Fort Bragg Psychological Warfare Group Posts Chilling Video. ‘We Are Everywhere’

A sign shows Fort Bragg information

A secretive Fort Bragg operation that specializes in influencing people’s thoughts has released a hypnotic recruitment video that is laced with hidden meanings and strange images. Known as the 4th Psychological Operations-Airborne, or 4th PSYOP, the group specializes in “using the power of the mind to persuade opinion and discourse” among the nation’s enemies. The […]

Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech

President Trump delivers a speech at Fort Bragg

Ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised alarms over a vendor planning to sell Trump-branded merchandise on site. They feared selling the merchandise could undermine the military’s carefully maintained image of political neutrality, according to two officials familiar with the internal pushback. But on Tuesday, […]

What's in a Name? A Small Fortune for Businesses Around Fort Bragg

Ralph Rodriguez poses for a portrait at his pawn and gun shop in Fayetteville, N.C.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When it came to picking a name for his business, Ralph Rodriguez rolled the dice. He went with Fort Liberty Pawn & Gun. It’s going to cost him about $30,000. “That’s signage, uniforms, stationery, business cards, advertising, and state licensing changes and federal changes,” he said. When he was filing his incorporation […]

First, Fort Bragg. Then Fort Benning. Is Georgia’s Fort Eisenhower Next?

The Army redesignated Fort Gordon to Fort Eisenhower on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters he was not done last month after restoring Fort Liberty in North Carolina to its original name, Fort Bragg. Hegseth followed up Monday by switching Fort Moore near Columbus back to Fort Benning. The changes, according to the Pentagon, honor American soldiers who fought bravely in World War […]

The Shame of Liberty: How the Lazy, Safe Renaming of Fort Bragg Wasted an Opportunity

The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base in Fort Liberty, N.C.

The renaming of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, mandated by Congress and formalized in a ceremony in June, was an opportunity to remind not only the installation’s current and future troops and families, but also the country, of the social value of our Army. In selecting the name “Liberty,” the Pentagon wasted an opportunity. The shedding […]