Fort Pickett, Va. will be renamed Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot.

[basquebromance]

Sgt. Barfoot received the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism, and would go on to serve the nation for 34 more years, retiring as a colonel in Virginia

 

[Devils_Advocate]

That is great…

As I wrote in another thread Forts should be renamed every fifty to one hundred years to reflect history that has passed…