{"id":9657,"date":"2025-03-01T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-trump-overhauls-the-military-fort-bragg-and-its-neighbors-brace-for-change\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:46:59","slug":"as-trump-overhauls-the-military-fort-bragg-and-its-neighbors-brace-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-trump-overhauls-the-military-fort-bragg-and-its-neighbors-brace-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump Overhauls the Military, Fort Bragg and Its Neighbors Brace for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Marvin Samuels, a veteran who served more than 20 years in the Army, recently opened a restaurant in Fayetteville, N.C., he chose a special name: Liberty Island Foods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was an homage, he said, to the nearby military base, Fort Liberty, where he had served for several years. The base had been known as Fort Bragg, named after a Confederate general who owned enslaved people. Then in 2023, the Defense Department renamed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But several weeks after Mr. Samuels\u2019s restaurant opened in January, the new Defense secretary, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-defense-pete-hegseth.html\" title=\"\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, announced a reversal \u2014 back to Fort Bragg, this time named after an enlisted Army soldier named Roland L. Bragg, who fought in World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Samuels shrugged it off. But the change did leave him wondering: How else would the new administration\u2019s orders affect this city, which is so deeply intertwined with the military?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since returning to office, President Trump has sought to overhaul the Pentagon, starting with his choice of leader, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/25\/us\/politics\/pete-hegseth-new-defense-secretary.html\" title=\"\">Mr. Hegseth<\/a>, a veteran, a former Fox News host and a vocal Trump loyalist. Mr. Hegseth has ordered Defense Department officials <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/02\/19\/us\/trump-news#hegseth-military-cuts\" title=\"\">to draw up plans to cut 8 percent from the defense budget<\/a> over each of the next five years. And he has slashed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/us\/politics\/pete-hegseth-dei-trump.html\" title=\"\">D.E.I. initiatives<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/us\/transgender-military-ban-trump-hegseth.html\" title=\"\">barred transgender troops<\/a> from serving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The residents of Fayetteville, a diverse city of 210,000, are acutely aware that their fortunes are tied to Fort Bragg. With more than 52,000 military personnel, Fort Bragg is the largest military base by population in the country, and the economic engine of the region. In 2023, one <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/thekirklandco.com\/market_reports\/fayetteville_dec2023\/#:~:text=Fayetteville%20is%20most%20well%2Dknown,billion%20on%20the%20local%20economy.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">estimate<\/a> showed that the Army base had an $8.1 billion economic impact on Fayetteville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The culture of Fort Bragg \u2014 its work ethic, global ties and diverse makeup \u2014 has also rubbed off on the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Signs around town refer to Fayetteville as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Can Do City.\u201d Restaurants serve cuisines from all over the world. Bakeries are versed in filling last-minute cake orders for Army personnel just returning from abroad. And military-speak is thrown around in casual conversations. (On a recent afternoon at a local cafe, a man told a friend that he was \u201cP.C.S.-ing in a few months,\u201d using the acronym for Permanent Change of Station to describe that he was moving.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">State Representative Mike Colvin, a Democrat whose district includes Fort Bragg, said that \u201cFayetteville prides itself on its cultural diversity, from what the military brings to the community, and it\u2019s woven into our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The prospect of big change at Fort Bragg is bound to be felt in the larger metro area, which is filled with veterans and active-duty military families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When it comes to the military\u2019s financial cuts, Mitch Colvin, the Democratic mayor of Fayetteville, and Mike Colvin\u2019s older brother, said that \u201cthere is a lot of uncertainty, which causes people anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverybody knows that every level of government can be more efficient,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cNow, what\u2019s going to be interesting to me is how they said they\u2019re going to build the strongest, mightiest military in the world \u2014 and make these cuts. I\u2019ll be really interested to see what that looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jerritt A. Lynn, a U.S. Army special operations veteran who has been stationed in Fort Bragg for more than a decade, said he was concerned about the possible reduction because \u201cgenerally that means a reduction in support to the war fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMost people, whatever their job, whatever their objective and mission is, they\u2019re trying to keep their head down, get it done and do their best to try and tune out the noise,\u201d Mr. Lynn said. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible, though, not to feel the weight of, \u2018OK, how does this affect me, how does this affect my family?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several soldiers in interviews said that while opinions vary on Mr. Hegseth\u2019s policies \u2014 especially over cutting D.E.I. and barring trans troops \u2014 there was a general desire to steer clear of politics and instead commit to their training, just as they always have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Hegseth, who served in the U.S. Army National Guard from 2001 to 2021, appears to be a polarizing figure around town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some veterans and military members felt gratitude for having a boss with a \u201cwarrior mind-set\u201d that they believed would benefit soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI like the fresh, new-blood in office,\u201d said Jordan Murray, who used to work in the defense contracting business in Southern Pines, N.C., roughly 30 miles from Fort Bragg. \u201cI think Pete brings a reasonable standpoint to what we need in the world today.\u201d That standpoint, she said, was rooted in Christian values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Others said Mr. Hegseth\u2019s inexperience would be detrimental to Fort Bragg and that the administration\u2019s anti-D.E.I. policies would stir division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dorothy Anderson, a retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps officer, criticized the Trump administration\u2019s recent firing of the military\u2019s highest-ranking officials. \u201cYou\u2019ve gotten rid of all of these folk in positions, Black males, white females,\u201d she said. \u201cYou remove them despite the fact that they have been stellar performers and contributors to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Others wondered whether the administration was plugged into the actual issues facing soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They cited the renaming of Fort Bragg as an example. The first name change cost about $6 million, for new signage on highways and on the base. It is unclear how much it will cost to change it back. But Peter Brierton, who has a relative based in Fort Bragg and lives in Southern Pines, said he had wondered \u201cif it was really that important to change the name.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The rebrand is clearly underway. Gift shops downtown are selling sweaters that read, \u201cIt will always be Fort Bragg.\u201d At the local military museum, the gift shop was selling Fort Liberty tote bags for $6, more than half off. And at the base\u2019s visitor center, a Fort Liberty sign, hanging next to a Trump portrait, was covered by paper, with \u201cBRAGG\u201d printed in bold type.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On a recent warm night, Mr. Samuels, the owner of Liberty Island Foods, was cooking up his Caribbean specialties, gooey and golden sweet plantains and brown stew chicken. Even though his restaurant had lost its eponym, he felt no stress. 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