America reached yet another level of "back" this week, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth officially signed an order restoring the name of Fort Bragg, which had been renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to erase the Confederate name from memory.
Secretary Hegseth could be seen signing the order in a video posted to his X account Monday night:
The renaming comes with a clever twist, however. While the base's original name was derived from Confederate General Braxton Bragg, the new Fort Bragg is named after Private First Class Roland Bragg, a soldier who served with distinction in World War II.
As reported by CNN:
Hegseth, a National Guard veteran and former longtime Fox News host, strongly opposed removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases and has described the renaming efforts as 'a sham,' 'garbage,' and 'crap' in various media appearances, CNN previously reported. He has also suggested they should be changed back, particularly Fort Bragg.
In a subsequent post on X, Hegseth made it clear that this would not end with Fort Bragg:
Maybe a return to the traditional name of the base will cut down on radically woke soldiers.
Or at least we can hope.
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