Patton Museum moving to Ft. Benning afterall - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

B3.3T · 02-12-2010, 22:29

It was just announced the US Army will indeed be moving the Ft. Knox-based Patton Armor Museum to Ft. Benning, GA beginning Sept 2010. When the Armor Center anounced its move to Benning, it was stated the museum would stay at Ft. Know where it has been for 60 years. But they changed their minds.

wreckerman893 · 02-12-2010, 23:23

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But they changed their minds.

When Fort McMuffin (McClellan) was closed the Chemical Corp, Military Police and Women's Army Corps (WAC) museums were moved........the reasoning is that there will be more visitors at an active duty duty base to support the museum.
Benning is now home of the Armor and Infantry branches......the new Infantry Museum is a state of the art facility (they actually built it around a Bradley Fighting Vehicle) and hopefully they will co-locate the Armor Museum there.

mkcoen · 02-12-2010, 23:25

Can't say that I'm up on all the happenings in the Army these days but why in the world are they moving the Armor Center to Benning? Isn't the Infantry School there enough? Is Armor Basic and AIT now going to be at Benning too? I know I only saw part of post while I was there (Sand Hill to be specific) but do they have the range capacity for Armor training?

todds112 · 02-12-2010, 23:34

Seems kind of a shame to abandon all the history of Ft. Knox.

papabear · 02-12-2010, 23:50

I have mixed emotions about that to todds112. I took Basic at Ft Knox and was raised about an hour from there.

Yes...there is plenty of space for the Armor School to move here to FT Benning and most of the needed ranges are under way or nearly complete. There is also plenty of room for the tanks to exercise.

B3.3T...I've been hearing for the last year that the Patton Museum was moving...then it wasn't...then it is.
Has it been officially announced then?? And by who?

Fort Benning is now called "The Maneuver Center of Excellence". I guess the concept is that Infantry and Armor should train as they fight...

DUECE-COUPE · 02-13-2010, 00:19

so what will become of FT Knox?? will it close as an army base, or will it be given a new mission in the fight for freedom??

mkcoen · 02-13-2010, 00:30

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Fort Benning is now called "The Maneuver Center of Excellence". I guess the concept is that Infantry and Armor should train as they fight...

Well I did switch from Infantry to Armor so I guess it's all good. I can visit both museums at one spot. Now if they could just get the Wright-Pat museum down there it'd be like a military Disneyland.

m16ty · 02-13-2010, 01:01

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Originally Posted by DUECE-COUPE

so what will become of FT Knox?? will it close as an army base, or will it be given a new mission in the fight for freedom??

If they decide to close it down I'll haul all the stuff out of that big building in the middle of the field for them

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All joking aside, I wonder what this move is going to cost John Q. Taxpayer?

wreckerman893 · 02-13-2010, 01:40

As I understand it they are going to move the Army Reserve records center there from St. Louis and consolidate some other directorates there.
I took basic training there twice....once in 72 and again in 84 (got out and came back in with long break in service).

mckeeranger · 02-13-2010, 03:11

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If they decide to close it down I'll haul all the stuff out of that big building in the middle of the field for them

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I'd be happy with just one room. Actually, just a couple of pieces of that yellow "scrap" metal they keep there would be ok.