Editing Fort Bragg (section)

==Notable events==
* In January 1942, [[Mickey Rooney]] visited Fort Bragg to entertain the soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Associated Press|title=WWII Entertainment Rooney 1942|url=http://www.richmond.com/image_cc9b7fdc-be10-11e3-8101-001a4bcf6878.html|website=Richmond.com|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|access-date=7 July 2016|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009031643/http://www.richmond.com/image_cc9b7fdc-be10-11e3-8101-001a4bcf6878.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, he was drafted and served in the Army until the end of World War II.
* On 12 October 1961, President [[John F. Kennedy]] visits Fort Bragg and the [[John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School|U.S. Army Special Warfare Center]] and officializes the wear of the [[Green Berets|Green Beret]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Green-Berets.aspx|title=Green Berets – John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum|website=jfklibrary.org|access-date=20 October 2015|archive-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101150722/http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Green-Berets.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 17 February 1970, Captain [[Jeffrey R. MacDonald]] murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters. The events surrounding the murders were retold in the book ''[[Fatal Vision]]'', itself made into a television miniseries of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatal Vision. TV Mini Series. 1984 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087244/ |publisher=IMDb |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
* On 1 July 1987, a [[C-130]] crashes during a public demonstration at the Sicily Drop Zone. Four airmen and one soldier die.<ref>{{cite news |last1=United Press International |title=4 Killed in Air Show Plane Crash |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-01-mn-763-story.html |access-date=2 March 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1 July 1987 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306191024/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-01/news/mn-763_1_cargo-plane |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 1988, U.S. Army Specialist [[Ronald Gray]] raped and murdered a female soldier and civilians.
* On 23 March 1994, twenty-four members of Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division were killed and over 100 others injured while preparing for a routine [[Airborne forces|airborne training operation]] during the [[Green Ramp disaster]] at neighboring [[Pope Field|Pope Air Force base]]. It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division since the end of World War II.
* On 27 October 1995, Sergeant [[William Kreutzer, Jr.]] opened fire at Fort Bragg, killing an officer and wounding 18 other soldiers.<ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |author= |date=October 30, 1995 |title=Sniper Suspect Had Respect Of Neighbors |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB1E3BF933A05753C1A963958260 |accessdate=November 2, 2008 |work=[[New York Times]] |quote=}}</ref>
* Throughout 2002, there were three murders of military wives and one murder of a military ex-wife by the soldiers they were married to, and the murder of a husband in the military by his wife, all the soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg. Legal representatives of the soldiers argued the drug [[Mefloquine]], also known as Larium, was responsible for their diminished mental capacity that led to the murders of their spouses. [[The Pentagon]] and the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] sent specialists and investigators to address the situation. Reports released later attributed the murders to have come from psychological problems, not the drugs.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Bitter Pill Worth Swallowing?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/10/28/a-bitter-pill-worth-swallowing/5897e7ce-f2a8-4f05-bf34-09c8ec53ec4e/|access-date=3 July 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=28 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fort Bragg Killings Linked to Drug?|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125833|access-date=3 July 2022|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|date=23 August 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ft. Bragg killings report released|url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2002/11/08/ft-bragg-killings-report-released/50743689007/|access-date=3 July 2022|newspaper=Recordnet.com|date=7 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Benjamin|first=Mark|title=Army eyes malaria drug in Bragg killings|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/08/09/Army-eyes-malaria-drug-in-Bragg-killings/40391028935596/|access-date=3 July 2022|work=United Press International|date=9 August 2002}}</ref>
* The court-martial of Timothy Hennis for the 1985 [[Eastburn family murders]] took place at Fort Bragg, beginning on March 17, 2010, and lasting for three weeks before Hennis was convicted and sentenced to death.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Schmidle |first=Nicholas |title=Three Trials for Murder |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder |access-date=February 12, 2025 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=November 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125520/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder |archive-date=November 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 28 June 2012, Specialist Ricky G. Elder shot and killed [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Roy L. Tisdale of the [[525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade]] during a safety brief. The soldier also shot himself and injured two other fellow soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official: Battalion commander dead in Fort Bragg shooting |url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/28/12464281-official-battalion-commander-dead-in-fort-bragg-shooting |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=22 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022212851/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/28/12464281-official-battalion-commander-dead-in-fort-bragg-shooting |archive-date=22 October 2013 }}</ref> He later died of his injuries.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/us/gunman-in-fort-bragg-shooting-dies.html | work=The New York Times | first=Marc | last=Santora | title=Gunman in Fort Bragg Shooting Dies | date=1 July 2012 | access-date=27 February 2017 | archive-date=27 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627141211/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/us/gunman-in-fort-bragg-shooting-dies.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* On 8 March 2016, [[Major League Baseball]] announced that the [[Atlanta Braves]] and [[Miami Marlins]] would play a special neutral-site game, the [[Fort Bragg Game]], at the newly constructed [[Fort Bragg Stadium]], on 3 July 2016. It was the first time that an active military installation has hosted a regular-season game of a professional sports league. The game was attended primarily by military members.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Drew|title=Braves, Marlins to play at Fort Bragg this summer in new ballpark|url=http://www.fayobserver.com/military/braves-marlins-to-play-at-fort-bragg-mlb-to-build/article_76ee7218-e56b-11e5-b39a-3716418285b4.html|access-date=8 March 2016|work=[[The Fayetteville Observer]]|publisher=Fayetteville Publishing Co.|date=8 March 2016|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316171408/https://www/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the game was the first Major League Baseball regular season game ever held in the state of North Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Andrew|title=Fort Bragg celebrates history in first Major League Baseball game in North Carolina|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/mlb/article87527732.html|access-date=3 July 2016|work=[[The News & Observer]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=3 July 2016|location=Fort Bragg|archive-date=5 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705185226/http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/mlb/article87527732.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ballpark was built on a disused golf course and sat 12,500 fans for the game, a 5–2 Marlins win televised live on [[ESPN]]. Following the conclusion of the game, the [[grandstand]]s and other facilities were removed, and the field became a multi-use sporting ground.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mock|first=Joe|title=Marlins top Braves in unique Fort Bragg Game|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/07/03/braves-marlins-fort-bragg-game/86662532/|access-date=4 July 2016|work=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=4 July 2016|location=Fort Bragg|archive-date=4 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704014029/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/07/03/braves-marlins-fort-bragg-game/86662532/|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:2016 MLB at Fort Bragg 160703-A-AP748-101.jpg|thumb|Sgt. 1st Class Alex Burnett and Atlanta Braves pitcher [[Arodys Vizcaíno|Arodys Vizcaino]] switch head gear on Sunday, 3 July 2016, prior to the start of the Miami Marlins and Braves regular season game at Fort Bragg, N.C.]]
* On 21 October 2020, the official Fort Bragg Twitter account sent out several sexually charged tweets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lewd tweets on Fort Bragg account were from administrator, not a hack as Army first said|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lewd-tweets-fort-bragg-account-were-administrator-not-hack-army-n1244338|access-date=23 October 2020|publisher=NBC News|date=23 October 2020|location=Fort Bragg|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202002515/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lewd-tweets-fort-bragg-account-were-administrator-not-hack-army-n1244338|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 2 June 2023, Fort Liberty officially adopted its new name in a public ceremony.<ref name="pbs2jun" />