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Fort Liberty becomes Fort Bragg, renamed for Battle of Bulge hero
Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum directing that Fort Liberty, North Carolina, be renamed as Fort
Fort Bragg: US Army training facility renamed after WWII hero from Maine
Pfc. Roland Bragg served as a paratrooper in the 17th Airborne Division that fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
Ceremony held to rechristen Fort Bragg in honor of WWII paratrooper
Fort Liberty, the nation’s largest Army installation, officially reverted to its former name, Fort Bragg, on Friday. The renaming ceremony marked the end of Fort Liberty’s brief existence, restoring the name to honor a different Bragg.
‘A hero worthy of the name:’ Fort Bragg marks return of installation’s old moniker with new WWII soldier namesake
Less than two years after the Army officially changed Fort Bragg – then named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg – to Fort Liberty in June 2023, the world’s most populous military base is again Fort Bragg.
'A man of good character': Fort Liberty is renamed Fort Bragg in honor of Roland L. Bragg
The Fort Bragg name has returned to the Army's most populated post, but is associated with a World War II veteran instead of a Confederate general.
What to know about Fort Bragg name change before redesignation ceremony
Fort Bragg will hold its redesignation ceremony this week. Here's what else to know about the renaming of the Army post.
Not that Benning: Hegseth renames Fort Moore, but not for Confederate general, he says
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to ...
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
First it was Fort Bragg, named in honor of a Confederate general. Then it was Fort Liberty. Now, the North Carolina Army ...
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Hegseth returns Army base to Fort Benning in second naming reversal
Fort Benning was renamed in a May 2023 ceremony as Fort Moore in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Moore.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth renames Fort Moore to Fort Benning — but a different one
This change underscores the installation’s storied history of service to the United States of America,” the Department of ...
Hegseth brings back Fort Benning name with new namesake
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the renaming of Fort Moore in Georgia to its original name of Fort Benning in a ...
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Fort Bragg name changed back from Fort Liberty
The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday. Fort Bragg is officially known as Fort Bragg again.
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EDITORIAL: Restoring old name to base is harmful
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to restore the name of the U.S. Army’s special forces base near Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Fort Bragg are a waste of tax dollars and, ...
Move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...