Brigade General Christopher T. Donahue Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Infantry School : Command Sergeant Major Martin S. Celestine Commandant, U.S. Army Armor School : Brigade General David A. Lesperance Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Armor School : Command Sergeant Major Kevin J. Muhlenbeck Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army MCoE : Brigade General Rafael A. Ribas Chief of Staff, U.S. Army MCoE : Colonel Andrew Cole Jr. Garrison Commander, U.S. Army MCoE : Colonel Clinton W. Cox Garrison Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army MCoE : Command Sergeant Major Connie L. Rounds Units and tenant units Units and tenant units at Fort Benning 194th Armored Brigade, TRADOC 1st Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment 5 - 15 Cavalry, 15th Cavalry Regiment 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment 30th AG Reception Battalion, TRADOC 316th Cavalry Brigade, TRADOC 1st Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment 3nd Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment ( Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course ( RSLC ) ) 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment 198th Infantry Brigade, TRADOC 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment 199th Infantry Brigade, TRADOC 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment ( Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course ( IBOLC ) ) 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment ( Officer Candidate School ) 2nd Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment ( Armor Basic Officer Leadership Course ( ABOLC ) ) 3rd Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment ( Provost Battalion, IMSO and MCoE Band ) Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy ( NCOA ) Maneuver Senior Leaders Course ( M - SLC ) Advanced Leaders Course ( Infantry ) ( IN - ALC ) Advanced Leaders Course ( Armor ) ( AR - ALC ) Warrior Leader Course ( WLC ) Command and Tactics Directorate ( CATD ) Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade ( ARTB ), TRADOC 4th Ranger Training Battalion HHC, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment ( Jumpmaster School ) HHC, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Pathfinder School 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment ( Airborne School ) Silver Wings Command Exhibition Parachute Demonstration Team Task Force 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment ( FORSCOM ) 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ( associate unit ) 14th Combat Support Hospital, 44th MEDCOM 11th Engineer Battalion HHC Engineer Company FSC Engineer Company 60 Engineer Company 63 Engineer Company 362nd Engineer Company Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, TRADOC 75th Ranger Regiment, ( USASOC ) 3rd Ranger Battalion Regimental Special Troops Battalion ( RSTB ) Martin Army Community Hospital, AMEDD Love Dental Clinic, DENTAC, United States Army Dental Command U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, USAAC 17th Air Support Operations Squadron ( 18th ASOG ), USAF Armor School move Fort Benning was selected by the Base Realignment and Closing Commission to be the home of the new Maneuver Center of Excellence ( MCoE ). This realignment co-located the United States Army Armor Center and School, formerly located at Fort Knox, Kentucky, with the Infantry Center and School. This transformation was completed September 2011. See also 17th Armored Engineer Battalion References ^ Jump up to : Rhea, Gordon ( January 25, 2011 ). `` Why Non-Slaveholding Southerners Fought ''. Civil War Trust. Civil War Trust. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011. Jump up ^ Benning, Henry L. ( February 18, 1861 ). `` Speech of Henry Benning to the Virginia Convention ''. Proceedings of the Virginia State Convention of 1861. pp. 62 -- 75. Retrieved March 17, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Maneuver Center of Excellence ''. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 21. CS1 maint : Archived copy as title ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Eisenhower General Information ''. ibiblio.org. Jump up ^ Perret, Geoffrey. Eisenhower ( Google Books ). Retrieved January 21, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Rockenbach, Samuel D ( October 13, 1919 ). Report of the Director of the Tank Corps for the year ending June 30, 1919. Congressional serial set, Issue 7688 ( Report ). Retrieved January 17, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Kane, Sharyn ( May 2003 ). Fort Benning : The Land and the People. p. 172. Jump up ^ Benning, Henry L. ( July 1, 1849 ). `` Letter from Henry Benning to Howell Cobb ''. Civil War Causes. Retrieved March 17, 2015. Jump up ^ Ninke, Joshua. `` Doughboys to honor veterans at Doughboy Stadium ''. Retrieved September 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Fort Benning Historic Trail ''. Doughboy Stadium. Retrieved September 3, 2013. ^ Jump up to : Kane, Sharyn ( May 2003 ). Fort Benning : The Land and the People. pp. 173 -- 174. Jump up ^ Bunn, Michael J. ( Summer 2008 ). `` Home of the Infantry : The History of Fort Benning ''. Georgia Historical Quarterly. Georgia Historical Society. 92 ( 2 ) : 268 -- 270. ISSN 0016 - 8297. Jump up ^ Stelpflug, Peggy A. ; Richard Hyatt ( 2007 ). Home of the Infantry : The History of Fort Benning. Macon : Mercer University Press. pp. 300 -- 67. ISBN 978 - 0 - 88146 - 087 - 2. Jump up ^ `` 82nd Recon History ''. Jump up ^ `` After action report 82nd Armored Recon Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, June 44 thru May 45 ''. cdmhost.com. Jump up ^ `` World War II unit histories & officers ''. unithistories.com. Jump up ^ `` History of the 2nd Armored Division - Hell On Wheels ''. www.militaryvetshop.com. Jump up ^ `` cgsc.edu American Armored Divisions 1941 -- 1945 '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Maneuver and Firepower, Chapter 11 Jump up ^ Rubinstein, Wain ( June 1969 ). `` Enemy 's Worst Enemy... '' Danger Forward. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009. Jump up ^ MetaVR. `` MetaVR Virtual Fort Benning, McKenna Urban Operations Training Site ''. www.metavr.com. Retrieved 2018 - 08 - 28. Jump up ^ McCoy, Katherine E. `` Trained to Torture ? The Human Rights Effects of Military Training at the School of the Americas ''. Latin American Perspectives. 32 ( 6 ) : 47 -- 64. doi : 10.1177 / 0094582x05281113. Jump up ^ Bill Wallace ; Jim Houston ( July 13, 2002 ). `` Bay Area protesters sentenced in Georgia ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 12, 2012. Jump up ^ Maneuver Center Of Excellence Hall of Portraits, Fort Benning, GA Jump up ^ Wright, Ben ( December 15, 2015 ). `` 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment Task Force activated ''. Columbus Ledger - Enquirer. Retrieved February 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Leaders ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Major General Gary M. Brito ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Command Sergeant Major Scott A. Brzak ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Mr. Donald M. Sando ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES E. RAINEY : COMMANDANT, UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL '' ( PDF ). www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Command Sergeant Major Martin S. Celestine ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Brigadier General David A. Lesperance ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Command Sergeant Major Kevin J. Muhlenbeck ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Brigadier General Rafael A. Ribas ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Colonel Andrew Cole Jr ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Colonel Clinton W. Cox ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` CSM Connie L Rounds ''. www.benning.army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Pathfinder ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ Maureen Rose ( June 13, 2011 ). `` Final units depart Fort Knox Armor School ''. army.mil. Jump up ^ Vince Little, The Bayonet ( October 22, 2009 ). `` Activation ceremony formally links Infantry, Armor under new command at Fort Benning ''. army.mil. Jump up ^ `` Fort Benning and the Valley -- Home -- Welcome to the Chattahoochee Valley '' ( PDF ). fortbenningandthevalley.com. 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Question: what part of georgia is fort benning in
Answer: straddling the Alabama–Georgia border next to Columbus, Georgia