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Fort Bragg is a city along the North Coast of California in Mendocino County. The city is 24 miles (39 km) west of Willits, [12] at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). [4] Its population was 6,983 at the 2020 census. Fort Bragg is a tourist destination because of its views of the Pacific Ocean.
Fort Bragg [3] [4] Camp Bragg: Fort Bragg: Mendocino: Summer 1857: 1864: United States Army Camp Burlington [5] Camp Burlington-Humboldt Camp Stephens Grove Camp Dyerville: near Dyerville on the Eel River: Humboldt: 1933: 1942: Civilian Conservation Corps: Camp Cap Eele: Drum Barracks Camp Drum: Wilmington: Los Angeles: 1861: 1871: Union Army ...
Fort Bragg (formerly Fort Liberty from 2023 to 2025), is a U.S. Army military installation located in North Carolina. It ranks among the largest military bases in the world by population, with more than 52,000 military personnel. [ 2 ]
Fort Bragg was established Sept. 4, 1918 to develop and strengthen the U.S. Army. The name was officially adopted as Fort Liberty on June 2, 2023.
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. 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 ...
Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty during a ceremony in June 2023. The army base is home to about 52,000 personnel and is known for being able to rapidly deploy troops overseas.
The base was officially renamed in 2023.Costs to update its name were estimated at $8 million at the time. It's unclear how much it might cost the military to change the name again.
After five years, Camp Bragg became a permanent Army post renamed Fort Bragg, and as Fort Liberty from 2023 to 2025. Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires. Observation planes and observation balloons occupied Pope Field for the first eight years.