The Latest Breaking News from Fort Bragg

The White House said the change recognizes ‘those who have demonstrated extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg

The suspect in the New Orleans truck attack, and the man involved in the explosion of a Cybertruck in Las Vegas spent time stationed at the same Army base.

Those who hope to become president of the United States should not play politics with the renaming of Army bases.

Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence are wrong to advocate naming a US Army base after an incompetent Confederate general who betrayed the United States to fight for slavery.

Braxton Bragg was a slave-owning racist and failed military leader, sometimes described as the worst general of the Civil War. The question should be, why would anyone name a military base after him in the first place? Nevertheless, Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending him.

Change comes as US continues to grapple with prevalence of statues and sites honouring members of Confederacy.

Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members

Episode is latest black mark for US special forces amid efforts to change culture

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A U.S. Army soldier shared a racist, violent reason for joining the service on Instagram and engaged in online extremism while stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, according to federal investigators.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former Fort Bragg soldier, who re-enlisted in the Army after attacking police with chemical spray during the riot at the U.S. Capitol, will now serve the longest prison sentence handed down so far against a defendant tied to the massive insurrection case.