The notion of War Fighters is to have esprit des corps. Naming something after a place is not going to engender the “War Face” and tradition needed for a world class kicka@@ military force. There has to be hero fighters, legends.
Like why— even up until today there has not been a Fort George Patton? Instead we have really nothing names like Fort Ord, and Fort Marcie.
And how about Fort Dix-—after James Adams Dix a union general notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland General Assembly, preventing that divided border state from coming into a quorum session to vote on seceding. And yet he worked out a prisoner exchange system with CSA general D.H. Hill.
Patton wouldn’t pass muster with the Social Justice Republicans.
George Patton was the scion of a family of Confederate officers. He grew up listening to the war stories of family friend and Confederate guerilla John Mosby.
“In the Patton home, there were many mementos of the Civil war; from steel engravings of General Lee and Stonewall Jackson to the shell fragment that was taken from the lifeless body of another Patton hero who died in the Civil War.”
“During George’s childhood, one of the best friends of the Patton family was none-other-than Colonel John S. Mosby, the fabled “Grey Ghost” of J.E.B. Stuart’s legendary cavalry. Patton grew up hearing tales of daring raids and stunning cavalry attacks from the Grey Ghost himself. During visits to the Patton Ranch in Southern California, Colonel Mosby would re-enact the Civil War with George; playing himself, he let George play the part of General Lee as they would recount the battles of the war, astride their horses.
“These firsthand stories, and horseback re-enactments, directed by one of the greatest Guerilla fighters of all time no doubt had a huge influence on Patton. Both his sense of bravery and duty, and his Guerilla like tactics were no doubt heavily influenced by his early exploits with John S. Mosby.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/John_S_Mosby_Geroge_Patton.htm