Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to restore Fort Bragg's name, reversing its renaming to Fort Liberty under the administration of former President Joe Biden. But there's a catch. Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense on Monday night via email for comment. North Carolina's Fort Bragg is the largest military base in the United States, employing over 50,000 military personnel and housing over 60,000 active-duty family members. The base also houses...

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 memorandum signed Monday, Hegseth instructed the Army to rename the North Carolina military installation in honor of a different Bragg: Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II veteran who was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for extraordinary bravery during the Battle of the Bulge, according to a statement from Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot....

Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of Defense statement, undoing a 2023 name change driven by racial justice protests. The base, among the world's largest military installations, had been renamed Fort Liberty as part of an effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers. The move to shed Confederate names for military bases came in the wake of nationwide protests after the 2020 death of George Floyd...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum Monday to bring back the original name of North Carolina’s Fort Liberty – renaming the base Fort Bragg. The massive U.S. Army complex opened in 1918 and was named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The name of the base was changed in 2022 following a directive from former Pentagon head Lloyd Austin. President Donald Trump vowed during his campaign to change the name of the installation back to its original. On Monday evening, Hegseth announced the change had been made. The former...