There are 10 posts named after Confederates. Should the Army re-name them?

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The namesake post of Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr., who was killed during the Civil War. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
  • First established in 1918 as Camp Bragg, the post was named after Confederate general Braxton Bragg, a native North Carolinian. (Photo by Gerry Broome/Associated Press)
  • Originally Camp Hood, it was named in 1942 for Confederate general John Bell Hood, commander of the Texas Brigade.
  • The namesake post of Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr., who was killed during the Civil War. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
  • Named for Gen. Edmund Rucker, a native Tennessean who became an industrial magnate in Alabama, following the war. (Photo by U.S. Army)
  • Built in the 1940s, the post is named after Episcopal bishop and Confederate general Leonidas Polk. (Photo by Lolita Baldor/Associated Press
  • The Virginia Army National Guard post is named for Maj. Gen. George Pickett, whose namesakes also include a bloody offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, dubbed “Pickett’s Charge.” (Photo by Virginia Army National Guard)
  • Fort Lee is named for the revered commander of the Confederate army, Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Photo by U.S. Army)
  • The Louisiana guard post is named for Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (Photo by Louisiana Army National Guard)
  • Formerly Camp Gordon, the post was named for Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, who went on to become a U.S. senator from Georgia and that state’s governor after the war. (Photo by Boston Public Library)

As local governments and college campuses take down more and more monuments to Confederate heroes, eyes are turning to the military — particularly the Army, which has 10 installations named after Confederate officers.

The discussion has surfaced periodically throughout the years, most recently following a racially motivated church shooting in 2015, when a Pentagon official told CNN that there had been no moves to change any post names.

The Army posts named for Confederates are Fort Lee, Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort Pickett, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Rucker and Camp Beauregard.

Meanwhile, the Navy has three ships named after Confederates.

So, Army Times wants to know: Do you think it’s time to re-brand the Army’s Confederate namesakes?

The removal of monuments and renaming highways or military installations has become a point of discussion

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Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.