14. Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia
Initially established as a camp for state troops in 1909, the United States Army activated Camp Benning in October, 1918, to provide infantry training. It quickly expanded to tank training as well; one of its early arrivals was Dwight David Eisenhower in December. He remained at Camp Benning until March, 1919. By 1920 the Army had decided to create a permanent establishment for the training of infantry at the site, and in 1942 renamed it Fort Benning, after Confederate General Henry Lewis Benning. Another famous American military officer to serve at the post between the World Wars, George C. Marshall, acted as assistant commandant in the late 1920s. Marshall developed new methods of infantry training in response to the high casualty rates of the First World War.
Past commanders of the post include Omar Bradley and Courtney Hodges, who served in the US Army from 1906 to 1949, rising from the rank of private to general over the course of his career. Fort Benning has been a site for infantry training since it first opened in 1918, and over the course of its long service has also been a site for armored vehicle training, urban combat training, airborne training, and additional army schools and duty posts. It also provided the site for the training of Scout Dogs during the Vietnam War, used to detect potential ambushes. The dogs received their initial training at Fort Benning, before deploying to Vietnam to receive handlers and additional training for operations in the field.