DoD begins implementing naming commission recommendations
The Naming Commission process is now over and the names of bases, posts, ships, streets and more named after Confederate Soldiers will change.
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The Naming Commission process is now over and the names of bases, posts, ships, streets and more named after Confederate Soldiers will change.
The Pentagon has directed the military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy.
The Defense Department has until the end of the year to implement recommendations from an independent commission, including changing the names of nine bases and hundreds of smaller items.
The Pentagon has until Jan. 1, 2024, to carry out those recommendations, which include renaming two Navy ships and nine Army installations in southern states.
The Department of Defense has begun implementing the name commission's recommendation to rid the department of its names tied to the Confederacy.