What suggestions do you have for renaming DoD installations honoring Confederate officers?

MOH recipients is a good idea.
Maybe they could be rotated at some interval too- 5yrs, 10 yrs, 25yrs...whatever. Of course there's probably a lot of expense in that; changing letterheads and stuff.
As someone that served aboard the USS Stonewall Jackson I can tell you it does suck to see them tearing down a part of you.
I'll survive though- I just have to get used saying in certain company " I served on the USS (Redacted for your protection) , SSBN (Redacted so you don't accidently google it and injure your feelings, if Google hasn't already obliterated all references to this part of our history).

Start by looking at African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, that served in the same wars as these Confederates the bases are named after.

While my sentiments are to leave things as they are, after a lifetime (literally - born in an Army hospital, was an Army brat during college, and retired as a DoD civilian.) around the US military, I know that there are two constants: 1) Hurry up and wait and 2) everything changes.


After looking through a list of MOH awardees and thinking that since we must change, we should choose names of people who served in our lifetimes. With that in mind, here are my suggestions and one alternate. 

- Fort Benning, GA → MOH - Vernon Baker, born in 1919, attended OCS at Ft Benning. For his actions in WWII, he was one of seven black soldiers to receive the MOH in 1996.

- Fort Belvoir, VA   → MOH - Charles Seymour Kettles entered the service in 1951 via the draft. He served tours in Korea and Vietnam and rose to the rank of Major. Kettles was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service on 05/05/1967 near the Song Tra Cau riverbed in Vietnam. When he learned that members of a 101st Airborne Division unit had suffered casualties during an intense firefight with the enemy, he volunteered to lead a flight of six UH-1D helicopters to carry reinforcements to the embattled force and to evacuate wounded personnel. He returned repeatedly to evacuate personnel under fire.

- Fort Bragg, NC     → MOH - Bennie G. Adkins rose to the ranks, becoming a CSM after being drafted in 1951. Adkins earned the Medal of Honor for his service during combat at Camp A Shau, Vietnam, from 03/1966. Adkins served on Fort Bragg.

- Fort Rucker, AL   → MOH - Patrick Henry Brady, awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing wounded men in an enemy-held territory by helicopter near Chu Lai on 01/06/1968. He served at Fort Rucker, as did most Army aviators of his day.

- Fort Gordon, GA  → MOH - Leonard B. Kelley was drafted into the Army in 1966. SP4 Kelley received the Medal of Honor for his service during combat in the Ap Bac Zone on 05/02/1967.

- Fort Hood, TX     → MOH - Joseph C. Rodriguez was drafted into the Army shortly before his 22nd birthday in October 1950. On May 21st, 1951, Rodriguez singlehandedly charged and eliminated a North Korean hilltop defensive position that had defied three previous assaults. Rodriquez retired after 30 years as a Colonel.

- Fort A.P. Hill, VA → MOH - Ernest Childers was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, in 1918 and was a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the first Native American to receive the MOH in WWII. He received a battlefield commission in 1945 while in Sicily and retired in 1965 as an LTC.

- Fort Lee, VA        → MOH - George Taro Sakato, a PV1, served in WWII and earned the Medal of Honor for his service at Hill 617 near Biffontaine, France, on 10/29/1944. He was hit by shrapnel when his unit was trying to rescue the "Lost Battalion" (1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division) on Hill 617.

- Fort Pickett, VA  → MOH - Rodolfo Pérez Hernandez served in the Korean War. Cpl Hernandez received the MOH  for his service near Wonton-ni on 08/27/1950.

- Fort Polk, LA       → MOH - Charles Chris Hagemeister earned the Medal of Honor for his service on 03/20/1967 in the Binh Dinh Province. He served on Fort Polk.

Alternate:

- MOH - SFC Melvin Morris was awarded the MOH for his service on 09/17/1969 while commanding the 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, IV Mobile Strike Force near Chi Lang, Vietnam.

Although there are two black soldiers in my suggestions, I only identified one. The list includes two Hispanics and an Asian. If we are renaming Army posts with an eye toward diversity, then the names should reflect that. I tried to pick people from all ranks (E-1, CSM, 1LT, and BG). I chose troops from WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam. The list includes voluntary enlistments, draftees, career military, and three-and-out troops.

Military historians should fill out the details behind the MOH awards. I went with the minimal descriptions available on the websites I used. (If I need to provide the sources, I will.)

Rename Fort Lee as Ft. Milton Howard, Sgt of Company C, of the 5th United States Colored Infantry, who received the MOH for his gallantry in the Battle of New Market Heights (Chaffins Farm). His regiment was also involved in several actions in and around Petersburg.

Name them Fort Peace

Maybe name after the city/state (Washington Football Team) Fayetteville Stratocratic Base

This is an absolute waste of taxpayer dollars and shows just how WOKE the government and the military are getting. I'd love to see the price tag on this renaming process.

Renaming of bases should not be for another person. Everyone has some garbage attached to it.
Fort Bragg - Army Forces Center
Fort Rucker - Army Aviation Center
Fort Benning - Army Training Center
Fort Gordon - Army Signal Center
Fort Hood - Army International Center
Fort Polk - Army Special Center
Fort A.P. Hill - Army Security Center
Fort Belvoir - Army Support Center
Fort Lee - Army Quartermaster Center
Fort Pickett - Army Reserves Center

FT Bragg...Ft Ft Emerson
Ft Benning...Ft Westmorland
Ft. Hood ....Ft. Patton
Ft Lee.... Ft. Sites
FT Rucker...FT Moore
FT Gordon...FT. Hartman
FT. Polk...Ft. Price
Ft, Belvoir....Ft. Franklin

Name them after Modern heroes.