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Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg

The Associated Press on MSN · 21h

Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier

Is it an honor or a cynical end run? When it comes to the former — and apparently future — Fort Bragg, that’s in the eye of the beholder. North Carolina state Rep. John Blust, a Greensboro Republican who served as an enlisted soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division at the installation in the 1970s,

Raleigh News & Observer · 1d

Fort Liberty will be Fort Bragg again. But there’s a twist to the controversial name

Bragg is back,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said after signing a memorandum on the name change Monday night.

The Washington Post · 1d

What is Fort Bragg? Hegseth restores Army base name from Fort Liberty.

The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to disassociate from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s now named after Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero.

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Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and signals more change coming

The name change back to Bragg could also be seen as a slap against some of the highly decorated service members whose names ...

In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes

The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...

Stars and Stripes2d

‘Bragg is back’: Defense secretary restores name of Army post in North Carolina

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memo reversing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 ...

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