"As of now, there's no discussion of adjusting our current naming policy," which now gives the naming responsibility to the service branches, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
"The Department's position is that the services are ultimately responsible for naming their installations," he said. We have confidence in each of the services to appropriately name their facilities," he said. The services have not indicated any intention to change names, he said.
There was no immediate list available of military facilities with place names or other symbols honoring the South's role in the Civil War, but at least 10 Army bases are named for Confederate leaders, including Robert E. Lee, revered in the South as leader of the Army of Northern Virginia. Besides bases, there is the Lee Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy.
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Maybe we should stop calling the south the "south", I'm sure some liberal finds that offensive. Maybe "down there"?
ReplyDeleteThat's some good news. We need to stay on it.
ReplyDeleteTrust me, this will change. It's all part of a plan Obama intended to set in motion long ago.
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The base names are going to be changed, a guy at the Pentagon said that it is going to be up to the branches of the services that are on the bases to choose the new names. The Pentagon is not going to force the issue, but it has been recommended.
ReplyDeleteJust think, we can have the Michael Jackson base, the Rosa Parks base, the Frederick Douglas base, the Sojourner Truth base, The ToPac Shacure base, ect...