Editing Fort Gregg-Adams (section)

=== 2020s: Operation Allies Refuge and name change from Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams ===
In July 2021, the post was tasked to support [[Operation Allies Refuge]], with a goal of helping Afghan evacuees transition to a new life in the United States at the conclusion of the war in Afghanistan. Post leaders assembled a group called "Task Force Eagle", which spent the next four months supporting OAR. The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], through [[United States Northern Command|U.S. Northern Command]], and in support of the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] and [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]], provided transportation, temporary housing, medical screening and general support for Afghan evacuees at military facilities across the country.<ref name="auto1"/>

The mission was to support vulnerable Afghans and their families while they finished processing with immigration services, applied for work authorizations and underwent medical care prior to resettlement in the U.S. Fort Gregg-Adams (then Fort Lee) was the first of eight installations selected to provide temporary lodging and other living needs for the Afghan evacuees. The post was initially identified by the U.S. Army as an east coast location that could quickly be used to provide temporary housing for Afghans and their families to finish administrative checks and undergo the necessary medical exams to qualify for a Special Immigrant Visa. Over 3,000 of them were temporarily housed on post by the end of November 2021 when the mission was concluded.

==== Renamed to Fort Gregg-Adams ====
[[File:Gregg-Adams-Club-1.jpg|thumb|Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg, namesake of the newly named Gregg-Adams Club, is congratulated by Maj. Gen. Mark T. Simerly.]]

On 27 April 2023 during a redesignation ceremony<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Stacy |date=25 April 2023 |title=Army Removing Confederate Name of Virginia Fort to Honor Black Heroes |url=https://theatlantavoice.com/virgina-army-fort-lee-renamed-fort-gregg-adams/ |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=The Atlanta Voice |language=en-US |publication-place=Atlanta, Georgia |quote="A redesignation ceremony is planned for Thursday, April 27, honoring the two Black officers whom officials said excelled in the field of sustainment and made significant marks in U.S. Army history."}}</ref> the name of Fort Lee was changed to Fort Gregg-Adams which is named after two African American officers Lt. Gen. [[Arthur J. Gregg]] and Lt. Col. [[Charity Adams Earley|Charity Adams]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Stephen |date=23 March 2023 |title=Fort Lee to be redesignated as Fort Gregg-Adams |url=https://www.army.mil/article/265098/fort_lee_to_be_redesignated_as_fort_gregg_adams |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=United States Army |department=Fort Lee Public Affairs |language=en |quote="Fort Lee will become Fort Gregg-Adams during a redesignation ceremony April 27, honoring two Black officers who excelled in the field of sustainment and made significant marks in U.S. Army history."}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Neuman |first=Scott |date=27 April 2023 |title=An Army fort named after Robert E. Lee now honors 2 pioneering Black officers |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172126808/fort-gregg-adams-army-fort-lee |quote="Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, the first African American to achieve such a high rank, retired in 1981 after serving as the Army's deputy chief of staff, logistics. He becomes the only living soldier in modern history to have an installation named in his honor. Lt. Col. Charity Adams joined the newly created Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 and was the highest-ranking Black woman of World War II."}}</ref> The name change was recommended by the [[Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America|Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Alex |last2=Demirjian |first2=Karoun |date=24 May 2022 |title=Bases named for Confederates should honor women, minorities instead, panel says |work=The Washington Post|publication-place=Washington, District of Columbia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/24/confederate-base-renaming/ |access-date=27 April 2023 |quote="The panel established by Congress to identify new names for nine Army installations honoring Confederate military officers presented its recommendations Tuesday, bringing the Defense Department one step closer to stripping the rebel monikers from some of its most prominent bases."}}</ref> as part of the renaming of military assets which were associated with the Confederate States of America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garamone |first=Jim |date=5 January 2023 |title=DOD Begins Implementing Naming Commission Recommendations |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3260434/https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3260434/dod-begins-implementing-naming-commission-recommendations/ |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |publisher=Department of Defense News |language=en-US |quote="Retired Navy Adm. Michelle Howard chaired the congressionally mandated Naming Commission. The commission's mission was to provide removal and renaming recommendations for all DOD items "that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America." "}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Eleanor |date=5 January 2023 |title=Military to proceed with changing the names of bases honoring Confederate generals |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-bases-confederate-generals-name-changes-beginning/ |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=CBS News |language=en-US |quote="Renaming ceremonies for the nine bases named after Confederate generals will take place over the course of the year, officials say, but work to take down Confederate iconography elsewhere has already begun."}}</ref> The naming of Fort Gregg-Adams is notable as it is the first time since 1900 where a fort has been named after a service member who is still alive.<ref name=":0" /> It is also the first named for African Americans.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Joe |date=2023-08-18 |title=Perspective {{!}} Army base, once named for an enslaver, now honors slavery descendants |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/fort-lee-arthur-gregg-charity-adams/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Washington Post|language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Other infrastructure on the base had been renamed including the street signs along the former Lee Avenue, now Gregg Avenue, and the signage for the Gregg-Adams Officers' Club on base, into which notably Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg had been denied entrance back in 1950 as a young Second Lieutenant, at a time when discrimination and segregation were still being practiced against African American Uniformed Personnel, even against an executive order to the contrary, signed by [[Harry S. Truman|President Harry S. Truman]] two years prior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Terrance |date=21 April 2023 |title=Club renamed for Black Army officer previously denied entrance |url=https://www.army.mil/article/265987/club_renamed_for_black_army_officer_previously_denied_entrance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423233341/https://www.army.mil/article/265987/club_renamed_for_black_army_officer_previously_denied_entrance |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=United States Army |language=en-US |quote="During a short, informal ceremony April 19, retired Lt. Gen. Gregg helped to unveil the revamped marquee that now welcomes visitors to the Gregg-Adams Club"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Neuman |first=Scott |date=27 April 2023 |title=An Army fort named after Robert E. Lee will now honor 2 pioneering Black officers |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172126808/fort-gregg-adams-army-fort-lee |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Source-attribution|{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Terrance |date=26 April 2023 |title=Garrison professionals are key part of momentous Gregg-Adams redesignation |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/443392/garrison-professionals-key-part-momentous-gregg-adams-redesignation |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=DVIDS |publisher=[[US Department of Defense]] |language=en |publication-place=Richmond, Virginia |quote="The most visible "prominent" elements recently updated include the street signs along the former Lee Avenue – now Gregg Avenue – leading motorists to Gregg-Adams Club lawn expanse. They were changed a week ago. Other items addressed around the same time included water towers, signage at the recently redesignated Gregg-Adams Club, and the main installation sign along Route 36 – shrouded at the time of this article but set for unveiling once the post is officially redesignated." |agency=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service}}}}</ref>