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24 maj 2022 · A U.S. Army commission has recommended new names for nine military bases commemorating Confederate officers, including the head of its army, the reputed Georgia chief of the Ku Klux Klan...
29 lis 2023 · The Army's Nine Base Name Changes Are Complete. On October 27th, 2023, Fort Gordon, GA, was redesignated as Fort Eisenhower. This change completed the Federally mandated change by the Naming Commission. As a reminder, the list of the eight other Army bases changed under the same mandate.
24 mar 2023 · The cost of renaming the nine Army bases that honored the Confederacy has nearly doubled, an Army official told lawmakers Thursday. The Army expects to pay $39 million, said Lt. Gen. Kevin...
Numerous military installations in the United States are or were named after general officers in the Confederate States Army (CSA). These are all U.S. Army or Army National Guard posts, typically named following World War I and during the 1940s.
14 kwi 2023 · In January 2023, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante directed all DoD organizations to begin full implementation of the Department of Defense Naming Commission recommendations. This directive includes the renaming of nine Army installations (listed below).
14 kwi 2023 · The Department of Defense Naming Commission will rename nine Army installations by January 1, 2024. DTMO's website will be updated to reflect all changes by this date.
24 maj 2022 · The eight-member commission, established in 2021 as part of annual defense policy legislation, released a list of 87 potential names for the nine Army bases in March, after receiving more...
