US Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith has ordered the military base Fort Liberty located in North Carolina to return to Fort Brig.
This order supports the move in Congress, which has changed the name of the Army base in 2023, which is part of a broader move to rename the military installations reminiscent of confidence -related data. It was
Hegsith said that the base will now be named after the former veteran of World War II, PTE Roland L. Brigg, rather than a Confederate Soldier General Brexten Brig, who fighters in the American civil war. Lose.
“That’s right, Berg is back,” Hegsith said during the signature, in a video published on his social media account.
On Monday, a military plane was on his way to Europe.
“This new name pays tribute to the PFC,” a statement from the Department of Defense, John Allot, said. Star and Purple Heart. “
He added, “This change indicates the inheritance of identifying those who have shown extraordinary services and sacrifices for the nation.”
The move has fulfilled a pledge during the campaign to return to President Donald Trump.
During a rally in North Carolina last year, Trump criticized the name change and told a crowd of supporters near the base: “We are about to return it. We are about to bring back our country”.
Former Fox News host Hegsith also expressed his dissatisfaction over the early name change in Fort Liberty.
While promoting his book Warrior, published last year, he said: “We should return it, because there are legacy matters. My uncle served in Brigg. I served in Brigg. The link is broken by generation. “
While Hegsit said that Fort Brigg now had a new name, 2022 Congress Commission Report Because of this, the purpose of renaming the base is not to use the last names like Confederate data in the designated steps.
The report states that General Brexiton Brigg was a slave ownership and “one of the worst civil war generals”.
Fort Brigg was one of the nine bases, which the commission had suggested to change its name.
The commission was added to the defense bill in 2020. Trump vetoed the bill, but the House and the Senate subdued their veto.
During a ceremony in June 2023, Fort Brigg became officially Fort Liberty.
The Army Base has a home of about 52,000 personnel and is known to be able to deploy troops abroad.
