Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • Watch

    Featured Specials and Programs

    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Antiques Roadshow
    • PBS News Hour
    • Miss Scarlet & The Duke
    • Finding Your Roots
    • Doc Martin
    All Programs

    GPB Originals

    • Georgia Legends
    • Lawmakers
    • A Fork in the Road
    • View Finders
    • Georgia Outdoors
    • Your Fantastic Mind
    GPB Originals

    Browse by Genre

    • Arts & Music
    • Culture
    • Drama
    • Food
    • History
    • News & Public Affairs
    • TV Schedule
    • GPB Programs
    • PBS Passport
    • TV Highlights this Week
    • PBS KIDS
    • Ways to Watch
    • Newsletters
    • Contact GPB
  • Listen

    Featured Programs

    • The Daily
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Serendipity
    • John Lemley's City Cafe
    • Fresh Air
    • Here and Now
    • Code Switch/Life Kit
    • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    All Programs

    Podcasts

    • GA Today
    • Salvation South
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • Football Fridays in Georgia
    • Narrative Edge
    • Peach Jam Podcast
    • A Fork in the Road
    • Radio Schedule
    • GPB Classical
    • Radio Programs
    • Podcasts
    • GPB News
    • Find Your Station
    • Ways to Listen
    • Contact GPB
    • Newsletters
  • Learn

    Featured

    • Chemistry Matters
    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • GASHA Go! World
    • Georgia Farmcraft®
    • Georgia Classroom
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Econ Express
    • Let’s Go Enviro
    • Let's Learn GA!
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Live Explorations
    • Physics in Motion
    • School Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Writers Contest

    For Kids & Teachers

    • GPB Games
    • PBS KIDS
    • PBS LearningMedia

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Email
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Lawmakers
    • Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome
    • 1A
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • GA Today Podcast
    • Storycorps
    • Narrative Edge

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Health
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Podcasts
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
    • Newsletters
  • Sports

    GHSA Sports

    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • On Demand
    • GPB Sports Blog
    All Sports

    High School Football

    • Scores & Schedule
    • On Demand
    • Teams
    • Rankings
    • Brackets
    • Heads Up Georgia
    Football Home
    • GPB Sports App
    • GPB Sports Blog
    • GPB Sports OnDemand
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Families

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Families Blog
    • Kids & Families Events
    • GPB KIDS - Ways to Watch
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live

GPB Newsletter CTA

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Topics

  • Georgia
  • National
  • Politics
  • Lawmakers
  • Elections

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • Federal Funding Update
  • Caregiving program & Resources
  • Explore GPB Passport

News Articles: Military

Governor Kemp honors fallen Georgians in Memorial Day Ceremony

Tagged as: 

  • News

Gov. Brian Kemp honors fallen Georgians in Memorial Day ceremony

As people across the United States remember those who served and sacrificed on this Memorial Day, Georgia State officials are remembering three from Georgia who died within the last year.

May 23, 2025
|
By:
  • Sarah Kallis
This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean.

Tagged as: 

  • Europe

The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

May 22, 2025
|
By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
A bridge over I 185 marks the entrance to the U.S. Army's Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., Aug. 21, 2015.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier

The Army is restoring the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time it will honor an 18-year-old WWI corporal.

April 16, 2025
|
By:
  • Associated Press
The stone gate entrance sign that welcomed people to Fort Moore is covered with tarps March 5, 2025, now that the U.S. Army post next to Columbus has been renamed back to Fort Benning. This entrance is on Ft. Benning Road.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Military will hold ceremony for the latest name change at Fort Benning. Here’s when

Fort Benning announced details Friday regarding the base’s renaming ceremony after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reverted the name from Fort Moore.

April 07, 2025
|
By:
  • Kelby Hutchison
The stone gate entrance sign that welcomed people to Fort Moore is covered with tarps March 5, 2025, now that the U.S. Army post next to Columbus has been renamed back to Fort Benning. This entrance is on Ft. Benning Road.

Tagged as: 

  • News

How much will renaming Fort Moore back to Benning cost? What taxpayers need to know

Whether it’s replacing signs or updating documents, changing Fort Moore back to Fort Benning involves extensive planning and funding.

March 06, 2025
|
By:
  • Jordyn Paul-Slater
Voting booths are pictured inside the Dona Ana County Government Center during early voting for the upcoming midterm elections in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

Homeless people already struggle to vote. Georgia law could make it harder

Civil rights groups say new Georgia voting rules have made it too easy to challenge the eligibility of people living in nursing homes, college dormitories and military facilities, and will make it more difficult for homeless people to register to vote.

October 28, 2024
|
By:
  • Robbie Sequeira
Mattis at GMC

Tagged as: 

  • News

Former Defense Secretary General James Mattis visits Georgia for military college building opening

Georgia Military College cut the ribbon on a new leadership center in Milledgeville on Thursday. Former Defense Secretary General James Mattis spoke at the event.

September 13, 2024
|
By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Ukrainian border guards pose with their dog on a pebble beach on the Tisza River bordering Romania, in Velykyi Bychkiv, Ukraine, on July 10.

Tagged as: 

  • Europe

On a river between Ukraine and the EU, border guards search for draft evaders

Dozens have drowned trying to cross the river to EU-member Romania. Border guards are trying to stop them, as the Ukrainian military pushes mass conscription to address troop shortages.

August 21, 2024
|
By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Hanna Palamarenko
 First lady Jill Biden speaks to supporters in Columbus on Monday as part of a three-stop swing in battleground states to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

Jill Biden rejects calls for president to step aside at rally near Georgia’s largest military base

First lady Jill Biden rallied Democrats in a west Georgia community that’s home to one of the country’s largest military bases Monday as the Biden-Harris campaign works to tamp down concerns after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta more than a week ago.

July 09, 2024
|
By:
  • Jill Nolin
Maj. Gen. Curtis A. Buzzard, the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Moore commanding general, sat down for interviews with local media outlets July 2, 2024 to talk about a variety of topics, including his time at Ft. Moore, Georgia.

Tagged as: 

  • News

‘Here to do Moore.’ Departing commander of Fort Moore shares his lessons, successes

When he was first commissioned into the Army, Curtis Buzzard thought he’d only be in for five years. More than 30 years later, he is a major general wrapping up his two-year command of Fort Moore.

July 05, 2024
|
By:
  • Bea Lunardini
Matt and Helen Perry at their home in Yulee, Fla.

Tagged as: 

  • National

It's time to stop downsizing health care, the Pentagon says. This couple can't wait

After a decade of outsourcing military health care, the Pentagon now plans to do the opposite, an about-face Matt and Helen Perry hope means they'll get the care they were promised after going to war.

April 03, 2024
|
By:
  • Quil Lawrence
John Simon, a teenager who had a bariatric surgery in 2022, watches as his sister, Haley, opens a refrigerator for food in their apartment in Los Angeles, Monday, March 13, 2023

Tagged as: 

  • Children's Health

Investment in early childhood mental health may reduce crime, boost national security, veterans say

Members of the Council for a Strong America are calling on the Georgia legislature to ensure that the state budget prioritizes and promotes early childhood priorities, including mental health.

February 19, 2024
|
By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A hearse carrying the remains of Sgt. Breonna Moffett drives down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in downtown Savannah on Thursday, as onlookers honored the fallen soldier who was killed by a January drone attack in Jordan.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

‘You don't want to think you're not coming back.’ Savannah soldier's remains return home from Jordan

Sgt. Breonna Moffett was 23 when she and two fellow U.S. soldiers from Georgia were killed by a drone attack in Jordan last month.

February 16, 2024
|
By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Breonna Moffett was a leader in JROTC and the drum major in the band during her time at Windsor Forest High School.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

A Savannah high school mourns the loss of a soldier and friend

23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Breonna Moffett was killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. Today Windsor Forest High School remembers a promising young leader.

February 01, 2024
|
By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Gregg Martin, author of 'Bipolar General,' at his home in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

Tagged as: 

  • National Security

The self-proclaimed 'Bipolar General' is waging war on the stigma of mental illness

Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin led troops in Iraq while a second battle front opened inside his own mind. Now retired, he's fighting to break down the military taboo on getting help.

January 17, 2024
|
By:
  • Quil Lawrence
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • Watch
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • News
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Families
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request
  • Open Records and Document Retention Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2025, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®