In 2023, then President Biden changed the names of several Army Posts. (Read about it here).
In 2025, President Trump announced “We are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Bragg, Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee, We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change.”
The following U.S. Army installations are changing names (again). I've also included what U.S. Military Campgrounds and RV Parks are affected.
| 2023 Name (Previous Name) | 2025 Name (Current Name) | Campgrounds |
| Fort Cavazos, TX | Fort Hood, TX | West Food Hood Travel Camp Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area |
| Fort Eisenhower, GA | Fort Gordon, GA |
Leitner Lake Recreation Area |
| Fort Gegg-Adams, VA | Fort Lee, VA | None |
| Fort Johnson, LA | Fort Polk, LA | Toledo Bend Recreation Site Alligator Lake Recreation Site and RV Park |
| Fort Novosel, AL | Fort Rucker, AL | Lake Tholocco RV Park & Campground Fort Rucker Riding Stables |
| Fort Walker, VA | Fort Anderson-Pinn-Hill, VA | Whitetail RV Park |
The Army plans to give the bases new namesakes honoring “heroic Soldiers who served in conflicts ranging from the Civil War to the Battle of Mogadishu,” according to a news release, as it rolls back the Biden-era name changes. Reverting the base names to the original Confederate namesakes would require congressional approval.
Here's a summary of the NEW namesakes:
Fort Hood, renamed Fort Cavazos under Mr. Biden, is Fort Hood again, but this time in honor of Col. Richard B. Hood, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. Army officials on Tuesday said then-Capt. Richard Hood directed artillery fire under intense German machine gun attacks. After his gun crew was lost to enemy fire, he reorganized and returned fire within minutes, restoring combat capability. The Army post in Texas had originally been named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood.
Fort Gordon, Fort Eisenhower under Mr. Biden, is back, this time in honor of Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valor during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, better known as “Black Hawk Down.” The Army post near Augusta, Georgia, was originally named for Confederate Gen. John Brown Gordon.
The congressionally authorized Naming Commission transformed Fort Lee in Virginia to Fort Greg-Addams. It was originally named for Gen. Robert E. Lee. The post will now honor Private Fitz Lee. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish-American War while serving with the all-black 10th Cavalry Regiment, the famed Buffalo Soldiers.
Fort Polk in Louisiana will be named for Gen. James H. Polk, who was awarded the Silver Star in World War II as the commanding officer of the 3rd Cavalry Group [Mechanized.] It had been named for Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk until the Naming Commission renamed it to honor World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. William Henry Johnson.
Fort Rucker in Alabama was originally named for Confederate Col. Edmund Rucker. It was changed to Fort Novosel but will go back to being called Fort Rucker, but now it will honor Capt. Edward W. Rucker. He was a World War I flyer awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his missions behind enemy lines against numerically superior German forces.
Fort A.P. Hill, located north of Richmond now will be called Fort Anderson-Pinn-Hill, will be named for Lt. Col. Edward Hill, 1st Sgt. Robert A. Pinn and Private Bruce Anderson. They were each awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War for their combat heroism.