{"id":1923,"date":"2018-05-07T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2018-05-07T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:43:03","slug":"wtvm-actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/05\/07\/wtvm-actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrbl.com\/news\/local-news\/mark-wahlberg-visits-soldiers-at-fort-benning\/1162436131\">WRBL TV: Actor Mark Wahlberg meets fans with visit to Fort Benning<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1927\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/05\/07\/wtvm-actor-mark-wahlberg-meets-fans-with-visit-to-fort-benning\/wahlberg3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/wahlberg3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"712,401\" 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;1525681391&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=\"wahlberg3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/wahlberg3.jpg?w=712\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1927\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/wahlberg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/>FORT BENNING, Ga (WRBL) &#8211; Mark Wahlberg has an extremely busy schedule, between filming a movie in Atlanta, shooting some footage for the &#8220;Wahlburgers&#8221; TV show, promoting a line of fitness products, and making time for his own family; however, the Lone Survivor star says he will always make time to visit service men and women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anytime I get chance to go thank our men and women who serve in the military- I jump at the opportunity,&#8221; says the star.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg&#8217;s visit drew out quite the crowd as military members and their families gathered at the Exchange to catch a glimpse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;ll be famous person that I get to see and he is just a really cool guy,&#8221; says fan Jeanna Hastings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrbl.com\/news\/local-news\/mark-wahlberg-visits-soldiers-at-fort-benning\/1162436131\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT BENNING, Ga (WRBL) &#8211; 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