The Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning Public Affairs Office’s Media Relations Team promotes public understanding of the military by facilitating engagements between national and international media outlets and the MCoE by:

  • Releasing information, arranging interviews, responding to media inquiries, and coordinating access to the installation for news media representatives.
  • Inviting reporters to significant events that highlight missions, programs, or issues of interest to the public on the installation and abroad.

Media escorts are required

Fort Benning is a closed military installation. For security reasons, installation access rules require a MCoE PAO representative to escort ALL news media onto the installation while conducting any news-gathering activities. Members of the news media who have a personal affiliation with the military (spouse or family member) and have a military identification card are instructed to call the MCoE Media Relations Team at 706-545-5592 or 706-905-2254 for an escort when reporting a story. Due to the limited number of PAO staff members available to provide escort, media are asked to request escort support as far in advance as possible. Soldiers and their Family members interested or requested by the media for interview are encouraged to contact our office for assistance.

Media advisories and releases

As public affairs fulfills the Army's obligation to keep the American people and the Army informed, and help establish the conditions leading to confidence in our Soldiers’ readiness, media are often invited onto the installation to cover events of interest. We alert and invite news media to these opportunities via media advisories and releases. Interested news teams can follow media escort meeting points and pick up times listed on the media advisory/release or reach out to the listed event point of contact. Also, check out our online Media Releases , for our latest advisories and releases. Call the MCoE Media Relations Team at 706-545-5592 or 706-905-2254 for more information.

Query requests

Requests are granted when service and Department of Defense regulations permit and, as resources allow. For general queries, news media representatives can request assistance by calling the MCoE PAO Media Relations Team at 706-545-5592 or 706-905-2254; or via email at: usarmy.moore.imcom.mbx.pao@army.mil.