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Anonymous
Pentigon shits on Veterans, ag(...) No.1526491
Pentigon shits on Veterans, again  No.1526491
Apparently renaming military bases after dead faggots is cool when MIGA does it.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/07/28/south-carolina-military-base-to-be-renamed-after-lindsey-graham

WASHINGTON — Efforts to rename a major U.S. military installation in honor of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have drawn resistance from some veterans groups, local officials and military traditionalists, who argue the change would disrupt longstanding institutional practices and risk politicizing the Army’s naming conventions.
Critics of the proposal say the base in question has developed its own identity and operational legacy over decades of service by American troops. They contend that the facility’s current name has become intertwined with the training, deployments and victories associated with generations of soldiers who passed through it, transcending any single individual. Changing the designation, they argue, would disregard that accumulated history in favor of a contemporary political figure.
Proponents of retaining the existing name have invoked what they describe as a “spirit of continuity rather than division.” In their view, military installations should not be renamed to reflect shifting political winds or to elevate sitting or recent elected officials. The names, they say, were originally selected with local connections and institutional stability in mind, not as endorsements of particular ideologies or partisan careers.
Some opponents warn that the move would amount to rewriting or “washing away” established military heritage. They contend that frequent or politically driven renamings undermine the sense of permanence that bases provide for service members and their families, and open the door to further changes whenever political majorities shift.
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Anonymous
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 No.1526492
Others note that Sen. Graham, while a long-serving member of Congress with a record of involvement in defense issues, is a political figure rather than a career military leader, and argue that installations should primarily honor those whose primary contributions were in uniform.
Practical objections have also surfaced. Renaming would require updating signage, official documents, maps, digital systems and branding across a large installation, generating significant costs and temporary administrative disruption. Critics describe the exercise as a low-priority expenditure at a time when the Army faces competing demands for readiness and resources. Local stakeholders in the surrounding region have additionally pointed to community ties and economic familiarity with the current name, suggesting that a change could create unnecessary friction.
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Anonymous
 No.1526495
 No.1526495
>>1526491
>rename a major U.S. military installation in honor of Sen. Lindsey Graham
For what reason? What did Graham do that deserved a base being renamed after him?
>Others note that Sen. Graham, while a long-serving member of Congress with a record of involvement in defense issues, is a political figure rather than a career military leader, and argue that installations should primarily honor those whose primary contributions were in uniform.
No shit.
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Anonymous
 No.1526499
 No.1526499
>>1526491
Hey bitch and moan all you want. You set this precedent when you started renaming bases like Hood and Bragg because WAAAAAAAHHHHH I'M A NEVER SERVED FAGGOT WHO DOESN'T LIKE BASES NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATES WAAAAAHH I'M SO TRIGGERED CHANGE THE NAME BEFORE I CRY MYSELF TO DEATH! So now we're going to play this stupid game where we undo hundreds of years of tradition and force soldiers to relearn names of shit just to appease whoever is in office at the time. I'm looking forward to Fort Drum being renamed to fucking Fort Harriet Tubman because all the snow makes it too white.
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Anonymous
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 No.1526502
>>1526491
>you won't let us honor dead traitors?
>fuck you libs, have another renamed base for a dead traitor
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Anonymous
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 No.1526518
>>1526502
>waaah the pentagon shit all over veterans by changing the name of this base
>but we didn't shit all over veterans we we changed the names of these bases
>It's only okay when WE do it!
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Anonymous
 No.1526519
 No.1526519
>>1526518
god you're esl
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Anonymous
 No.1526520
 No.1526520
>>1526518
Forgive me if I give more of a shit about bases actively honoring traitors against this country than I do about people being mad something has a different name than they're used to.
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Anonymous
 No.1526521
 No.1526521
>>1526518
>I don't care how much it costs or what inconvenience it causes as long as it owns da libs in my head
When your party loses the midterms you can look back on posts like this to explain why.
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Anonymous
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 No.1526535
>>1526521
It's funny watching MAGAts realize that "owning the libs" doesn't make prices any lower.
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Anonymous
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 No.1526675
>>1526535
Funny how when you let croney capitalists use you as a condom to fuck everyone else you get raped too. Who could have seen that coming?
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