Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which replaced the namesake of a Confederate general in 2023.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is pausing transgender procedures for service members and barring individuals with gender dysphoria from joining the military. Hegseth is following through on President Donald Trump’s executive order last month paving the way for the Pentagon to bar transgender individuals from serving in the military.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum declaring the Army would rename the base from Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of Defense statement, undoing a 2023 name change driven by racial justice protests.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

The army base was earlier named after Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The Pentagon said the name will now honor Roland L. Bragg, a soldier who was decorated for his service during World War II.

Fort Bragg, the North Carolina military base that had been renamed Fort Liberty during the Biden administration, is again known by its original moniker due to a memo signed Monday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.