Sergeant Barfoot News Today

The renaming of Fort Pickett is part of a broader Department of Defense effort to rename military installations that were named after members of the Confederacy.

Proposed Army base names – replacing those of Confederate soldiers – honor a Republican president, the only woman Medal of Honor recipient, and more.

An independent commission on Tuesday recommended new names for nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate officers. The commission suggested Fort Pickett, in Nottoway County, Virginia, be renamed Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot.