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They changed the name back to Ft. Bragg today. For all of us who served there, “Bragg” is an iconic name. This is not because of any Confederate general, but rather because the name came to signify excellence and a hardcore mentality. When I was stationed there it was the only Army base that had a 4 mile run standard. Every other base had a 2 mile standard. More was and is demanded of the paratroopers and special forces operators stationed there. No veteran I know was in favor of changing the name to Ft. Liberty for whatever DEI reason they gave and I hope they’ll change the name of Fort Benning back to its original name as well. Thanks to the new Defense Secretary for understanding that to those who serve and served there that restoring the name was something we were hoping for. All The Way! | ||
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Oriental Redneck |
It's the same last name, but the person being honored is no longer the Confederate general Braxton Bragg, but it's Roland Bragg, a WWII hero.
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It's always been Fort Bragg to me. My son is currently at Fort Benning. Not even sure what the new name is. He told me Benning so I would know where he was. Not minority enough! | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
^^^ Fort Benning is currently Fort Moore, for Lt General Hal Moore. Q | |||
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I'd like Ft. Benning to be the name of where where we trained and went to jump school. U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member | |||
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That's going to be a tougher one to restore since Moore is certainly a worthy recipient of the honor as well. | |||
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I was at Ft Benning & Ft Bragg. The names will never change for me. __________________________________________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Sigs Owned - A Bunch | |||
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| Freethinker |
Good: Someone who actually deserves to be honored and remembered. I have long thought that when forts were named for Confederate generals as a “reconciliation” measure it was actually a not-so-subtle poke in the eye to also pick some of those who had been among the least competent of southern officers. ► 6.4/93.6 “It is peace for our time.” — Neville the Appeaser | |||
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Sigfreund: I thought the name change back, but honoring a hero of WW II, was a genius move. Roland Bragg was an infantryman; now every infantryman who goes through Fort Bragg has a real-life model to encourage (in the literal sense) them. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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US Military installations should be named for US servicemen. "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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| Freethinker |
► 6.4/93.6 “It is peace for our time.” — Neville the Appeaser | |||
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I hope all the secretaries didn't throw out all the old stationary after the switch to Liberty. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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I think any Liberty stationary should be used but on each page cross out Liberty and write Bragg. A constant reminder of dei stupidity | |||
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Same for me. When it comes up I always say Jump School at Benning, then to Bragg. | |||
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Benning is sure enough iconic, but Hal Moore is a true warrior. Fort Liberty could have easily been named Camp Twinkeefartsprinkles and wouldn’t have been any worse. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I had always thought it was done to appease the local population of these Southern states to secure the land to build the bases on. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
I do not like changing history for the sake of others liking a newer history. Just stupid. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| I started with nothing, and still have most of it  |
This was genius to rename it back to Bragg based on some other Bragg. Trump has outsmarted the other side again. Braxton Bragg was a terrible general, hated by his men, and only maintained his position because he was Jefferson Davis's room mate at West Point. I like this name change! "While not every Democrat is a horse thief, every horse thief is a Democrat." HORACE GREELEY | |||
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That's good news...I was hoping under President Trump all the bases would return to their original names like FT Bragg, FT Lee and others. | |||
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I'd have been fine with changing Bragg to Benavidez but, finding another hero named Bragg works as well. Army needs to do some updating as there should be more WWII honorariums vice Civil War, Fort Patton, Ridgeway, Bradley, Truscott, Clark, etc... | |||
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