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| Photo of Gen. Hal Moore by Tim Lennox |
I've started adding links for each of these 87 potential post names, but I wanted to get this posted earlier than it will take me to finish!
There are men and women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds on the list! And more bravery than can ever be honored enough.
Army Installations: Potential New Names
(as of March 17, 2022)
The Naming Commission has deliberated extensively over the thousands of possible new names suggested for the nine Army installations originally named in commemoration of the Confederate States of America. While a final selection for each post is still pending, the scope of consideration is now focused on these names:
Alwyn Cashe
Courage
Bruce Crandall & Ed Freeman
Benjamin Davis, Sr.
Ernest Dervishian
Desmond Doss
Charity Earley
Dwight Eisenhower
Marcario García
James Gavin
Eduardo Gomez
Gary Gordon & Randall Shughart**
Arthur Gregg
Barney Hajiro
Kimberly Hampton
Anna Hays
Rodolfo Hernández
Robert Howard
Lawrence Joel
Henry Johnson
Hazel Johnson-Brown
Charles Kelly
Mildred Kelly
Charles Kettles
Milton Lee
José López
John Magrath
George Marshall
Frank Merrill
Jimmie Monteith
Sadao Munemori
Audie Murphy
Michael Novosel, Sr.
Elsie Ott
John Page
Emmett Paige, Jr.
Frank Peregory
Emily Perez
Pascal Poolaw
Colin Powell
Ralph Puckett
Matthew Ridgway
Ruben Rivers
Roscoe Robinson, Jr.
Tibor "Ted" Rubin
James Rudder
Alejandro Ruiz
Benjamin Salomon
Ruppert Sargent
Paul Smith
Donn Starry
Freddie Stowers
Jon Swanson
Central Texas
Charles Thomas
Hugh Thompson, Jr.
Harriet Tubman
Humberto Versace
John Vessey, Jr.
Francis Wai
Mary Walker
George Watson
Homer Wise
Rodney Yano
Alvin York
Charles Young
Rodger Young
Following upcoming engagements with installation leaders, personnel and their counterparts in local communities to discuss the names, the Commission will select the final names for recommendation in the naming plan due to Congress by Oct. 1, 2022.
* There is a campaign to name Fort Benning for Gen. and Mrs. Moore
**I know there is a certain U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama would love to have his name on the list because of his Black Hawk Down connection, but the commission included two others involved in that event, not him.
NOTE: A Great website recounting the process of naming U.S. Army bases through the decades is HERE.
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