The new names, for Fort Hood and the other installations, still need final approval from the Secretary of Defense and Congress before they are officially changed.
The Renaming Commission, which was tasked to find new names for military installations named after Confederates, announced this new name for Fort Bragg.
An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that now commemorate Confederate officers. Among the recommendations: Fort Bragg in.
Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. Fort Gordon would be Fort Eisenhower. And, for the first time, Army bases would be named after Black soldiers and women. An independent commission.