Fort Bragg officials said Tuesday that the Army post will officially change its name to Fort Liberty in a ceremony on June 2. FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) – Fort Bragg officials said Tuesday that the Army post will officially change its name to Fort Liberty in a ceremony on June 2.Mar 21, 2023
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On May 9, the base will adopt the name of Gen. Richard Cavazos, the first Latino four-star general, part of a years-long process to replace installations honoring the Confederacy. Fort Hood, the sprawling Army base in Central Texas, will be officially renamed Fort Cavazos on May 9, base officials announced Friday.Mar 24, 2023
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (WTVY) - In an official release sent out Friday, the name change from Fort Rucker to Fort Novosel will become official in a ceremony in April.Mar 24, 2023
An Army base in Blackstone, Virginia, officially changed its name from "Fort Pickett" to "Fort Barfoot" Friday in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.Mar 24, 2023
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Fort Barfoot
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Fort Barfoot is a Virginia Army National Guard installation, located near the town of Blackstone, Virginia. Home of the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Barfoot was originally named for the United States Army officer and Confederate General George Pickett. It was one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers that has been renamed by The Naming Commission.[1] Their recommendation was for the post to be renamed Fort Barfoot, in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Van T. Barfoot.[2] On 5 January 2023, William A. LaPlante, US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, directed the full implementation of the recommendations of the Naming Commission, DoD-wide.[3] The redesignation ceremony occurred on 24 March 2023.[4]
Beginnings
Late in 1941 a team of Army surveyors visited the site of a former Civilian Conservation Corps camp near the small rural town of Blackstone, Virginia. There they found enough land, water and other resources needed to establish a post large enough to simultaneously train more than one infantry division. The site also offered easy railroad access to both mountain and coastal training sites. By December 1941, 45,867 acres (185.62 km2) of land in Nottoway, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and Brunswick Counties were acquired and cleared to prepare for construction of the first buildings.
Elements of the Virginia National Guard had their first taste of what was then Fort Pickett on 6–7 Dec. when the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry, camped here on the way back to its home station at Fort Meade, Maryland, having completed a series of war games in North Carolina.
World War II
Two rail spurs were built into the camp in 1942–1943 to increase logistical efficiency and the rapid movement of troops on and off post. Air transportation to and from Pickett became available with the completion of a Blackstone Army Airfield in late 1942. The tower was placed beside the only hangar built on post, and its steel beam frames and cinder block foundation are still visible today. Since each cement runway was 5,269 feet long and 300 feet wide, the four-runway airfield was large enough to allow the safe landing of the Douglas C-47 "Gooney Bird." Fighter planes could use the runway in an emergency, although none were stationed at the airfield. Aircraft fuel was delivered by rail and contained in fuel trucks, since permanent storage tanks were not constructed until after World War II. The airfield remained virtually unchanged until the 1990s.
By the end of 1942, more than 1,400 buildings were completed and in use across the post, including approximately 1,000 enlisted barracks and 70 officer's quarters. Twelve chapels, the post hospital complex (later greatly expanded) and six firehouses were built, along with warehouses, headquarters and administrative buildings. To assure an adequate water supply for the post and its potential 60,000-soldier population, the Army built and maintained its own water pumping, filtration and sewage treatment plants. In the 1980s the Army transferred control and operation of these facilities to the town of Blackstone.
For recreation, there were four movie theaters (two more were added later), a field house with a gym, several enlisted clubs, a main post exchange and several "satellite" PXs. By the war's end, more than 300 additional buildings were constructed, including a female barracks and facilities for two prisoner-of-war camps.
Fort Benning, Ga. – rename Fort Moore after Lt. Gen. Hal and Julia Moore.
Fort Bragg, N.C. – rename Fort Liberty after the value of liberty.
Fort Gordon, Ga. – rename Fort Eisenhower after General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower.
Fort A.P. Hill, Va. – rename Fort Walker after Dr. Mary Walker.
Fort Hood, Texas – rename Fort Cavazos after Gen. Richard Cavazos.
Fort Lee, Va. – rename Fort Gregg-Adams after Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams.
Fort Pickett, Va. – rename Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot.
Fort Polk, La. – rename Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson.
Fort Rucker, Ala. – rename Fort Novosel after Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novosel, Sr.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-bases-confederate-generals-name-changes-beginning/
>Fort Benning, Ga. – rename Fort Moore after Lt. Gen. Hal and Julia Moore.
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The United States’ position in the world has been in a steep decline of late as numerous influential nations seek to decouple themselves from the US-centered international order.
In an effort to stem this tide of eroding influence. African countries have particularly been embracing China and Russia, which is why Vice President Kamala Harris was dispatched to the dark continent in an effort to shore up relationships.
It didn’t go so well.