Fort Benning

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Fort Benning,

U.S. army post, 189,000 acres (76,500 hectares), W Ga., S of Columbus; est. 1918. One of the largest army posts in the United States, it is the nation's largest infantry training center and the home of the Army Infantry School.

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The Pentagon trains foreign military in "anti-insurgency" tactics at schools such as the US Army's School of the Americas at Ft.

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