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

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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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!!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank your for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[luvie]

Thanks for a great road trip, Lauren! Are you going to be making one yourself before long or are you still working hard? You NEED a break! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Completely understood. I was just thinking about the pictures on the thread.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’m going home....back in a bit.

[luvie]

Howdy, radu! (((hugs)))

Hope this has been a nice spring day for you!

[SandRat]

Those would be Charlie's Friends from the Dogie Park.

[PROCON]

Evening LUV!

[PROCON]

Evening LUV!

[PROCON]

Evening LUV!

[PROCON]

Evening LUV!

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

It was a little warmer today, and sunny, but still jacket weather. The next couple of days will feel more like Spring.

How about down your way?

[radu]

WOOHOO! Ya got it. :-)

[PROCON]

Well, my daily long list starts by getting my behind out of bed by 5:30 AM. It takes me awhile and lotsa coffee to get going in the morning. I just hate sleeping in later than that, I'm a morning person.

Then I can do my shopping and stuff before places get too crowded.

[luvie]

Really pretty here today and warming up. Yesterday the high was maybe 60...tomorrow it’s supposed to be at least 88. Go figure!

[luvie]

yep...darn it! Missed another one because I was looking for a quiz! LOL!

[PROCON]

Hi Ma, our early Spring is being stubborn this year, a nice, pleasant sunrise and then the wind picks up and chills things.

[radu]

I well know what you mean about slow starts. Takes me a good two hours to shake the cobwebs from my brain after I wake up. But my head doesn’t really clear until it gets dark, then I’m rarin’ to go!
Your wake-up time is my bed time. LOL!

I know several people who get up early and do their shopping before the crowds hit the stores. I like shopping late at night for the same reason.

[PROCON]

Your wake-up time is my bed time. LOL!

Heh, I'll have to wave to you as I get up and you go to sleep!

[radu]

Wish we had your temps up here! We were in the 40s yesterday and hit 60 today. Got down into the 20s last night and will get almost that cold again tonight.
Tomorrow and Wed. are supposed to be in the mid-60s, then we’ll cool off a little again by the weekend.

The annual roller coaster ride. *sigh*

[radu]

LOL! I’ll wave back.