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handle is hein.crs/govegyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ ~ Research Service Confederate Names and Military Installations Updated August 23, 2021 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 are all Army installations: 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 Beauregard (Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant P.G.T. Beauregard) and Fort Polk (Gen. Leonidas Polk) in Louisiana; Fort Bragg (Gen. Braxton Bragg) in North Carolina; Fort Hood (Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood) in Texas; and Fort A.P. Hill (Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell A.P. Hill), Fort Lee (Gen. Robert E. Lee) and Fort Pickett (Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett) in Virginia. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Camp Beauregard and Forts Benning, Bragg, Gordon, and Lee were established during World War I while the other forts (Hill, Hood, Pickett, Polk, and Rucker) were established in the 1940s. The Naming Commission Section 370 of the William M. (Mac) Thomberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283) requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement a plan designed by a commission established by the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study of Confederate States of America (CSA) commemoratives with the intention of removing and replacing Confederate names from DOD assets within three years of enactment. Officially named the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorates the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, it is also referred to as the Naming Commission. It is tasked with renaming DOD assets and removing symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that commemorate the CSA, by gathering input from local communities and developing an implementation plan for renaming assets. The commission is to submit the plan to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees by October 2022. The Defense Secretary is to implement the Commission's plan not later than January 1, 2024. On February 12, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III announced the appointment of four of the commissioners: retired Navy Adm. Michelle Howard (chair); retired Marine Corps Gen. Bob Neller; Dr. Kori Schake, and retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule. Four more commissioners were appointed by the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees: retired Army Lt. Gen. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN10756 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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