Hegseth ordesr Fort Liberty to revert again to Fort Bragg

Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Military to vary the identify of Fort Liberty again to Fort Bragg, however with a twist. 

Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Drive C-17 earlier than touchdown in Stuttgart, Germany, ordering the renaming of the North Carolina base to Fort Roland L. Bragg, not the Accomplice common that was the earlier namesake. 

“That is proper. Bragg is again,” stated Hegseth after signing the memo. 

SO LONG FORT BRAGG, WELCOME FORT LIBERTY: THE PENTAGON’S NAMING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TAKE EFFECT

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth testifies throughout his Senate Armed Providers affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14 in Washington, D.C.  ( (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures))

The identify of the army set up was modified in 2023 as a part of a broad Division of Protection initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename army installations bearing the identify of Accomplice troopers.

The bottom was initially named in 1918 for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Accomplice common from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was recognized for proudly owning slaves and dropping key Civil Struggle battles that contributed to the Confederacy’s downfall.

The brand new identify pays tribute to Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World Struggle II hero who earned the Silver Star and Purple Coronary heart for his distinctive braveness throughout the Battle of the Bulge. 

“Throughout these hellish circumstances and amidst ferocious preventing, PFC. Bragg saved a fellow soldier’s life by commandeering an enemy ambulance and driving it 20 miles to move a fellow wounded warrior to an allied hospital in Belguim,” the memo states. 

MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIPS NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATES BEGIN RENAMING PROCESS

The doorway to Fort Liberty in North Carolina.  (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Pictures)

The army set up is likely one of the largest on the planet and is house to the Military’s famed 82nd Airborne Division and the USA Particular Operations Command (USSOCOM).

“The directive honors the private braveness and selfless service of all those that have skilled to struggle and win our nation’s wars, together with PFC. Bragg, and is in step with the set up’s esteemed and storied historical past,” the memo stated. 

Along with the North Carolina base, a number of different Military posts have been renamed, together with Fort Benning, house to the Military’s infantry faculty, to Fort Moore, after the late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, a Vietnam Struggle commander, and Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos, named after Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a four-star common who fought in each the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Fort Liberty is the identify given to exchange Fort Bragg in North Carolina. On Monday, Protection Secretary ordered Fort Liberty to be renamed again to Fort Bragg.  (Getty Pictures)

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On the time the Military was renaming a number of bases, Retired U.S. Military Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule stated at a fee assembly that Fort Liberty was chosen as the brand new identify as a result of “liberty stays the best American worth.”