Fort Rucker, Fort Bragg among posts to receive new names by the end of year

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These army forts should have never been named after confederates and traitors to our country?!!

I'm glad Trump is not president now, he opposed the name changes too?!!

Nine Army Bases Honoring Confederate Leaders Could Soon Have New Names

Proposed by a government panel, the suggested title changes honor several women and people of color

United States Army bases have historically been named for white men. But as the military continues to grapple with its racist history, which came under more intense scrutiny after the 2020 police murder of George Floyd, the country’s defense department is taking a look inward and proposing new base names that primarily honor women and people of color.

A commission that Congress tasked with coming up with new names for bases named after Confederate officers has unveiled nine replacement options.

The proposed names pay homage to people like Sergeant William Henry Johnson, a Black soldier who heroically fought off German troops during World War I and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and Mary Edwards Walker, the Army’s first woman surgeon, who ultimately received the Medal of Honor for her bravery during the Civil War.

“Every name either originated from or resonated with the local communities,” said Brigadier General Ty Seidule, the naming commission’s vice chair, during a media call earlier this week, as quoted by the Washington Post’s Alex Horton and Karoun Demirjian.

Three of the proposed names honor white men. One invokes an abstract concept, Liberty, rather than a person or people. Siedule said he expects some people to disagree with the commission’s recommendations but defended the fact that the group “listened carefully to the communities in every case.”

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Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams, Commander of The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion's motto was "No Mail, Low Morale." Fort Lee, to become Fort Gregg-Adams

The recommended names do not go into effect until approved by Congress and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. A final report from the commission, set up by Congress in last year's defense bill, is due to lawmakers by Oct. 1, with the bases to be renamed by 2023.
 
guno said:
On Thursday the Pentagon Press Secretary Brigader General Pat Ryder announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III issued a Memorandum on Implementation of the Naming Commission’s Recommendations.

After reviewing the report, General Austin agreed to the recommendations and wants to change the names as soon as possible.

https://www.waff.com/2022/10/06/fort-rucker-fort-bragg-among-posts-receive-new-names-by-end-year/


New Names:

https://www.thenamingcommission.gov/names
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More bullshit that does nothing but help leftists feel good about themselves. More wasted time and energy.
 
guno said:
On Thursday the Pentagon Press Secretary Brigader General Pat Ryder announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III issued a Memorandum on Implementation of the Naming Commission’s Recommendations.

After reviewing the report, General Austin agreed to the recommendations and wants to change the names as soon as possible.

https://www.waff.com/2022/10/06/fort-rucker-fort-bragg-among-posts-receive-new-names-by-end-year/


New Names:

https://www.thenamingcommission.gov/names
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Although I didn't read them all, the new name for Fort Rucker is an excellent choice: Fort Novosel https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qnPk-tXcFclE1T4IwHU4QzR682zfKk_I/view
Assigned to Vietnam as a “Dustoff” pilot, he flew he-
licopters evacuating combat zone casualties; a dangerous
mission in which approximately one third of all medevac
pilots became casualties themselves. In Novosel’s two tours
in Vietnam, he flew 2,543 extraction missions, rescuing
over 5,500 seriously wounded soldiers.
Perhaps no moment made Novosel’s skills as a pilot
and strength as a leader more evident than his actions

on 2 October 1969...

...On six different occa-
sions, enemy attacks became

so great that Novosel was

forced to withdraw, mo-
mentarily leaving the area

and then returning from

another direction to con-
fuse and elude their assaults.

Wounded himself during a
final extraction that required
rescuing a wounded soldier
directly facing an enemy
bunker, Novosel nevertheless
maintained control of the
aircraft and returned his crew
and casualty safely to base. Eighteen hours had passed
since he started the day. Novosel was 47 years old. His
aircraft was damaged and his body was battered, but he
had saved 29 men.
Receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions, Chief
Warrant Officer 4 Novosel continued serving in Army
aviation until 1984, and then continued to support
Army aviation and aviators through two decades of
retirement. And his son also repaid his father’s favor: one
week after Michael Novosel, Sr., extracted him from
a disabled aircraft, Michael Novosel, Jr., did the same
for his dad. Their combined service honors generational
service, a common trend in the modern military.
And Michael Novosel, Sr.’s career of valor, hard-earned
technical skill, and commitment to his comrades serve
as an example and inspiration for all soldiers.
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Yakuda said:
More bullshit that does nothing but help leftists feel good about themselves. More wasted time and energy.
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How long did you serve in the military, Yak? Or was your skin too precious to serve like most Trumpers?
 
While I have no problem with these bases being renamed, at least they should rename them for someone of actual importance in US history, not on the basis of political correctness. Naming a base after a nobody but rather because they're the correct gender, race, sexual orientation, or have / had the correct political views is nothing short of asinine.
 
For example, this person is mentioned above:

Mary Edwards Walker, the Army’s first woman surgeon, who ultimately received the Medal of Honor for her bravery during the Civil War.

She wasn't in the Army, nor was she in the US military for that matter. She was a civilian contract surgeon and for her era what today would be called a radical feminist. She was given a Medal of Honor by mostly politicians in the hopes it would shut her up. The award was later rescinded, as many Medals of Honor were that were awarded in the Civil War era.
If you look at her history critically, there is absolutely no reason outside of political correctness, to name a US military base after her. NONE.
 
Fort bragg

Perhaps no value has proved more essential to the United States of
America and the history of its military than Liberty. Our Army

was founded to achieve the ideal of liberty. In the American Rev-
olution, patriots fought for the liberty to direct their lives, pursue their

happiness, and determine their futures through representative democ-
racy. When they created a standing military to provide for the common

defense, they did so in order to secure the blessings of liberty. Encom-
passing more than simple freedom of action, movement, or commerce,

our founding generations conceived of liberty as a force central to real-
izing full human promise.

Our nation was reborn through our Army’s battles for liberty. In the
American Civil War, the United States Army fought for the freedom of
four million men, women, and children. The United States government

resolved itself towards creating a new birth of freedom nationwide. Amer-
icans expanded the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, grounded in

liberty, to every person born in the United States. The right to self-deter-
mination through voting was provided to every man (and eventually every

woman, following their decades of advocacy in the Suffrage Movement).
And slavery and involuntary servitude were prohibited forevermore, with
our government and its military committed to enforcing those acts....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DUjX2mPAQH-Q-4kAPy-77ILcjq54uK-Y/view
 
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