{"id":1919,"date":"2018-05-07T13:17:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2018-05-07T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:34:49","slug":"actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/05\/07\/actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtvm.com\/story\/38121876\/actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\">WTVM TV: Actor Mark Wahlberg meets fans with visit to Fort Benning<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/05\/07\/actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\/whalberg-benning-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/whalberg-benning-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"834,546\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Hammett, Conner&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525680818&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whalberg benning 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/whalberg-benning-1.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/whalberg-benning-1.jpg?w=834\" class=\"wp-image-1920 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/whalberg-benning-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"213\" \/>FORT BENNING, GA (WTVM) &#8211; Actor Mark Wahlberg made a stop at Fort Benning Saturday to meet with soldiers and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The actor signed autographs and took pictures as he walked through the Fort Benning exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg is currently filming a movie in Atlanta and says he decided to make the drive down to Fort Benning because it is the least he could do in return for soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anytime I see anyone who is brave enough to sign up and fight for our country, it&#8217;s more than enough to inspire me. It&#8217;s a beautiful thing,&#8221; says Wahlberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtvm.com\/story\/38121876\/actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT BENNING, GA (WTVM) &#8211; Actor Mark Wahlberg made a stop at Fort Benning Saturday to meet with soldiers and their families. The actor signed autographs and took pictures as he walked through the Fort Benning exchange. 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