‘Bragg is back’: Fort Liberty renamed Fort Bragg, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says The White House said the change recognizes ‘those who have demonstrated extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation’.
But on Hegseth’s first day as Defense Secretary, he deliberately referred to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore in Georgia, by their former names, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.
Pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Defense, Title 10 United States Code Section 113, I direct the Army to change the name of Fort Liberty North Carolina to Fort Bragg North Carolina.
U.S. Army base Fort Liberty in North Carolina has been officially renamed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Fort Bragg – but this time in ode to Pfc.
Hegseth managed to steer around the law that prohibits the military from naming a base after a Confederate leader by opting for a World War veteran who happened to share the same last name as Braxton Bragg.
