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The John F. Kenney Special Warfare Center and School chose to name new buildings after these two Special Forces legends.

Retired Maj. Gen. Gary Harrell was inducted into the Special Forces regiment this week. Officials described him as an icon.

FORT BRAGG — Construction is now underway for the final building that is part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School campus on Fort Bragg.   The dirt turned April 16 for the center’s 90,000-square-foot Human Performance Force Generation facility, which is expected to be completed in 2023.   The facility, located on a block bordered by Ardennes Street and Gruber, Reilly and Zabitosky roads, is part of the $156.7 million construction of four buildings that past leaders said will resemble a college campus. The construction of the  $43 million, multi-story ...

By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: February 17, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — On what would have been Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bryant's 88th birthday, his family gathered Tuesday at the Fort Bragg building that bears his name to donate his Medal of Honor for a display there. Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, on what would have been Bryant's 37th birthday. A few years later, in June 1973, the six-story Bry...

Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam.  He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, on what would have been Bryant’s 37th birthday.  A few years later, in June 1973, the six-story Bryant Hall was named in his honor as part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.  The building was rededicated in a ceremony Tuesday, along with the dedication of a gallery to showcase Bryant's photos and Medal of Honor. Bryant’s oldest son, Gregory Bryant, said that all of his life, his friends would...