The Army won't be renaming any bases named after Confederates

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-foresees-no-changes-to-bases-named-for-confederate-generals-1.354456

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Despite the furor over displays of the Confederate flag in South Carolina and other onetime secessionist states, the Pentagon does not intend to rename military installations named after Confederate generals or other officers.

Some of the country’s biggest military bases, among them Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Hood, Texas, carry the names of Confederate heroes who were once reviled north of the Mason-Dixon line but revered throughout the South.

But the Army doesn’t view the names as representing the Confederacy.

“Every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in our military history,” said Brig. Gen. Malcolm Frost, chief spokesman for the Army. “Accordingly, these historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies.”