Fort Lee, a U.S. Army post named after the leader of the Confederate army during the Civil War, has been renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of two Black U.S. Army trailblazers.
April 27, 2023, 6:01 PMLt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg speaks at the redesignation ceremony where Fort Lee was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams, April 27, 2023.Fort Lee, a U.S. Army post named after the leader of the Confederate army during the Civil War, wasin honor of two Black U.S. Army trailblazers during a redesignation ceremony Thursday.
Among his accomplishments in over 35 years of service beginning in 1946, Gregg was the first Black quartermaster officer to rise to the rank of brigadier general, according to Maj. Gen. Mark Simerly, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and senior commander of Fort Lee. When Gregg was promoted to lieutenant general, he became the first Black officer in the Army to reach a three-star rank.The army post was also renamed in recognition of Lt. Col.
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