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handle is hein.crs/govdcyx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Sevice Confederate Names and Military Installations Updated June 11, 2020 On June 8, 2020, an Army spokesperson made a statement that the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and the Secretary of theArmy Ryan D. McCarthy are open to a bi-partisan discussion on renaming the Army's 10 installations named after Confederate leaders. This statement follows the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger's message (MARADM!N 331/20) on June 5, 2020, instructing commanders to identify and remove displays of the Confederate battle flag on Marine bases. Gen. Berger's order was signed following a HouseArmed Services subcommittee hearing on February 11 regarding the rise of white supremacy in the ranks. A2019 Miiitay Tines survey found that 36 percent of troops who responded have seen evidence of white supremacist and racist ideologies in the military, a significant rise from the year before, when only 22 percent reported the same in the 2018 poll. In addition to some Department of Defense (DOD) officials, certain Members of Congress have expressed interest in renaming military installations named after Confederate leaders. There is also interest in the DOD's selection and approval process for naming military installations. U.S. Military Bases Named in Honor of Confederate Military Leaders There are 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders located in the former states of the Confederacy. These installations are all owned by the U.S. Army. They are: Fort Rucker (after Col. Edmund W. Rucker, who was given the honorary title of General) in Alabama; Fort Benning (Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning) and Fort Gordon (Maj. Gen. John Brown Gordon) in Georgia; Camp Bcaurcgard (Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant 'P.GoTo Beauregard) and Fort Polk (Gen. Leonidas Polk) in Louisiana; Fort Bragg (Gen. Braxton Bragg) in North Carolina; Fort Hood (Lt. Gen. John Bell Flood) in Texas; and Fort .P. Hill (Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell A.P. Hill), Fort Lee (Col. Charles Cochrane Lee), and Fort Pickett (Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett) in Virginia. According to the Army Center of Military History, Camp Beauregard and Forts Benning, Bragg, Gordon, and Lee were all established during World War 1. The other forts (Hill, Hood, Pickett, Polk, and Rucker) were established in the 1940s. The U.S. Army Center website has a brief history on the process for Na ming A IrSta!!ations. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN10756 CRS NS1GHT Prepa red -cr Menbersand Com0 n., teesoeon mcC n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.....................................----------------------------------

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