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(KLTV Tyler) Hero U.S. Army Fort Hood, named for a Confederate general, is set to be renamed for America's first Hispanic four-star general   (kltv.com) divider line
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4432 clicks; posted to Main » and Politics » on 08 Oct 2022 at 8:05 PM (23 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 12:55:38 PM  
Groovy.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-08 1:09:30 PM  
It will always be Fort Hoodlum.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 1:50:36 PM  
Taco Tuesday at the chow hall, too?
 
DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 4:45:32 PM  

vudukungfu: Taco Tuesday at the chow hall, too?


Tuesday will remain turkey tetrazzine day. Wednesdays still turkey soup. If there is still leftover turkey on Thursday, then it's turkey casserole.
 
Red Shirt Blues
2022-10-08 5:14:03 PM  
DannyBrandt:

Tuesday will remain turkey tetrazzine day. Wednesdays still turkey soup. If there is still leftover turkey on Thursday, then it's turkey casserole.

Whoa. Looks like my Mom snipped a meal plan from Hood.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 5:46:50 PM  

Red Shirt Blues: DannyBrandt:

Tuesday will remain turkey tetrazzine day. Wednesdays still turkey soup. If there is still leftover turkey on Thursday, then it's turkey casserole.

Whoa. Looks like my Mom snipped a meal plan from Hood.


Fark. Thanks for the memories.
 
VisualiseThis
2022-10-08 8:06:17 PM  
That's awesome.
 
Harry Wagstaff
2022-10-08 8:06:58 PM  
I know what my brother will be biatching about next time I talk to him...
 
replacementcool
2022-10-08 8:07:35 PM  
watch as republicans get outraged at stealing honor from a traitor and enemy of the united states.
 
ifarkthereforiam [OhFark]
2022-10-08 8:07:43 PM  
Very cool.
 
Summoner101
2022-10-08 8:08:40 PM  
You can change the name, but it'll still be in Killeen, TX.
 
Ultrablack
2022-10-08 8:09:48 PM  
Why?
 
The Dog Ate My Homework
2022-10-08 8:10:53 PM  

Ultrablack: Why?


Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-08 8:12:30 PM  

DannyBrandt: vudukungfu: Taco Tuesday at the chow hall, too?

Tuesday will remain turkey tetrazzine day. Wednesdays still turkey soup. If there is still leftover turkey on Thursday, then it's turkey casserole.


*turkey tetrachloride
 
Freschel [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:14:36 PM  

The Dog Ate My Homework: Ultrablack: Why?

Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.


Or Fort Benedict.
 
talkertopc [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:14:37 PM  

Ultrablack: Why?


Because honoring traitors is kind of weird.
 
Und Becks [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:15:24 PM  
Can Killeen also be made a less depressing shiathole?
 
Summoner101
2022-10-08 8:15:30 PM  

The Dog Ate My Homework: Ultrablack: Why?

Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.


Wouldn't it be Festung Rommel?
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:18:38 PM  

Ultrablack: Why?


Username does NOT check out.
 
Alien Robot
2022-10-08 8:20:24 PM  

The Dog Ate My Homework: Ultrablack: Why?

Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.


Um...

Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf

The Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf (German: Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel-Kaserne, often abbreviated to GFM-Rommel-Kaserne) is a German Army military base located in Augustdorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the largest base of the German Army. The brigade staff and most of the units of the 21st Panzer Brigade are located there. Around 4,300 soldiers serve there.

The base is located on the southern edge of the Teutoburg Forest, and directly adjacent to the Sennelager Training Area where German soldiers train together with British soldiers and other NATO partners.

Named in honour of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the street address of the base is Gfm.-Rommel-Straße 1 (1 Field Marshal Rommel Street). The base shares its name with the Rommel Barracks, Dornstadt; a similarly named base, the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Osterode, closed down in 2004.
 
Demetrius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-08 8:20:50 PM  
I wonder who might have a problem with this.

Let me think for a while.
 
Monkeyfark Ridiculous
2022-10-08 8:23:02 PM  
Granger arguably would've been more fun, but a Hispanic guy should set off the imbeciles just fine.

/they should save Sherman for Ft Benning
 
Danger Avoid Death
2022-10-08 8:23:43 PM  

Freschel: The Dog Ate My Homework: Ultrablack: Why?

Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.

Or Fort Benedict.


We had a Fort Arnold, but it was renamed Fort Clinton after Benedict's betrayal. West Point is built on the remains of Fort Clinton.

I've never understood the need to embrace a morally bankrupt cause in the losing side of a war as "heritage" when it should viewed with shame instead of some warped and twisted sense of pride. Literally, you went to war to keep enslaving black people. There was no honor in this cause.
 
d.giro
2022-10-08 8:24:16 PM  
Fort Barrio?
 
Danger Avoid Death
2022-10-08 8:24:18 PM  

Und Becks: Can Killeen also be made a less depressing shiathole?


Forget it, Jake. It's Texas.
 
Danger Avoid Death
2022-10-08 8:26:15 PM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: Granger arguably would've been more fun, but a Hispanic guy should set off the imbeciles just fine.

/they should save Sherman for Ft Benning


I can see the motto now. "Fort Sherman. Because f*ck you, that's why."
 
baka-san [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:27:21 PM  
Growing up, never knew it was named after a confederate
Now do know and still don't associate the base with the guy

But yeah, rename it after a real Texas hero
 
NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:31:08 PM  
Hood wasn't even from Texas, so the change makes sense.
 
munko
2022-10-08 8:31:42 PM  
just use the least offending number and be done with it.  or an inanimate object.  Fort Driftwood.   Ft. Roundtuit.
 
AngryTeacher
2022-10-08 8:32:13 PM  

baka-san: Growing up, never knew it was named after a confederate
Now do know and still don't associate the base with the guy



Whether you do or not, doesn't change the fact that it was named after a guy who tried to kill American soldiers.
 
fortheloveof [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:33:06 PM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: Granger arguably would've been more fun, but a Hispanic guy should set off the imbeciles just fine.

/they should save Sherman for Ft Benning


I was thinking Gordon.
 
Monkeyfark Ridiculous
2022-10-08 8:33:56 PM  

baka-san: Growing up, never knew it was named after a confederate
Now do know and still don't associate the base with the guy

But yeah, rename it after a real Texas hero


Audie Murphy?
 
rzrwiresunrise
2022-10-08 8:34:14 PM  
Good. F*ck those Confederate scum. All their names need to be removed from every place of honor, memorial & prominence.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:34:20 PM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: Granger arguably would've been more fun, but a Hispanic guy should set off the imbeciles just fine.

/they should save Sherman for Ft Benning


It would take a muddog to really understand that, but that right there is funny as hell.
 
Kris_Romm
2022-10-08 8:35:31 PM  

Ultrablack: Why?


There's always at least one...
 
Danger Avoid Death
2022-10-08 8:36:30 PM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: baka-san: Growing up, never knew it was named after a confederate
Now do know and still don't associate the base with the guy

But yeah, rename it after a real Texas hero

Audie Murphy?


Good choice. I don't see the need to stick to naming stuff after only generals.
 
1funguy
2022-10-08 8:38:01 PM  
I hope they name it Fahq Yanqi and sell tickets to the rededication.
 
Porous Horace
2022-10-08 8:42:18 PM  
I thought the fort was named after the clitoral hood.

Cross that one off my vacation list.
 
Harry Wagstaff
2022-10-08 8:42:22 PM  
If we are going to rename bases after actual American heroes I nominate this guy

During WW2 a Native American Soldier Completed all Four Feats Required to Become a War Chief
Youtube zp6dyF-94kM
 
overthinker
2022-10-08 8:44:07 PM  
I am waiting for another base to get renamed...
So even there, they can say "At least its not Fort Polk.. anymore!" LOL
 
KarmicDisaster [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-08 8:48:07 PM  
Generalisimo Guac A. Molé
 
guinsu
2022-10-08 8:50:18 PM  
THAT is how you do stigginit in the right way.
 
replacementcool
2022-10-08 8:53:39 PM  

Porous Horace: I thought the fort was named after the clitoral hood.

Cross that one off my vacation list.


Are you sure you could find it?
 
Johnny_Canuck [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:55:26 PM  
Nice!
 
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo
2022-10-08 8:56:38 PM  
Inconsolable:

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Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle
2022-10-08 8:57:23 PM  
Our woke army will now surely crumble. Eisenhower would be turning in his grave, if he were dead, which he is.
 
fortheloveof [TotalFark]
2022-10-08 8:58:20 PM  
This I like.
 
pissnmoan
2022-10-08 9:00:02 PM  

Harry Wagstaff: If we are going to rename bases after actual American heroes I nominate this guy

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I second your nomination.
 
macadamnut
2022-10-08 9:02:23 PM  
the first Hispanic four-star general in Texas.

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yet_another_wumpus
2022-10-08 9:02:33 PM  

Alien Robot: The Dog Ate My Homework: Ultrablack: Why?

Um... Same reason why there's no Fort Rommel.

Um...

Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf

The Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf (German: Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel-Kaserne, often abbreviated to GFM-Rommel-Kaserne) is a German Army military base located in Augustdorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the largest base of the German Army. The brigade staff and most of the units of the 21st Panzer Brigade are located there. Around 4,300 soldiers serve there.

The base is located on the southern edge of the Teutoburg Forest, and directly adjacent to the Sennelager Training Area where German soldiers train together with British soldiers and other NATO partners.

Named in honour of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the street address of the base is Gfm.-Rommel-Straße 1 (1 Field Marshal Rommel Street). The base shares its name with the Rommel Barracks, Dornstadt; a similarly named base, the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Osterode, closed down in 2004.


Rommel was forced to commit suicide (or be executed) by Hitler's command.  It isn't clear he had any connection to the assassination attempt, but he still had to die.  Between this and his overall success, it makes it pretty easy for the Germans to rally around his name, especially when naming military bases and such after him.

/no idea why there was such a huge McClellan Air Force Base
//I can't think of a similar one for Burnside
///Very few confederates did as much damage as those two.  Not sure if even Lee pulled that one off

Was it named after some other McClellan?
 
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