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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Promises To Bring Back Fort Hood Name
(Texas Scorecard) – Speaking at a recent event at Fort Bragg, President Donald Trump announced his intention to reverse the renaming of several U.S. military installations, including Texas' Fort Cavazos, restoring their original names. 'For a little breaking news,' Trump said, 'we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Brucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee. We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It's no time to change.' 'I'm superstitious, you know? I'd like to keep it going,' he added. Fort Hood—renamed Fort Cavazos in 2023—had been one of nine U.S. Army posts renamed after a federal commission recommended removing Confederate-linked names. The installation was renamed in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a decorated Korean and Vietnam War veteran and the first Hispanic four-star general in U.S. Army history. Trump had previously opposed the renaming effort during his first term, vetoing the legislation that created the Naming Commission in 2020. Congress overrode his veto, however, and the commission's recommendations were later implemented under President Joe Biden. Fort Hood, established in 1942 and named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, remains one of the largest military installations in the world. It has grown to occupy 340 square miles and is home to around 34,500 military personnel and their families, 5,000 contractors, and 4,000 civilian employees. Trump's speech notably took place at Fort Bragg, which had its own name restored earlier this year following his return to office. Bragg had originally been named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg, and then renamed Fort Liberty by the Biden administration. Earlier this year, the Bragg named was restored but this time for PFC Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper and a hero of the Battle of the Bulge.
Axios
2 days ago
- Politics
- Axios
Trump orders names restored to Army bases honoring Confederate leaders
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he will restore the original names of seven military bases honoring Confederate officers. Why it matters: The move reverses a renaming that began under former President Biden, efforts that sought to honor military figures of color and to cease the government's commemoration of pro-slavery figures. Driving the news: Trump made the announcement during a visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg. "We are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee," he said. "We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It's no time to change. And I'm superstitious, you know? I like to keep it going." Zoom in: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to reverse the name of Fort Bragg in February, which had been rechristened as the Fort Liberty Army base in 2023. The base was originally named after a Confederate general, Braxton Bragg, though the new name commemorated a different Bragg — Roland L. Bragg, a World War II veteran, according to the Pentagon. Flashback: The Naming Commission recommended nine different Army bases for redesignation, completing the project in 2023.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump announces he is 'restoring' the names of several bases changed under Biden
President Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday that his administration will restore the original names of several U.S. Army bases that were renamed during the Biden presidency, calling the previous changes unnecessary and politically driven. "For a little breaking news," Trump said during a speech at Fort Bragg, "we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee." TRUMP WARNS ANY POTENTIAL PROTESTORS AT HIS MILITARY PARADE WILL BE 'MET WITH VERY BIG FORCE' The crowd erupted in cheers and Trump continued: "We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It's no time to change. And I'm superstitious. You know, I like to keep it going, right? I'm very superstitious. We want to keep it going." The seven bases were renamed in 2023 under a Pentagon directive carried out by the Biden administration, following a 2021 law passed by Congress. TRUMP HONORS FALLEN AMERICAN HEROES, PRAISES GOD IN MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS: 'GREAT, GREAT WARRIORS' The changes were recommended by the Naming Commission to remove honors for Confederate figures. Trump made no mention of Fort Bragg's name change to Fort Liberty. "That's a big story," he said. "We just announced that today to you for the first time. They said, 'Why didn't you wait till Saturday?' Said, 'I can't wait. I got to talk to my friends here today.'" CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA military parade is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 in Washington, White House has confirmed the restoration of the Army base names to Fox News Digital.
CBS News
03-03-2025
- General
- CBS News
Defense Department changes Fort Moore's name back to Fort Benning
The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning. Defense Secretary Hegseth in a statement said the base will now honor Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in action during World War I, when he served in the U.S. Army in France in 1918. Benning died in 1974. The base was originally named for Lt.-Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves. A congressionally mandated commission, the Naming Commission, recommended in 2022 that nine bases, including Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, should receive new names. Eight of the bases were subsequently renamed for people, and Fort Bragg was given the name Fort Liberty. In 2023, Fort Benning was renamed Fort Moore to honor a couple, Hal and Julie Moore, marking the first time a military spouse had received such a recognition. The Naming Commission recommended the Moores because of Hal's 32-year-career in the Army and Julie's support as a spouse, as well as their devotion to helping Army families even after they retired. "Their story is representative of millions of other military families throughout our history, who have often endured many travels and movements, putting the nation's needs ahead of their personal preferences," the Naming Commission's final report said of the Moores. While Hal was deployed, Julie took issue with the impersonal telegram notifications that delivered the news of the death of a loved one, so she took it upon herself to accompany cabbies to deliver notices and offer condolences. Her efforts led to the creation of the modern casualty notification teams who do this difficult job today. "She raised hell," Hal Moore said in an oral history kept in the Vietnam Archives at Texas Tech University. "She raised a fuss all the way up to stop that inhumane practice." Defense Secretary Hegseth signaled on his first day at the Pentagon that the name changes were coming when he referred to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore by their original names of Fort Bragg and Fort Benning. After he directed Fort Liberty to be renamed Fort Bragg, Hegseth said, "There's a reason I said Bragg and Benning when I walked into the Pentagon on Day One. But it's not just Bragg and Benning. There are a lot of other service members that have connections, and we're going to do our best to restore it." Steve Moore, one of Hal and Julie Moore's sons, wrote an essay in a military newsletter, the War Horse, after Fort Bragg was renamed, expressing disappointment about the possibility the Pentagon would restore Fort Benning's name. "Those who advocate for changing the name to honor a person solely because they happen to be named "Benning" ignore the values and character of Hal and Julie Moore as well as their courage, competency, and dedication to the nation and Army families," Steve Moore wrote.
Washington Post
11-02-2025
- General
- Washington Post
Fort Bragg is back. Stop the re-renaming of Army bases there.
Ty Seidule is a retired U.S. Army brigadier general who served as vice chair of the Naming Commission and is now a professor of history at Hamilton College. Connor Williams, who teaches at Middlebury College, was the commission's lead historian. Their forthcoming book is 'A Promise Delivered: Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation's Military Bases.'
