Graduation morning at Fort Benning

Benning is an OSUT installation. Your Soldier’s graduation ceremony depends on the MOS (job) they’re training for. The track pages below carry the ceremony specifics, dress code, and what the day actually looks like.

• Graduation Ceremony (Week 18, Infantry OSUT)
  Location: Inouye Field, National Infantry Museum (1775 Legacy Way, Columbus GA 31903). Off-post: families drive directly to the museum parking lot; no gate entry to Fort Benning required.

  The Graduation Ceremony marks completion of Infantry OSUT at Fort Benning. For families: this is the high-stakes trip. Your Soldier graduates as an 11B (Infantryman) and often ships to their first duty station within days. The deployment window follows quickly. The venue is off-post at the National Infantry Museum. No gate entry needed; simpler logistics than the Week-10 trip.

• Armor OSUT Graduation Ceremony
  Location: Brave Rifles Field, 10208 7th Cavalry Road, Fort Benning GA 31905 (on-post, Harmony Church area on the east side of post; gate access and government-issued ID required; the 8th Division Road gate, ACP 7, serves that area 24/7). Source: army.mil/article/291383.

  Graduation from Armor OSUT at Fort Benning for 19K M1 Armor Crewman and 19D Cavalry Scout, conducted by the 194th Armored Brigade. The ceremony is held at Brave Rifles Field (on-post), a different venue from the Infantry graduation at Inouye Field. Gate access is required: bring a government-issued ID. The Order of the Spur (silver spurs) and Stetson presentation are separate from OSUT graduation; they are earned at the Soldier's first duty station through a unit-conducted Spur Ride (typically a 1-4 day evaluation, months after arrival). Do not expect a Spurs presentation at graduation. Like Infantry, Armor graduates often deploy within days of graduation.

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