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The Gap is still an active Army base, though, even if it’s primarily ARNG (but does have active duty personnel). My broader point was that yes, it’s rare but it does happen.

It depends, sometimes they do but for the most part it’s individuals. The Army can’t exactly name ships after people. Fort Huachuca disagrees with you, as do Fort Indiantown Gap and (former) Fort Monmouth. It’s rare but it happens.

That was sarcasm about Gordon, although I thought Meade was home of Second Army/USARCYBER. Anyway… Novosel is an excellent choice to rename Rucker, given what Novosel actually did, especially how he became a CWO4 to serve in Vietnam. And my main objection to Cavazos is you’re naming the home of...

So, I saw this point on another site, but someone pointed out that the current names, with the possible exception of Fort Lee, aren’t generally associated by Army personnel (or most people, really) with Confederate officers. Fort Bragg: Home of the airborne and special forces. Fort Hood: Home...

Yeah, that’s what I mean. Lee is the only one I really object to (Cavazos…well, Hood was a complete idiot as well so eh). Eisenhower is a no-brainer, but I think Hood should have been named for Pershing given that Pershing was a cav guy.

I'm of two minds on it personally, and the names they've selected for some of them are pretty good (Rucker being renamed for a pilot who was awarded the MoH in Korea,, for example; Eisenhower having a base named after him). A couple of them are just pandering though. Especially when you have...