Fort Bragg is a U.S. Army military installation located in North Carolina. It ranks among the largest military bases in the world by population, ...

14 hours ago · In an Oct. 2024 campaign event in Fayetteville, N.C., Mr. Trump had pledged to change the name of Fort Bragg back from Fort Liberty.. On Mr. Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon, he referred to ...

14 hours ago · Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum reversing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 operated by the 300th Airlift Squadron en route to Stuttgart ...

3 hours ago · The base was originally named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, a plantation owner who enslaved people. Its name was changed from Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of efforts to ...

15 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

16 hours ago · Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty during a ceremony in June 2023. The Naming Commission estimated that changing the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty would initially cost over $6 million ...

1 day ago · Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the world, is home to the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.