Overview

• Trump announced that Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee will revert to their former titles
• The 2023 name changes followed a Pentagon directive under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act and recommendations from the Naming Commission to remove Confederate associations
• Speaking at Fort Bragg, Trump argued the bases’ wartime successes justified keeping their original names and said he was "very superstitious" about renaming them
• The move fulfills a campaign pledge and follows earlier actions by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who restored two other installations under new honorees sharing Confederate-era names
• Although Trump vetoed the 2021 renaming provision, Congress overrode him and the law still requires selecting veterans with matching names to comply with the mandate