The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the CSA, is more often referred to as the Naming Commission. Retired Navy Adm. Michelle Howard, the chair of the Naming Commission, told media about its mandate and the work they have been doing and what they will be doing. The work so far, according to Howard, has been the development of a charter, and the renaming criteria, which include a meeting with local stakeholders. Some installation leadership "have already taken some level of planning” … to develop and refine the inventory of what meets that criteria” for name changes to installations, ships, streets and buildings, she said. The commission will visit nine Army installations named, mostly, for those who voluntarily served in the CSA: Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Bragg, Fort Lee, Fort Rucker (Ala.), Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Hood, Fort Polk (La.), Fort Belvoir and Fort Pickett. The commission's mandate does not include items outside the Confederacy naming period. For example, Camp Beauregard is an Army National Guard installation named for a Confederate general, but outside the commission’s scope because it belongs to the state of Louisiana. The commission will also brief the House and Senate Armed Services Committees by Oct. 1. Then on Oct. 1, 2022, the commission will present a final briefing and written report. (Source: DoD 05/21/21) Gulf Coast Note: In her early Navy career, Retired Adm. Howard, served as a junior officer in USS Lexington (AVT-16) in the 1990s, which was operated out of the homeport at NAS Pensacola, Fla., as well as Corpus Christi and New Orleans, qualifying student aviators.
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