Posted on 10/13/2022 5:47:23 AM PDT by devane617
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has approved new names for nine military bases, including Fort Gordon and Fort Benning and other military assests.
In a memo released last week, Austin stated that the Department of Defense accepted the Naming Commission’s recommendations for the new names of the military bases.
“I fully support the efforts and recommendations of the Naming Commission on this important matter, and I am committed to implementing all of the Commission’s recommendations as soon as possible,” Austin said in the memo.
There is a 90-day waiting period until all recommendations made by the commission can be implemented but Austin said he wants all of them to be implemented by Jan. 1, 2024. Austin directed all relevant departments to begin implementing the recommendations that are not subject to the 90-day waiting period, including DoD’s memorialization and naming process.
A Naming Commission Implementation Working Group led by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment will oversee the full implementation of the commission’s recommendations.
The NAACP and other groups have long advocated for the renaming of military bases related to the Confederacy. Racial tensions across the country following the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery galvanized the move to do so. As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Congress tasked the Naming Commission with completing a report with recommendations to remove, rename or modify “names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia” related to the Confederacy in September.
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Disgusting....and wrong. The South was granted amnesty AND the people of the south are absolutely allowed to honor their dead.
Might as well rename them to “People’s Fort #1”, #2, #3 and so on. Same for hospitals, factories, etc.
It will take awhile for me to be able to identify what base is being discussed unless they show the old name in parenthesis.
Ironically the Dems are canceling themselves considering many southern states were Democrat strongholds. It’s almost like they want to erase their own past?
Fort Lenin, Fort Che, Fort Mao
New names:
Fort Rainbow
Camp Gomorrah
Between death jab nonsense and wokeness, wonder why the military is having trouble recruiting? /s I’m a vet, my youngest son voiced a desire to join, I steered him away. Now he’s an apprentice electrician and I couldn’t be prouder. Screw the military.
Deep State can call them what it wants.
The Tappan Zee in NYS, for example, is still the Tappan Zee to me.
Without a doubt this will help Army recruiting in the South.
Waste of time, money and resources that should be used in training to kill and break things.
Are they really going to rename a base, if the entire town is willing to be arrested to avoid it?
Total disgrace, and it’s ridiculous this is what they are concerned with.
Didn’t you shitbirds just miss your recruiting goals by 25%?
Woke trash.
What is the total cost?
A wise decision. I try to tell all young men to learn a trade.
Electrician, Plumber, HVAC, Lineman, CAD drafter, etc.
I wouldn’t recommend carpenter, as builders pay illegal Mexicans crap.
There already is a Floyd Bennet field so that’s taken care of. Ft. Manning could replace Ft Benning and Ft. Arbery can replace Ft Gordon.
I saw somewhere the estimate was $21M. Nice price for the feelings of a few nuts.
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/SS - sick sarcasm (daily #1)
MFer’s!
We’ll just name them back when we get intelligent, mature people leading the country.
But let’s not forget about building those guillotines.
Lots and lots of ‘em.
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