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Pentagon moves to restore Fort Bragg name to North Carolina’s Fort Liberty

Pentagon moves to restore Fort Bragg name to North Carolina’s Fort Liberty

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved reverting the name of military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. Hegseth approved a memorandum Monday to change the name, but with a different namesake. Located just west of Fayetteville, the base was initially named in 1918 after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with more...

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