The main gate at the US Army post at Fort Hood, Texas, in an undated photograph.REUTERS/III Corps Public Affairs/U.S. Army/Handout
Business Insider: These are the 10 US military bases still named after Confederate soldiers
Despite seceding and eventually losing the Civil War, the Confederacy lives on in a number of monuments in almost every state in the country.
But it's not just monuments — like the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville that led to an eruption of violence on August 12 — that are dedicated to Confederate officers.
Schools, highways, parks, streets, and even US military bases are named after Confederate figures.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 20, 2017
US Army mum on whether bases will keep Confederate names -- FOX News
How Did The US Military Get All Those Confederate-Named Bases, Anyway? -- Mark Herbert, Task & Purpose
Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy -- Andrew Exum, The Atlantic
Russia's Arms Orders Reach Peak, Expected to Stand at Some $50Bln -- Sputnik
Video Proves Russian Subs Can Attack Any Target on the Globe -- Scout Warrior/National Interest
Russia's Kiev-class Carrier: Submarine and Carrier Killer? -- Scout Warrior/National Interest
Large-scale Russian military exercises in Belarus feared to be set-up for Putin's next conquest -- CNBC
Russia Plans Joint Military Drills With Central Asian Countries, Citing Afghan Conflict -- RFE
Russia says military drills with India not against China -- Economic Times
Russia's military exercises: Could they turn into war? -- Keir Giles, CNN
How China is helping Malaysia's military narrow the gap with Singapore and Indonesia -- South China Morning Post
China’s New Ballistic Missile Marks New Chapter in Global Nuclear Deterrence -- Sputnik
China showcases weapon systems to possible foreign buyers -- UPI
No, That Satellite Image Going Around Social Media Isn't Of China's New Stealth Bomber -- The Drive
China’s military battles new enemies at home: soft drinks and smartphones -- SCMP
The PLA at 90: On the Road to Becoming a World-Class Military? -- Jamestown Foundation
Romania negotiating to buy U.S. rocket systems worth $1.25 billion: Pentagon -- Reuters
India Clears Purchase of U.S. Apache Attack Helicopters -- Franz-Stefan Gady, Diplomat
Russia, China Warn U.S. Against Military Conflict With North Korea -- RFE
US, South Korea prepare for joint military exercise amid heightened tensions -- ABC News
U.S., South Korea to Conduct Joint Exercise Aug 21-31: Pentagon -- US News and World Report/Reuters
Report: U.S. scales back deployment to Korea for drills -- UPI
Defense Secretary Mattis is traveling to Jordan, Turkey, and Ukraine -- Business insider/Reuters
Air Force successfully launches LRASM missile from B-1B Lancer -- UPI
A-10 Warthogs Drop Bunker Buster Bombs in Combat for the First Time -- The Drive
Meet the combat crop duster the US military plans to use in the warzone -- News.com.au
Strykers Now Armed with Bigger Gun, New Missile for Russian Threat -- Military.com
President Trump Orders Pentagon to Elevate Cyber Command, But That’s the Easy Part -- The Drive
Trump just reorganized the military to gear up for cyberwars -- VOX News
Inside the Air Force's Largest Fuel Farm in Fight vs. ISIS -- Military.com
US Drone Crashes in Southern Turkey after Leaving Incirlik Air Base -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
General Atomics Gives First Clues About its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design -- The Drive
U.S. military to buy counter-drone radars from RADA -- UPI
Northrop Grumman C2 System Guides 8 Unmanned Vehicles in Seabed Warfare Experiment -- Seapower
‘Future of Maritime Superiority’: US Navy Advances Railgun Testing -- Sputnik
Wreck of US warship Indianapolis found in Pacific Ocean 72 years after sinking -- DW
The Pentagon's Not-So-Secret 'Ghost' Aircraft Fleet -- Scout Warrior
Pentagon Looking to Draft Blockchain Technology for Security Purposes -- Bitcoinist
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