The Department of Defense announced Monday evening that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo to change Fort Liberty’s name to Fort Bragg to honor Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, who served locally.

Roland L. Bragg was submitted by the public as one of thousands of candidates for a new name in 2023, but ultimately officials decided to name it Fort Liberty, instead of naming the base after any ...

The Army paratrooper after whom Fort Liberty will regain the name Bragg was born June 11, 1923, in Sabbattus, Maine, to Calvin and Ella Stevens Bragg. Little is immediately known about Silver Star ...

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.

The Department of Defense announced Monday evening that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo to change Fort Liberty’s name to Fort Bragg to honor Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, who served locally ...

The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to disassociate from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s now named after Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero.

Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to ...

Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, ... Roland Bragg was a resourceful mechanic, building mover and family man whose passion was his children, said Debra Sokoll.

Fort Liberty began as Camp Bragg in 1918 as an Army artillery training ground. ... Hegseth’s decision to name the base after Roland Bragg, not for the Confederate general, ...

Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to Fort Bragg. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Army ...