{"id":75128,"date":"2022-10-06T19:42:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/06\/austin-approves-plan-to-drop-confederate-references-from-dod-property\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:48:52","slug":"austin-approves-plan-to-drop-confederate-references-from-dod-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/06\/austin-approves-plan-to-drop-confederate-references-from-dod-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin approves plan to drop Confederate references from DoD property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The services are about to get underway on a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/08\/09\/renaming-9-confederate-honoring-army-posts-will-cost-21m\/\" target=\"_blank\">rename nine Army posts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/09\/13\/navy-secretary-to-rename-uss-chancellorsville-usns-maury\/\" target=\"_blank\">two Navy ships<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/29\/commission-recommends-stripping-confederate-service-academy-honors\/\" target=\"_blank\">remove or modify a host of monuments and tributes<\/a> to the Confederacy, per recommendations from an independent commission approved Thursday by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin has convened a working group that will oversee the removal and replacing of tributes to the Confederacy and Confederate military starting in December, after a mandatory 90-day waiting period, <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Oct\/06\/2003092544\/-1\/-1\/1\/IMPLEMENTATION-OF-THE-NAMING-COMMISSIONS-RECOMMENDATIONS.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">he wrote in a memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thank the Commission for its tremendous work and dedication, its determination to respond to the directives of our elected representatives in Congress, and its sensitivity to the concerns and emotions raised by this important discussion,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe Commission\u2019s thorough and historically informed work has put the Department on a path to meet Congressional intent \u2014 and to remove from U.S. military facilities all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/03\/30\/complete-list-of-military-items-named-for-confederacy-is-more-than-750-long\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/190311-N-DX072-1171.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The list of military \u2018items\u2019 named for Confederacy is more than 750 long<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In addition to installations and ships, there are hundreds of streets, buildings and signs that may be recommended to change.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the forthcoming changes are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The renaming of Forts Lee, Pickett and A.P. 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