Department of Defense Begins Implementation of Naming Commission Recommendations

Excerpt:  “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante today directed all Department of Defense organizations to begin full implementation of the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense (‘Naming Commission’) recommendations. This announcement follows a congressionally mandated 90-day waiting period that started when the Naming Commission shared the third and final part of its report with the Secretary of Defense and U.S. Congress in September 2022. The complete report included the Naming Commission’s plan to remove the names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America.”