Posted on Apr 19, 2022
Military sites honoring Confederates can’t be renamed without further action from Congress
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Military sites honoring Confederates can’t be renamed without further action from Congress
By Leo Shane III
Apr 19, 12:41 PM
The entrance to Fort Hood Army Post in Texas is shown on Nov. 5, 2009. The location is one of several whose name honors leaders from the Confederacy. (Jack Plunkett/AP)
The debate over renaming military sites which honor Confederate leaders will return to Capitol Hill in coming weeks after defense officials said Congress needs to approve additional authorities allowing them to make those changes.
As part of legislative proposals sent to Capitol Hill this month connected to the fiscal 2023 budget request, Defense Department officials said they need new action by lawmakers to finalize the work of the Pentagon’s Confederate renaming commission, which was mandated by Congress two years ago.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Patrick Rasmussen
Military sites honoring Confederates can’t be renamed without further action from Congress
By Leo Shane III
Apr 19, 12:41 PM
The entrance to Fort Hood Army Post in Texas is shown on Nov. 5, 2009. The location is one of several whose name honors leaders from the Confederacy. (Jack Plunkett/AP)
The debate over renaming military sites which honor Confederate leaders will return to Capitol Hill in coming weeks after defense officials said Congress needs to approve additional authorities allowing them to make those changes.
As part of legislative proposals sent to Capitol Hill this month connected to the fiscal 2023 budget request, Defense Department officials said they need new action by lawmakers to finalize the work of the Pentagon’s Confederate renaming commission, which was mandated by Congress two years ago.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Patrick Rasmussen
Military sites honoring Confederates can’t be renamed without further action from Congress
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That's some great news, those that are butt hurt by the places being named for southern generals and other's of fame will just have to whine for a while longer brother SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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MSG Stan Hutchison
Sorry, Cowboy, but those Confederate Generals were traitors to the United States.
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The Civil War is part of our history. Let's acknowledge it and teach about it and why slavery was and still is wrong. Use base names as a starting point for a discussion.
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Why in the hell were these forts named after men who tried to overthrow our government in the first place ?
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