Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel. [2]

17 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

16 hours ago · The move returns the Army base in North Carolina to being called Fort Bragg, but the name will now honor an enlisted Army soldier named Roland L. Bragg, who according to a Pentagon statement was ...

16 hours ago · Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum reversing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 operated by the 300th Airlift Squadron en route to Stuttgart ...

16 hours ago · The base’s original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, was a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles, contributing to the ...

18 hours ago · Fort Bragg in North Carolina could change its controversial name. What to know May 24, 2022 3:41 PM Avi Bajpai The News & Observer. 919-346-4817. Avi Bajpai is a state politics reporter for The ...

Camp Bragg was named for a native North Carolinian Gen. Braxton Bragg for his artillery actions during the Mexican-American War in 1847. Prior to its establishment as a military reservation, the...

Originally known as Camp Bragg, Fort Liberty was founded in 1918 as an artillery training post. >>> Fort Liberty History POPULATION The largest U.S. military installation in terms of...

Jan 16, 2025 · Long known as Fort Bragg, named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg in 1918, the Army’s largest installation was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023 after a yearslong process mandated by Congress at...

18 hours ago · The Army base will be renamed Fort Bragg, but it will honor a different Bragg than its original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, who fought for the Confederacy. ... North Carolina — near where the ...