Fort Moore

Fort Moore
eponyms: LTG Hal Moore, USA and Julia Compton Moore
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
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Coordinates	32°21′58″N 84°58′09″W / 32.36611°N 84.96917°W / 32.36611; -84.96917
Type	Army post
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army
Website	Official Website
Site history
Built	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
In use	1918–present
Garrison information
Garrison	Units and tenant units 198th Infantry Brigade 197th 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 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade Army Marksmanship Unit 283d MCOE Band 17th Special Tactics Squadron, USAF Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) United States Army Armor School United States Army Infantry School Martin Army Community Hospital

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.

Established in 1918 as Camp Benning, named after a Confederate general in the American Civil War, it was the Home of the Infantry.^[a] 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.^[2]

In 2023, the fort's name was changed to honor General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore as part of the process of renaming military assets associated with the Confederacy.

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