Qualla: Fort Bragg https://qualla.com/fort-bragg en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/p/z/fort-bragg-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Fort Bragg https://qualla.com/fort-bragg Fort Bragg: Introduction https://qualla.com/fort-bragg/ Photo credit Missvain, CC0. The name on the sign has changed three times, but the paratroopers still jump. Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is home to more than 52,000 military personnel -- the 82nd Airborne Division, the Army's Special Operations Command, Delta Force, and the Green Berets all operate from this sprawling installation in the Carolina Sandhills. It is one of the largest military bases on Earth, and its identity crisis over the past few years tells a peculiarly American story about memory, naming, and who deserves to be honored.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/p/z/fort-bragg-wp/dnpz-fort-bragg-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Fort Bragg: An Artillery Camp in the Pines https://qualla.com/fort-bragg/ Photo credit Ellin Beltz, Public domain. In 1918, Major General William J. Snow went looking for terrain suitable for artillery training -- flat enough to fire, wooded enough to conceal, with water, rail access, and mild winters. He found it in the longleaf pine country between Fayetteville and Southern Pines. Camp Brag...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/p/z/fort-bragg-wp/dnpz-fort-bragg-where-the-airborne-was-born.mp3 0:06 3 full Fort Bragg: A Name Changed, Changed Back, and Changed Again https://qualla.com/fort-bragg/ Photo credit unknown, United States Army, Public domain. In 2021, Congress established the Naming Commission to strip Confederate names from military installations. Fort Bragg was recommended for renaming to Fort Liberty, a change that took effect in a public ceremony on June 2, 2023, at a cost of over six million dollars. The new name...

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