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Trump orders return to old, Confederate-linked names for 7 Army sites
Service officials said the reverted base names will now have links to Army heroes instead of Confederate leaders.
Fort Belvoir, cruiser Antietam under consideration for renaming by DoD commission
The commission will be looking at places and things named to honor the Confederacy in general.
Joint Chiefs chairman urges greater racial diversity in the military
Gen. Mark Milley told a Howard University ROTC commissioning ceremony that diversity is an important strength of the military but is still inadequate.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Military must reject “slavery and treason” of Confederate base names, commissioner warns
The former head of the history department at the U.S. Military Academy called the Confederate flag a symbol of "treason" in a recent interview.
Panelists selected, now work on renaming military sites honoring Confederate leaders will begin
Defense Department officials and congressional leaders on Friday named the eight-person panel charged with reviewing and replacing the names.
Pentagon chief purges defense boards; Trump loyalists out
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen last-minute appointments under the Trump administration.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Excerpt from ‘A Shot in the Moonlight’ by Ben Montgomery
"A Shot in the Moonlight" by Ben Montgomery is the true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow South.
By Ben Montgomery
Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill
A total of 109 Republicans joined with Democrats to approve the override, which would be the first of Trump’s presidency.
Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him
The president waited until the last moment to issue his attempted block of the massive defense policy measure.
Pentagon memo maps out plan to expand diversity in the force
The acting defense secretary ordered the implementation of 15 broad recommendations that include a plan to crack down on participation in hate groups by service members and draft proposed changes to the UCMJ.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Virginia Military Institute removes statue of Confederate Gen. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
The school's board voted to remove the statue in late October after a story described an “atmosphere of hostility and cultural insensitivity” at VMI, the oldest state-supported military college in the U.S.
By Sarah Rankin, The Associated Press