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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.
On 2 June 2023, Fort Liberty officially adopted its new name in a public ceremony. [22] On 10 February 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Army to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but this time in honor of Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, a person other
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.
By Brad Brooks and Idrees Ali (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of ...
On 23 April 2007, as the 93d Signal Brigade at Fort Gordon, GA, cased its colors, and the brigade headquarters was reorganized and reflagged as the 35th Signal Brigade (Theater Tactical). The unit was called to support Operation Iraqi Freedom for a second time from 2009 to 2010 during the Iraq Sovereignty campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
XVIII Airborne Corps returned to Fort Bragg (which was then-named Fort Liberty), in October 2022 after a nine month deployment to Germany, in support of NATO and European Allies and partners. [47] The mission was to provide a joint task force-capable headquarters in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .
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 18th Field Artillery Brigade is America's Contingency Field Artillery Brigade. The Brigade plans, synchronizes and employs long range precision strike fires and counterfires in support of the XVIII Airborne Corps, its subordinate divisions, and to Special Operations forces as required.