The renaming of bases begins and the history of BLACK servicemen is being erased...

 

Fort Rucker, the Home of Army Aviation, will redesignate to Fort Novosel during a ceremony April 10 at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park. The ceremony is open to invited guests only, but people can attend the ceremony virtually on Facebook Live ➡️ https://t.co/xHdxvqPzpr pic.twitter.com/bpu6UuyG2G

— USAACE/Fort Rucker (@ftnovosel) April 4, 2023

Wow.

Are you watching this?  Are you getting the full ramifications of this?

I'm getting personal so buckle and be prepared for the "common narrative" to be blown out the water by a black guy.

My father was a Vietnam Vet.  He was infantry.  He dealt with the US Army during the bad times of the 60's.  He served for 22 years and I didn't know it but he was terribly scared by his time in the 'NAM.

I was an Army brat.  We moved from base to base experienced the crazy country in ways that many people growing up never will and I'm the better for it.

I lived, he served at Ft Bragg, Ft Hood, Ft Polk and Ft Knox.

Now they're gonna rename some of the places that I grew up on and that he served at?

I consider it bullshit.

I know nothing about (well at the time) about the "why" behind the base names.  I just knew that I lived there, pops served there and its part of my history.

Now they're erasing the history of my DAD?

Now they decide that after so long they need a name change and are ignoring the idea that despite the name, many BLACK SERVICEMEN served and served with distinction at those bases and its PART OF THEIR HISTORY?

Spare me the idea that this is being done for the sake of "equity".

It's the destruction of history.  More importantly it doesn't serve a real purpose.

It's just change.  Expensive change for no reason and it once again de-couples our past from our future.

My solution (people always want me to offer up solutions when I point out problems) is to simply put an asterisk by the name if you must and denote that the bases are named after men that fought against the govt and that they were so named as an attempt to placate racists that still lived in the south.

Full stop and that would solve the problem.

Erasing history doesn't change history.  This action only minimizes the trailblazers that set the stage for a better today though.