Posted on 01/09/2021 8:42:19 AM PST by PROCON
The Pentagon is moving forward with plans to rename military bases that honor the Confederacy, naming half of the panel charged with leading the effort.
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Friday appointed Sean McLean, a White House associate director; Joshua Whitehouse, a White House liaison to the Defense Department; Ann Johnston, acting assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs; and Earl Matthews, principal deputy general counsel for the Army.
They will serve on the ponderously-named Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
The remaining members of the eight-member panel will be appointed by the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.
The commission, charged with renaming 10 Army bases that honor Confederate leaders within three years, is mandated under a $740 billion defense policy bill that went into effect when Congress voted on New Year’s Day to override Trump’s veto.
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ROFL.... you owe me a new keyboard.
Ping.
Imagine how much it’s going to cost to change all flight charts with the new names.
Oh, well, the French Revolution and it’s Reign of Terror were quite good at de-Christianization:
St. Paul, San Fernando, Notre Dame, San Jacinto, St. Olaf . : .
You can guarantee, not a single one of them will be renamed after a straight, white male, and definitely not after any of those toxic masculinity exuding military men of past wars. Wonder which one will be named after our new commander in chief? Fort Xi Jinping has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
Only if it’s too big to float.
Ha, ha, yep, it would sink like a rock.
Such a bad decision
Military tradition is so important.
Beyond that, military bases should have military names...tough, dangerous, lethal.
I think a tanker or cargo ship would be more appropriate to her profile.
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