{"id":1677255,"date":"2022-10-07T04:49:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677255"},"modified":"2022-10-07T04:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:50:00","slug":"defense-secretary-agrees-to-62-5-million-renaming-of-select-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-secretary-agrees-to-62-5-million-renaming-of-select-military-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Secretary Agrees to $62.5 Million Renaming of Select Military Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdefense-secretary-agrees-to-62-5-million-renaming-of-select-military-bases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States will rename nine military bases\u00a0that honor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-confederate\">Confederate<\/a> officers after\u00a0Defense\u00a0Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-lloyd-austin\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> signed off on the move, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3182169\/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-directs-implementation-of-the-naming-co\/\">press release<\/a>, the DOD said the bases will be renamed by no later than January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after the Naming Commission, established by Congress last year to plan for the removal of\u00a0Confederate-linked \u201cnames, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia\u201d\u00a0that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America, completed its analysis on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p>The commission is made up of eight volunteers selected by Congress and the defense secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Following 18 months of work, which included \u201cextensive consultations with experts, historians, and the communities rooted in the bases in question,\u201d it found\u00a0nine Army bases that were named in commemoration of the\u00a0Confederacy\u00a0and its leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe installations and facilities that our Department operates are more than vital national security assets. They are also powerful public symbols of our military, and of course, they are the places where our Service members and their families work and live,\u201d\u00a0Austin wrote in a memo on the decision on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> New Names \u2018Should Inspire All Those Who Call Them Home\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe names of these installations and facilities should inspire all those who call them home, fully reflect the history and the values of the United States, and commemorate the best of the republic that we are all sworn to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am committed to implementing all of the commission\u2019s recommendations as soon as possible,\u201d Austin said, adding that this will\u00a0happen when a 90-day waiting period expires in December.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/panel-recommends-new-names-for-9-military-facilities-originally-named-for-confederate-leaders_4487924.html\">military\u00a0bases to be renamed<\/a> are: Fort Benning in Georgia,\u00a0\u00a0Fort Bragg in North Carolina,\u00a0Fort Gordon in Georgia,\u00a0Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia,\u00a0Fort Lee in Virginia,\u00a0Fort Pickett in Virginia,\u00a0Fort Hood in Texas,\u00a0Fort Polk in Louisiana, and\u00a0Fort Rucker in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The changes \u201cwill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States will rename nine military bases\u00a0that honor Confederate officers after\u00a0Defense\u00a0Secretary Lloyd Austin signed off on the move, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Oct. 6. In a press release, the DOD said the bases will be renamed by no later than January 2024. 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