Trump's Move to Restore Old Army Base Names Highlights Nebraska Man's Heroics at 18 in World War I
For more than a century, Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the name of the Army base in Georgia two years ago, but now the Trump administration is set on restoring the familiar one — this time for a different Benning. The new namesake is Fred Benning, a […]
Army, Navy Restore Webpages Highlighting Women's Service as Other Military Diversity Efforts Are Erased
The Army and Navy both have restored webpages they removed last week that featured the histories of female soldiers and sailors. The webpages for the U.S. Army Women’s Museum at Fort Gregg-Adams in Hopewell, Virginia, and the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command’s site highlighting women temporarily were taken offline to ensure that their content […]
Trump Vows to Restore Fort Liberty's Old Name Honoring Confederate General
Fort Liberty in North Carolina could revert to its former name honoring an unsuccessful Confederate general if former President Donald Trump is reelected in November. At a campaign event in Fayetteville on Friday evening, Trump vowed to bring back the name Fort Bragg, which was changed to Fort Liberty last year as part of a […]
Army Corps of Engineers Aims to Restore Normal Access to Port of Baltimore by End of May
The Army Corps of Engineers has a tentative timeline of restoring access to the Port of Baltimore to “normal capacity” by the end of May, it said in a statement Thursday night. “Engineers are aiming to reopen the permanent, 700-foot-wide by 50-foot-deep federal navigation channel by the end of May, restoring port access to normal […]