A Short Review of the National Infantry Museum at Ft. Benning, Georgia

Are your kids learning most of their history lessons from Playstation and Xbox playing first person shooting games like "Medal of Honor"? It might be time to let them have a glimpse of the U.S. military at a real base and visit the U.S. Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. Fort Benning is known as the "Home of the Infantry." The post provides a home for many important Army units including the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the United States Army Infantry School which hosts basic and advanced infantry training for thousands of recruits each year. In accordance with the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closing Commission (BRAC), the United States Army Armor School will soon be moving to Fort Benning to merge with the infantry school and create the US Army Maneuver Center. For interested visitors, the history, traditions, and valor of America's foot soldiers are commemorated at Fort Benning in the U.S. Infantry Museum.