“One Force, One Fight”

October 22, 2009

By Alison Flowers
Digital Journalist

Ft. Benning Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Michael Ferriter, didn’t spare any words Thursday afternoon, but he did say three key things.

#1
The new Maneuver Center of Excellence slogan, “One force, one fight.“ It’s a fitting description for the consolidation of the Armor School at Fort Knox, Ky., and the Infantry School at Fort Benning, part of the BRAC project.

#2
Ferriter then told the crowd of about 350 that “it’s a great day to be a soldier, any way you look at it.“ And for some in that crowd, like Stephanie Jones, wife of Col. Peter Jones of the now-deployed Third Brigade, a good way to look at it is in the third key statement made by Ferriter during the ceremony…

#3
“It’s the soldier that puts the excellence in the Maneuver Center of Excellence,“ Ferriter said.

Don’t forget that Fort Benning’s Third Brigade is now the most deployed combat brigade in the U.S. Army. The brigade was given a shout-out at various points in the MCOE ceremony. Its own colors cased up a few weeks ago on Kelley Hill, in another symbolic gesture.