Posted on May 11, 2023
If you were asked to choose a name for base between Fort Benavidez or Fort Forrest what would you decide?
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I have had a lot of discussions about this topic and I am frankly really surprised about what I hear. I like to rephase the discussion about this topic. First, I don't think we are rewriting history. We make history. We change with the times. If not, we might still have UCP uniforms.
I like to ask it this way, if there was a new base and you were only given two options what would you name it after? A Confederate General or a US Army Veteran? If they say a Confederate General I like to ask why they support the Confederacy and their Army? I can't speak about other but I support what the US stands for. I have read a few books and I like to think I know enough to understand why a separatist movement started and multiple states seceded.
I like to ask it this way, if there was a new base and you were only given two options what would you name it after? A Confederate General or a US Army Veteran? If they say a Confederate General I like to ask why they support the Confederacy and their Army? I can't speak about other but I support what the US stands for. I have read a few books and I like to think I know enough to understand why a separatist movement started and multiple states seceded.
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If I had to choose between to two, I'd go for the SF dude. His story is one of badassery
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My question is this. Why doesn't Master Sergeant Benavidez have a base named after him already?
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Benavidez! I had the honor of meeting MSG B when he spoke at my Q corse graduation!
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I would like to know why the specific US Army veteran is a choice, I’m from New England so not much of a fan of the confederacy. I would like more info on what Gen Forest did, so here I sit on the fence. CPT (Join to see)
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CPT Lawrence Cable
MSGT Benavidez was a SF soldier during Vietnam. He stepped on a mine during his first deployment and was told he would never walk again. That didn't turn out to be factual. He then volunteers to go back to Vietnam. he then went to the aid of an A-team pinned down in an ambush UNARMED, manage to get all the wounded and dead on a helicopter, that helicopter took fire and crashed. He then went to that site, rescued those soldiers again, while calling in fire and a new medivac. He then destroyed all sensitive material before he got on the bird after being shot 37 times. He lived through that ordeal too.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
MSG (Join to see) - To be historical, he was "Alleged" to be the first Grand Dragon, and Forrest denied that claim in front of the Committee that resulted in the
1871 KKK Act that outlawed the Klan. He was also "alleged" to have ordered the KKK disbanded in 1868 because of it's excessive violence. Take your choices of which is true.
The fact that his unit killed black and other soldiers trying to surrender at Ft. Pillow is pretty solid. I can't find anything that indicates the Forrest ordered or even supported it, but the facts say that it happened. The leaders of the Congressional Hearing on the incident were not exactly unbiased, so I give it a probable that at least part of it's true, but not all of it.
If I were to point out one Confederate General that was responsible for more slaughter, and unnecessary slaughter, Robert E. Lee would get that honor. Overlooking the slaughter on both sides at Gettysburg and Antietam, his "honor" made him continue the War even after it was completely evident that the South was finished at least by the start of the siege of Atlanta.
1871 KKK Act that outlawed the Klan. He was also "alleged" to have ordered the KKK disbanded in 1868 because of it's excessive violence. Take your choices of which is true.
The fact that his unit killed black and other soldiers trying to surrender at Ft. Pillow is pretty solid. I can't find anything that indicates the Forrest ordered or even supported it, but the facts say that it happened. The leaders of the Congressional Hearing on the incident were not exactly unbiased, so I give it a probable that at least part of it's true, but not all of it.
If I were to point out one Confederate General that was responsible for more slaughter, and unnecessary slaughter, Robert E. Lee would get that honor. Overlooking the slaughter on both sides at Gettysburg and Antietam, his "honor" made him continue the War even after it was completely evident that the South was finished at least by the start of the siege of Atlanta.
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PO1 Robert Ryan
MSG Benavidez was a CMOH recipient. I don't agree with this name change of Forts but if they must they should be name d after CMOH recipients. Like Fort Murphy, Fort York, or any other CMOH recipient . T least they would still honor a soldier.
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