The Department of Defense has begun implementing the name commission's recommendation to rid the department of its names tied to the Confederacy.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante directed all DOD organizations to begin the process on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder announced. The direction followed the completion of a congressionally mandated 90-day waiting period.Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accepted the renaming recommendations in October.
The panel recommendations include new names for nine Army bases that currently commemorate Confederate officers, including Fort Bragg in North Carolina to Fort Liberty; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia to Fort Moore and Fort Eisenhower; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee, and Fort Pickett in Virginia to Fort Walker, Fort Gregg-Adams, and Fort Barfoot; Fort Hood in Texas to Fort Cavazos, Fort Polk in Louisiana to Fort Johnson; and Fort Rucker in Alabama to Fort Novosel.
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