Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 03.24.2021
Somewhat more than the usual amount of smoke will be seen in the skies above Fort Benning these days as environmental crews look to catch up on burning forest acreage they couldn't get to when the normal burn schedule was shut down last year because of COVID-19....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 03.15.2021
A stretch of ground that had no trees now has dozens growing in two rows after Soldier volunteers from Officer Candidate School here took shovels in hand and planted them March 13 beside the Indianhead Village housing area....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 03.02.2021
Army civilians who want to sharpen work skills, gain new ones, and get practical aid in steering the best career path can get plenty of help through a program underway at Fort Benning to help them do just that....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 01.26.2021
A housing area built here more than six decades ago is slated for power-washing and other fix-ups thanks to a new initiative in which Fort Benning's top general and other leaders make an in-person walk-through of the post's residential housing areas, a key housing official said Jan. 26....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 12.16.2020
Fort Benning will impose stricter COVID-19 control measures starting Jan. 4, the day after thousands of Soldiers are due to return here from holiday leave, the post's commanding general announced Dec. 15....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 11.16.2020
Every year, from December through May, the Army's burn crews here put on their fire-resistant yellow shirts, brown or green pants and leather boots, and head out in pick-up trucks across Fort Benning's vast woodland acreage, to set expertly controlled fires known as prescribed burns. The controlled fires help reduce the number and severity of uncontrolled fires – better known as wildfires......
Courtesy Story | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 11.06.2020
Parents should make sure they've given schools here their current phone numbers and email addresses in case the school needs to contact them about a possible or confirmed COVID-19 case, officials say in a video. And they should make sure they don't send a sick child to school, whatever the ailment, they say in the video, which is hosted by Col. Matthew Scalia, commander of U.S. Army Garrison......
Courtesy Story | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 11.03.2020
Two high-level Army officials are among scheduled speakers for Fort Benning's annual Retiree Appreciation Day, to be presented online Nov. 6....
