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[1] [2] In 2021, the United States Congress created The Naming Commission, a United States government commission, in order to rename federally-owned military assets that have names associated with the CSA. [3] On 5 January 2023 William A. LaPlante, US USD (A&S) directed the full implementation of the recommendations of the Naming Commission ...
The Renaming Commission released a list of potential names to consider renaming installations that bear named after Confederate service members. Renaming Fort Bragg: List of potential new names ...
Former President Trump on Friday vowed to revert North Carolina’s Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg if he’s elected this fall, a little over a year after the military installation was ...
Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
Last year, a commission created by Congress recommended new names for nine bases that honored Confederate officers, after the nationwide protests following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd ...
The Womack Ambulatory Patient Care Annex opened in March 1974. On October 1, 1991, Womack changed its name to Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. One year later, on September 3, 1992, officials broke ground for a new Womack. On March 9, 2000, the new Womack Army Medical Center opened for $400 million.
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The 45th would serve at Fort Bragg until it departed for Vietnam on 16 July 1967. [ 12 ] The 2nd Surgical Hospital (Mobile) (Army) was alerted for overseas movement on 2 August 1965, and departed Fort Bragg for the Republic of Vietnam on 15 October 1965, arriving in country on 7 November 1965.