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This was a tough one because I though Hal Moore deserved to be honored that way and I can understand how the family would be upset. The U.S. Army's installation that trains all of its infantry and armor soldiers, will be renamed Fort Benning, its original designation. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered the Columbus, Georgia, military post to revert to its old name after it was re-designated as Fort Moore during the Biden administration. However, the base won't honor Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, its original namesake. Instead, it will be renamed after Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his "extraordinary heroism" in action during World War I in France in 1918. Hal and Julia Moore’s son ‘saddened’ and ‘angered’ over Fort Benning renaming | ||
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I can understand both sides of this as well. I just hope it doesn’t turn into a game of ping pong for the sake of the families of our honored vets. If that’s the case just name them ‘Fort Cookie Monster’ and ‘Fort Hot Wheels’, and leave the vets out of it. They fought for our freedom and they do not deserve to be used as political pawns. That’s just petty bullshit. | |||
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Exactly. It was Benning before. It’s Benning now. This is all that matters. | |||
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Slapping the family of Lt General Hal Moore makes no sense to me. . | |||
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Not sure if they owned the libs, but they damn sure owned Hal Moore’s family. _________________________ "Age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit. It's only advantage, so far as I have been able to see, is that it spans change. A young person sees the world as a still picture, immutable. An old person has had his nose rubbed in changes and more changes and still more changes so many times that that he knows it is a moving picture, forever changing. He may not like it--probably doesn't; I don't--but he knows it's so, and knowing is the first step in coping with it." Robert Heinlein | |||
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Well, if the woke libtards of the Biden admin hadn't changed the name in the first place, we wouldn't be in this predicament. I won't apologize...it's been Benning to me and always will be. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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This!~!!!! __________________________________________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Sigs Owned - A Bunch | |||
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FT Benning is and always will be FT Benning to me as well as FT Bragg will always be FT Bragg and the same goes for FT Lee. The names of the bases should have never been changed in the first place especially for the sake of this woke nonsense. | |||
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exactly the point these names were changed by the feds for absolutely zero reason this is a self-inflicted problem and FJB is 100% responsible, as well as the people that thought this was a great idea | |||
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Ft. Benning now and forever as long as the hard left doesn't elect a president. U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member | |||
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Never miss an opportunity, do you? | |||
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I got mixed feelings about this, Hal Moore is a American hero. I hope they leave Fort Novosel, alone, you do not get bigger hero than him.This message has been edited. Last edited by: alreadydead, __________________________ Keep your rotor in the green The aircraft in trim Your time over target short Make it count | |||
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They could have split the baby and called it Ft Benning-Moore...frankly, because Benning will always be Benning...and Moore was an American hero and postured the Army to be forward thinking in the use of helicopters moving infantry (among other things). | |||
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To do what? Express my opinion? _________________________ "Age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit. It's only advantage, so far as I have been able to see, is that it spans change. A young person sees the world as a still picture, immutable. An old person has had his nose rubbed in changes and more changes and still more changes so many times that that he knows it is a moving picture, forever changing. He may not like it--probably doesn't; I don't--but he knows it's so, and knowing is the first step in coping with it." Robert Heinlein | |||
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That would've been the better choice. Moore is a genuine hero, a true leader the model for which all infantry officers strive to become. Re-renaming this one doesn't sit well with me. | |||
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I'd prefer everything be put back as it was. I hope they find a suitable location to name after Hal Moore. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Sometimes I just can't with with y'all. Yes, Lt. General Hal Moore was a significant figure. However, where is Ft Eisenhower, Ft Patton, Ft Grant or Ft Washington for that matter? Its been Ft Benning since 1922. The whole point is let's stop re-writing our history good,bad or indifferent. This is our history and regardless we should embrace it. _____________________________ Off finding Galt's Gulch | |||
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Or Ft. Rommel, Ft. Homma, Ft. Clinton, or Ft. Prevost? If we should name US Military instillations after people who fought against the United States of America. "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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It's unfortunate that a deserving hero like Hal Moore got caught up in this nonsense, but that does not justify the renaming of Benning in the first place. The honorable thing to do is put it back like it belongs and find another appropriate way to honor Moore's memory. | |||
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