During a visit to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, President Donald Trump said that seven military bases once named for Confederate military figures — and

Bragg was placed on the Double-A Chesapeake 7-day injured list Friday due to a right forearm strain, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

During Tuesday’s speech at Fort Bragg, Trump announced that his administration would be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill

Yet when the Pentagon released an official announcement, it said something subtly but significantly different: that actually the forts would, like Bragg and Benning, be named for other veterans with the same surnames.

President Donald Trump announced he will reverse the Biden administration decision changing the name of the Alabama military base from Fort Rucker to Fort Novosel. President Donald Trump announced he will reverse the Biden administration decision changing the name of the Alabama military base from Fort Novosel to Fort Rucker.

President Donald Trump will visit Fort Bragg on June 10 to kick off the Army's 250th birthday celebrations. The event is open to the public.

Bragg is listed as Double-A Chesapeake's scheduled starting pitcher for Friday's game against Harrisburg, Orioles writer Steve Melewski reports.

The post was originally named for Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. It was called Fort Bragg from 1922 to 2023, when the name was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a push to strip Confederates from U.S. military installations. Trump had spoken about the post's name in November 2024 while campaigning in Fayetteville.