<Li> United States Army Infantry School </Li> <Li> Martin Army Community Hospital </Li> <P> Fort Benning is a United States Army post 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 (United States), 3rd Brigade--3rd Infantry Division, and many other additional tenant units . </P> <P> It is named after Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War . </P>

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