Now do Rucker. And Benning. And the rest.
Now do Rucker.
And Benning.
And the rest.
On Monday night Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he signed an order restoring the name of the storied special operations forces base in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg.
The Biden administration had changed the name to Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national policy of ditching names for military bases named after Confederate leaders. Several other bases were impacted in the sweeping change.
Hegseth announced: "That’s right. Bragg is back!" - in a video posted to X announcing the renaming. Like many other iconic base names which have been in usage for many decades, such as the sprawling Ft. Hood in Texas (now named Ft Cavazos), troops and locals have never really switched. . .
>On Monday night Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he signed an order restoring the name of the storied special operations forces base in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg.
>The Biden administration had changed the name to Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national policy of ditching names for military bases named after Confederate leaders. Several other bases were impacted in the sweeping change.
>Hegseth announced: "That’s right. Bragg is back!" - in a video posted to X announcing the renaming. Like many other iconic base names which have been in usage for many decades, such as the sprawling Ft. Hood in Texas (now named Ft Cavazos), troops and locals have never really switched.
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