Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel. [2] It is named in honor of Braxton Bragg Confederate Army general. (Before briefly being named Fort Liberty, it was originally named for General ...

1 天前 · The base was originally named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, a plantation owner who enslaved people. Its name was changed from Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of efforts to ...

3 天之前 · 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 ...

2 天之前 · 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 ...

3 天之前 · History of Fort Bragg name change. Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the world, is home to the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Special ...

2 天之前 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

2 天之前 · Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty during a ceremony in June 2023. The Naming Commission estimated that changing the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty would initially cost over $6 million ...

1 天前 · 1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum reversing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 operated by the 300th ...

Fort Bragg became the headquarters for Special Forces Soldiers. More than 200,000 young men underwent basic combat training here during 1966-70. In April 1965, the 82nd Airborne Division...

1 天前 · Fort Bragg was established as Camp Bragg in 1918 — after World War I — and was initially named for Braxton Bragg, an artillery officer who served in the Mexican-American War and later served ...