In a heated Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, Trump’s U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the ...

"I served at Fort Rucker, Alabama, a base that was named for a traitor who took arms against the United States of America." ...

Defense secretary claims veterans and active-duty troops are thankful the previous names are returning to bases formerly named after confederate generals and officers ...

Military officials expect to formally order the return to Confederate base names soon, but with different honorees.