A descendant of Confederate Col. Edmund Rucker today denounced demands from Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen that Fort Novosel revert to being named after her distant cousin. “Rucker family ...

The Trump Administration is continuing to re-rename military bases that President Biden renamed, reports AL.com’s Howard Koplowitz. Biden renamed bases throughout the South that had been named for ...

Last month Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Department of Defense is changing the names of Army bases. He also shared that the original names should never have ...

In bringing back an old name to an Army base in Alabama, President Donald Trump is removing the installation’s connection to a Confederate colonel. Fort Novosel in southeast Alabama will once again be ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - After just a little over two years being known as Fort Novosel, the Fort Rucker name is back for the Army post in Dale County. On Tuesday, while speaking to soldiers at Fort ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala (WDHN) — Senator Katie Britt is hoping to split $119.4 million between military bases around Alabama. In the Bill, the Enterprise native is looking to get around $28.4 million for the ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Returning to the place his Army career started, a new master Aviator took command of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker during a change of command ...

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jakob Stavenau and Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Charm, a 15W UAS Operator, fly the commercial UAS First Person View simulators during the inaugural Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course ...

President Donald Trump recently announced plans to restore seven Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures, and one Alabama Army base is already starting the transition. The ...

“We’re behind globally, and this is our aggressive attempt to close that gap,” said the director of the Fort Rucker, Alabama, course. By Patty Nieberg Published Aug 21, 2025 10:00 AM EDT Soldiers will ...