While flying aboard a C-17 from Joint Base Andrews to Stuttgart on February 10, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland L. Bragg. The new name pays tribute to PFC Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero who earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his exceptional courage during the Battle of the Bulge. This change underscores the installation’s legacy of recognizing those who have demonstrated extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation.
By John Ullyot, DOD Press Secretary
Too easy. Return all bases to their original reconciliation names
FY2020 and FY2021 specifically states no naming bases after Confederate losers.
Your comment matches your name, meh.
Chapter 8 material here.
Why not Benavidez or Shughart?
Why just Shughart?
Because President Trump campaigned on making it Fort “Bragg” again
That’s some 4D chess.
It’s not even Tic-Tac-Toe
Having previously enjoyed suffering and military peculiar maturation @ Bragg.. to be honest.. the origin of name was lost on me.. but not the enduring affection to the time spent or the brothers made. I appreciate the reversion to “Bragg” as it is a cultural bond through generations of service members.
I’m good w/ Bragg, as iconoclastic to generations.
When I was first assigned there in 1990 I ended up at the flag pole over by the Butner Road gate (no gate back then) and I read the plaque which gave a short bio of Braxton Bragg. At the time I was like, “why is a post full of paratroopers named after a Confederate artillery general?” But, I let it go. I figured the Fort was designated before there were paratroopers and we just sort of happened to the place. Well, Fort Bragg is known for SF and the Airborne. It’s rare that you jump out of planes in the Army or Air Force and aren’t assigned there at least once. I was, in both services.
It was a major artillery training center in WWII.
I really dont think the majority of folks ever stopped calling it Bragg
I have received multiple admonishments for using the “evil” name of Bragg. He was a loser dontchaknow. Yep, I do, but I also read 1984.
Well said.
Braxton Bragg was a loser. Worst general in the Civil War.
If anything naming a base after him was OK because his incompetence aided the Union cause.
Great. I understand the sentiment behind the 2023 name change… but I do not feel that, over the years after Vietnam, these names have been any kind of impediment to Black recruits. So, it was expensive to the taxpayer and stupid. Legacy matters. Benning is next.
You don’t think Hal Moore deserves to have a base named after him?
PFC Roland L. Bragg, thank you for your service.
Indeed!