So Fort Hood is now Fort Cavazos and Fort Benning is Fort Moore. I had heard about Fort Hood, but I didn't know about Fort Benning. Seems kind of weird, but I guess I will get used to it.
yeah, super recentrgleml said:
So Fort Hood is now Fort Cavazos and Fort Benning is Fort Moore. I had heard about Fort Hood, but I didn't know about Fort Benning. Seems kind of weird, but I guess I will get used to it.
Smeghead4761 said:
Which means that I am now a (two time) graduate of a school, the Benning School for Wayward Boys, which no longer exists.
And I still want to know why they changed Bragg to Liberty instead of Ridgeway.
OldArmyCT said:
I was kind of hoping for Ft Benavidez myself but that would be two hispanic bases. I think Liberty was the name of a base in Afghanistan, IIRC. Rucker is now Novosel, he was probably one of the best known and nicest Army helicopter pilots ever but man, is that change getting a lot of pushback from those era guys.
Everything I have heard on it was the the 82d mafia and the SOCOM dudes couldn't come to any sort of consensus -- both sides demanded something from their community, and the impasse resulted in Ft Liberty. Which is eminently stupid. Someone should have just decided.UTExan said:Smeghead4761 said:
Which means that I am now a (two time) graduate of a school, the Benning School for Wayward Boys, which no longer exists.
And I still want to know why they changed Bragg to Liberty instead of Ridgeway.
He was born in Virginia ( the south)
He advocated foreign policy be based only on vital national interests (no deep state ties)
He reconciled with former enemies, shaking the hand of an old Luftwaffe pilot
He was highly competent and believed that character mattered.
Now do you understand why the Commission could not seriously consider him?
The current SecDef was the XVIII Corp commander. You'd think he could have broken the tie, since Ridgeway was also the XVIII Corps commander.Trinity Ag said:Everything I have heard on it was the the 82d mafia and the SOCOM dudes couldn't come to any sort of consensus -- both sides demanded something from their community, and the impasse resulted in Ft Liberty. Which is eminently stupid. Someone should have just decided.UTExan said:Smeghead4761 said:
Which means that I am now a (two time) graduate of a school, the Benning School for Wayward Boys, which no longer exists.
And I still want to know why they changed Bragg to Liberty instead of Ridgeway.
He was born in Virginia ( the south)
He advocated foreign policy be based only on vital national interests (no deep state ties)
He reconciled with former enemies, shaking the hand of an old Luftwaffe pilot
He was highly competent and believed that character mattered.
Now do you understand why the Commission could not seriously consider him?
My two younger sons' both say Fort Bragg, NC. (Not the town of Fort Bragg, CA)MarathonAg12 said:
I was stationed at Fort Hood, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.
My daughter's birth certificates will always say Fort Hood and Fort Benning!
alamogeorge said:
I'll take "What happens when you elect ******s to run your country".
ArmyAg2002 said:
Didn't update DTS or the orders writing software yet. Still said Fort Rucker as of last week.
They did. Ft. Picket to Ft. Barfoot after Army Tech Sgt. T. Barfoot (WWII Medal of Honor winner) and Ft. Pol to Ft. Johnson after Sgt. William Johnson. WWI Medal of Honor winner. See you would have gotten the correct answer had you just spoken to a group of 19Ks.MarathonAg12 said:OldArmyCT said:
I was kind of hoping for Ft Benavidez myself but that would be two hispanic bases. I think Liberty was the name of a base in Afghanistan, IIRC. Rucker is now Novosel, he was probably one of the best known and nicest Army helicopter pilots ever but man, is that change getting a lot of pushback from those era guys.
Yep! I've talked to many of my senior enlisted 11 Bravos. We all wanted Benavidez. God forbid they named an army post after an enlisted man
They seem to be calling Fort Cavesos "Fort Cav" which is actually kind of appropriate.InfantryAg said:
most of these new names don't exactly roll off the tongue.
Rabid Cougar said:
Going after a USACE lake in Georgia, Sydney Lanier. Was a famous poet who just happened to have joined the Confederate Army.
Agree. The whole concept of changing names is just stupid.Aggie Infantry said:
The money spent on this is insane ($11M/installation and counting). It is not just changing signs. There is software that has to be updated in police and fire systems. It is also any sign on post that had any CSA name on it (street, building, park, lake, etc...).
I work for Installation Management Command (IMCOM) and see reports on this from time-to-time. This 3-star command is responsible for executing the changes.
The money could be better spent elsewhere.