The New York Times3d
Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg
In an Oct. 2024 campaign event in Fayetteville, N.C., Mr. Trump had pledged to change the name of Fort Bragg back from Fort Liberty. On Mr. Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon, he referred to ...
Fox News4d
Hegseth says Fort Bragg is coming back, but with a twist
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Army to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but with a twist. Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 before ...
The Fayetteville Observer3d
Defense secretary announces renaming of Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg, again
The original Fort Bragg was named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The renaming process involved a national commission and cost over $6 million. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a ...
Stars and Stripes4d
‘Bragg is back’: Defense secretary restores name of Army post in North Carolina
Fort Liberty, the Army’s largest post, is once again Fort Bragg but without the Confederate tie. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the base renamed Monday while en route to Stuttgart ...
USA Today3d
Fort Liberty now Fort Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to rename Fort Bragg appears to be his latest effort to roll back Biden-administration diversity policies for the military. On Monday, a memo from Hegseth ...
The Fayetteville Observer3d
When will Fort Liberty become Fort Bragg and how much will it cost? Here's what we know
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the renaming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, honoring Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II veteran. The name change will likely require additional ...
USA Today3d
Pete Hegseth orders Fort Liberty name change. Who is Pfc. Roland L. Bragg?
The Army paratrooper after whom Fort Liberty will regain the name Bragg was born June 11, 1923, in Sabbattus, Maine, to Calvin and Ella Stevens Bragg. Little is immediately known about Silver Star ...
Penn Live3d
Fort Bragg could get its old name back, but after a different guy
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Is it an honor or a cynical end run? When it comes to the former — and possibly future — Fort Bragg, that’s in the eye of the beholder. North Carolina state Rep.
CNN3d
Defense Secretary Hegseth brings back Fort Bragg name, with a different namesake
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which replaced the namesake of a Confederate general in 2023. But in a ...
Boston Herald3d
Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and declares, ‘Bragg is back!’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort ...
UPI4d
Hegseth restores Fort Liberty's name back to Fort Bragg to honor WWII hero
Feb. 10 (UPI) --Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed an order to rename Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to its original Fort Bragg. But this time Bragg will honor a World War II ...