A second U.S. Army base was renamed Monday in effor to scrub names and symbols seeming to cast a positive light on the Confederacy from its facilities.
On the first day of April, everything has to be taken with a grain of salt. April Fool's Day is filled with pranks, jokes and hoaxes that sometimes seem very real. Other times, they are outlandish enough to crack a smile and brighten the day with absurdity.
With experienced pilots and ground crew leaving the service in droves, the Army is struggling to balance equipment modernization and unit training for large-scale, drone-driven war.