Hegseth indicates Fort Bragg won’t be the only military base to be renamed

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that he would revert the name of military bases back to their previous names that had been changed initially due to their connections to the Confederacy.

Under the Biden administration, the military renamed nine U.S. military bases after Confederate leaders. According to the Pentagon, the effort cost more than $60 million. It is unclear how much it will cost to restore the bases’ names.

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