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Pentagon announces members of Confederate base renaming commission
2021-02-13
[JTN] The Pentagon on Friday announced the list of individuals appointed to the Department of Defense's commission on renaming bases named after Confederate generals.

Among the members of the congressionally-mandated panel include retired Navy Admiral Michelle Howard and retired Army Brigadier General Ty Seidule, the Defense Department said in a statement.

The members of the panel "posses[s] unique and relevant experience in and out of government that I know will inform this important effort," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.

"I look forward to seeing the results of the commission's work in the months ahead," Austin added.T
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Indians (not you, dron... though it'd be okay with me)? Worked for helicopters. Chiefs, maybe?

President presiding over base's founding?

Output from random mystery resistory history maker generator? Fort First Furry Antifa Firefighter. Nuff elitism. Honor millions of the forgotten oppressed with each renaming! "First" might be problematic, though. Let's go with a random ordinal from current population of the Americas (or whatever we're calling these liberty lovin' shores these days).
Posted by: Maggie Hupomp2614   2021-02-13 17:31  

#12  Here's one that will give them fits, because its not PC but it is honestly the best name for the place: Fort Bragg becomes Fort William C. Lee. For you legs, Gen Bill Lee was the father of the US Army Airborne, and basically created the Airbone from scratch, and even commanded the 101st. He was born and died in North Carolina. All in all, a far better and more impactful man than Bragg. Bragg was by all accounts a shitty Condeferate commander who lost almost all of his battles.

Same thing goes for General Hood, who basically was responsible for the Confederate loss of the west along with Bragg losing Tennessee. Rename Fort Hood to Fort George S. Patton for the Armor.

Benning should be changed to Fort George C. Marshall, who revolutionized how Infantry was trained when he rant the post, and his methods are still the basis. Failing that, one of the greatest infantry commanders in US History, Washington's right hand Gen Nathanial Greene should be the person named for a large infantry installation.

I have no problem clearing out those loser confederate General names and putting real winner US Generals in their place. However, exceptions should be made for exceptional Generals such a Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson who are worthy of historical notice.

Some of the others, though, leave them alone, like Fort Carson ("Kit" Carson), etc.

Posted by: Deadeye Jaiting7534   2021-02-13 17:12  

#11  Wasn't Hunter some sort of Artic Commando? You know because of all the 'snow' he dealt with...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-02-13 17:07  

#10  And Hunter Biden for a destroyer, since he is a Navy veteran.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2021-02-13 16:39  

#9  I think they're saving the Barack Obama name for the next aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2021-02-13 16:38  

#8  Fort Nancy Pelosi

Fort Joe Biden

Fort Barak Obama

...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-02-13 16:20  

#7  ^ Phinetch Wherese4624, Buddy you got my vote for the committee (just don't put the vote through the Dominion System)

Just a word about the right hand thing, just tell them you are (word), it'll confuse them, they'll have to look it up, and it'll make you stand out !

Really made me laugh...💪👍👀

"ambidextrous"
Posted by: Thumper Elmusons8673   2021-02-13 15:59  

#6  Make a list of all former Ft, Hood enlisted winners of the Medal of Honor and have the current enlisted vote for who they want from that list. Or is that too "democratic" when you can have Fort Alcee Hastings decided by a committee?
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-13 15:47  

#5  "Why can't I be on the commission ? " , I'm a black , identify as female , and I have limp so I'm handicapped ! " , " Sorry but you are right handed . "
Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624   2021-02-13 14:49  

#4  Fort Tubman

Fort Mumia

Fort Herbert 92X

Fort Angela Davis

Fort George Floyd

Fort Chelsea Manning

Fort Assata "Asshat" Shakur

Fort Hunter Biden




Posted by: Gloluling Speaking for Boskone3758   2021-02-13 13:24  

#3  Another contrived symbolic act against the white supremacy lie needed for revolutionary inquisition of the Supreme Soviet.
They need a domestic insurrection threat to continue this march towards a workers paradise and by god they are creating it, hard and fast.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-02-13 13:17  

#2  I'm thinking this will be a Bingo Card sized train wreck.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-13 12:56  

#1  When you needed all those southern boys 1898, 1917-8, 1941-45, 1951-3, 1964-73, you all didn't have a problem with those names.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-02-13 08:48  

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