FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Benning, Georgia ~ 22 MAR 2016

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Benning, Georgia

Fort Benning is a United States Army base 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, 3rd Brigade – 3rd Infantry Division, and many other additional tenant units.

Since 1918, 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.

There are four main cantonment areas on Fort Benning.

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 houses the 3d Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 3d 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.

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.

Learn More About Fort Benning HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!

[SandRat]

Yes they are....

Good Evening Lauren!

[sauropod]

Going there TDY next week.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m not military but we live in Columbus, GA, and have friends on the Ft. Benning side. Nice part of the country, I mean to take the kids to the infantry museum.

[PROCON]

You still in the Army?

God Bless!

[BuddhaBrown]

“Going there TDY next week.”

Jump school, 1983.

Lots of fun. Too much a couple times. Arrested one weekend for being drunk on the roof of the bar.

Ah.. good times!

[MacNaughton]

508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (Red Devils)
Dad, SSGT, Medical Company - 1951-1953
1931-2011, The "Frying Pan" made a big impression on this Maine Yankee. Met the love of his life across the river in Phenix "Sin" City, AL.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey, you can give us a first hand report.

Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren...a couple days to collect your thoughts?

Hope you are getting a little rest.

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Publius....buses on time? I like it.

[radu]

Howdy do, PRO.
Get everything done on your list today?

[yarddog]

I worked with some Federal agents who worked Phenix City, Alabama back in the 50s. They could tell some great war stories.

[sauropod]

In a manner of speaking. 28 glorious years.

[sauropod]

I’ll see what I can do. I can talk about a few things, but not why I’m there (pls understand that).

[PROCON]

I enlisted in the summer of ‘69, a long time ago.

[PROCON]

Howdy Ho!

Hey, it's Monday, it was a lazy day, I had to recover from all the work I didn't do over the weekend, LOL!

Not much today, a neighbor visited and we talked at length.

You got the kittehs all herded?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...is spring still there?

Are you working outside in the sunshine?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Donnafrflorida...we thank your son for his service to our country.

[radu]

Aaaaah, you’d said something about having to get up early last night and I thought you had a long list of things to do.

Kittehs all herded and most are quiet for the moment. Brat Lily is trying to get everyone riled up and will eventually succeed. We’re enjoying the quiet while it lasts!

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s the Paw Patrol!!

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...Mattie’s friends? Charlie’s?