Nobody's Fooled by the New Fort Bragg Name

Thursday, February 13, 2025

The base's name was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023 upon the recommendation of a commission that Congress tasked with renaming military installations dedicated to Confederate leaders.

Posted by qcp at 11:33 PM | 33 COMMENTS | permalink

A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg. Its new namesake is WWII hero Roland Bragg -- unbeknownst to his family.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) February 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Comments

I've always thought "Liberty" was such a bland, generic thing to rename something. In the city where I grew up, there was a street nearby named Liberty, but it was originally called Berlin Street until the end of WWI. People still had strong feelings about this as recent as 10 years ago.

#1 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-12 08:25 PM

They should have named it after someone like Dick Winters or Schwarzkopf instead of some nobody PFC.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-12 08:42 PM

Oof. Way to go walking right into that trap of calling PFCs nobodies.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-12 08:46 PM

Should have called it, Fort Trump.

It's disappointing Hegseth didn't.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-12 08:47 PM

Fort Drunk.

#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-12 08:48 PM

"Should have called it, Fort Trump.
It's disappointing Hegseth didn't."

I believe you.

#6 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-12 08:52 PM

calling PFCs nobodies

My bad. I didn't know that the whole world knew about Pfc. Roland L. Bragg before this.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-12 08:53 PM

As someone who was a PFC for a little while I can assure you they are indeed nobodies.

#8 | Posted by qcp at 2025-02-13 09:16 AM

Can you imagine how many people would be ticked off if an Army base was named after PFC Bradley Manning?

#9 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-13 10:43 AM

They need to start erecting statues of Trump and naming things after him, until we can't tell if we're in the States of America or North Korea

#10 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-02-13 11:15 AM

Fort Drunk.
#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-12 08:48 PM

Klub Kavanaugh.

Bacardi Shotworks.

2 Drink Minimum Armory.

Beer Pong Gardens.

Fort------------.

Hegseth Sobriety Testing Grounds.

#11 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-02-13 02:16 PM

Can you imagine how many people would be ticked off if an Army base was named after PFC Bradley Manning?

#9 | Posted by sentinel

I would pay good money - ok maybe $20 - just to see and hear the angst of the fake christians and patriots over this.

Actually, if I could be sure of at least 1 MAGAt stroking out on camera I'd pay $200.

#12 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-02-13 11:56 PM

Does the family get NIL money like college athletes?

#13 | Posted by MBlue at 2025-02-14 09:00 AM

As someone who was a PFC for a little while I can assure you they are indeed nobodies.

#8 | Posted by qcp

Until they save your life in combat.

Did you even see "combat"?

#14 | Posted by boaz at 2025-02-14 11:49 AM

Hegseth Sobriety Testing Grounds.

#11 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-02-13 02:1

Thats a ------- winner.

Did you even see "combat"?

Some -------- said dodging VD in the 1970s NYC discos counted as it.

#15 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-02-14 12:02 PM

Let's be honest here; changing the name back to Fort Bragg was just typical Trump era politics of pandering to racists, homophobes, transphobesm xenophobes, misogynists, etc. Pretending otherwise just makes you appear naive, at best; stupid in all probability.

#16 | Posted by danni at 2025-02-14 12:03 PM

Some -------- said dodging VD in the 1970s NYC discos counted as it.

Nah, That was Korea in the 90's.

#17 | Posted by boaz at 2025-02-14 12:10 PM

Pretending otherwise just makes you appear naive, at best; stupid in all probability.

Pretending to know why you would not want to change the name of a base is stupid to someone who never experienced Bragg.

I'm going to wager, you were never at FT. Bragg or any military base other than to visit someone, maybe.

You probably have never seen an airborne field, been to an artillery range, or had to run 9 miles in the rain and mud on any base. You ever lived in military housing on FT. Bragg?

I have. You ever driven down Bragg blvd? I have. Did you ever go to the old NCO club on Bragg? I did. Have you ever marched in the 82nd day run and felt the pride when the old paratroopers saluted you as you ran by?

I have.

The name is about so much more than you military arm chair DEI specialists know. Talk about something you do know, but I bet the conversation will be short Danni.

Funny how the only ones wanting to get rid of the name Bragg is liberals/democrats/progressives, most of who have never been in the military. Most military folks, especially those who served there, want it left alone.

I left a lot of blood at Bragg. Leave the name alone.

#18 | Posted by boaz at 2025-02-14 12:20 PM

I have.

#18 | Posted by boaz

Descendent of slaves taking pride in the name of a man who fought for slavery.

You and kanye have the same brain worm.

#19 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-14 12:46 PM

"I left a lot of blood at Bragg. Leave the name alone." Boaz

You cannot be in love with the Confederacy while being an American soldier so I am calling -------- on your time in the service at Bragg. I was a Ft. Bragg too but at the JFK Warfare Training Center while your time was more than likely down on your hands and knees cleaning the -------- or, being pulled along on a forced march because you were so damn weak to make the grade you sniveling puke you. Do always openly support civil war traitors that actually fought against the Republic because most soldiers that would admit that BS were ushered right the ---- on out of the service as traitors themselves as they swore an oath to the US Constitution and not the ------- Confederacy? I've had it with you -------- openly wearing your treason upon your arm sleeves and will be waiting in the streets to show you ----s what's up once and for all.

#20 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2025-02-14 02:29 PM

Actually we were not fooled by the libbie renaming, as any who serviced were still referring to it of as Fort Bragg.

#21 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-02-14 02:44 PM

Actually we were not fooled by the libbie renaming, as any who serviced were still referring to it of as Fort Bragg.

#21 | Posted by MSgt

And you're still referring to trump's coup attempt as a tourist visit, and referring to trump's 15 year relationship with epstein as...oh nevermind you don't refer to that at all. You pretend it didn't exist.

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-14 02:50 PM

any who serviced were still referring to it of as Fort Bragg.

#21 | Posted by MSgt

I understand completely.

And you understand that it's still the Gulf of Mexico?

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-14 03:27 PM

Hi Ho! Hi Ho!

It's the Gulf of Mexico

Despite the Great

Marmalade

Hi Ho! Hi Ho!

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-14 03:46 PM

#18 | Posted by boaz

Good for you, Boaz. Now give us eight paragraphs of your LGBTQ experience and why those issues concern you so deeply.

#25 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-02-14 03:51 PM

Wildman,

You sound like a -----.

And to be honest, I doubt you were "at the WTC", that sounds made up or something you tell strangers in a bar about your military service.

Unlike you, who sounds like you didn't serve, those of us in the military arent worried about the Confederacy. Only a racist, feminist ----- like yourself would be concerned about that.

I hope you are waiting in the streets. You will be the first one taken out.

#26 | Posted by boaz at 2025-02-14 04:05 PM

I hope you are waiting in the streets. You will be the first one taken out.

Posted by boaz

Now, now.

I have it on the greatest RETORT authority does not want to deliberately harm anyone.

I don't believe that, of course.

But that's what the RETORT authority says.

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-14 04:19 PM

-I've had it with you -------- openly wearing your treason upon your arm sleeves and will be waiting in the streets to show you ----- what's up once and for all.

poor thing. has to resort to threats and tough guy persona to get some attention here.

#28 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-14 04:59 PM

Wildman,

You sound like a -----.

And to be honest, I doubt you were "at the WTC", that sounds made up or something you tell strangers in a bar about your military service.

Unlike you, who sounds like you didn't serve, those of us in the military arent worried about the Confederacy. Only a racist, feminist ----- like yourself would be concerned about that.

I hope you are waiting in the streets. You will be the first one taken out.

#26 | Posted by boaz

You're a hoot BOAZO!

Please don't ever change :)

#29 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-02-14 10:35 PM

What ever happened to "the meaning of words and names change over time"?

#30 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-15 10:03 AM

"And you understand that it's still the Gulf of Mexico?"

Is this supposed to be a retort or an agreement with what you were responding to?

#31 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-02-15 10:16 AM

I left a lot of blood at Bragg. Leave the name alone.

#18 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Too bad you didn't leave it all there.

You must be so proud now.

The base you shed your blood sweat and tears for is now named after a PFC nobody whose wiki page was FIRST posted on the exact same same day of the "name change".

#32 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-15 01:18 PM

Hi Ho! Hi Ho!

It's the Gulf of Mexico

Despite the Great

Marmalade

Hi Ho! Hi Ho!

#24 | Posted by Zed

I am going to have that printed on t-shirts and hoodies!

LOL

#33 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-02-15 10:27 PM

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