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'''Fort Lee''' (formerly '''Fort Gregg-Adams''' from 2023 to 2025) is a [[United States Army]] post in [[Prince George County, Virginia]] and headquarters of the [[United States Army Combined Arms Support Command]] (CASCOM)/ [[Sustainment Center of Excellence]] (SCoE), the [[United States Army Quartermaster Corps|U.S. Army Quartermaster School]], the [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|U.S. Army Ordnance School]], the [[Transportation Corps|U.S. Army Transportation School]], the [[Army Sustainment University]] (ALU), [[Defense Contract Management Agency]] (DCMA), and the U.S. [[Defense Commissary Agency]] (DeCA).<ref>U.S. Army. (2017). “The Three Lives of Fort Lee, Virginia: World War I.” https://www.army.mil/article/189328/the_three_lives_of_fort_lee_virginia_world_war_i 
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Fort Lee also hosts two Army museums (the U.S. [[Army Quartermaster Museum]] and the U.S. [[Army Women's Museum]]), a [[Military Entrance Processing Command]] station, and the vocational training schools for [[culinary specialist]]s in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. The equipment and other materiel associated with the [[U.S. Army Ordnance Museum|Army's Ordnance Museum]] was moved to Fort Gregg-Adams in 2009 and 2010 for use by the [[United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center]].

For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Fort Lee as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) with a population of 9,874 as of the 2020 census – nearly triple the size of the 2010 census count.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Quick Facts for Fort Gregg-Adams, VA |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fortleecdpvirginia |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Naming==

The installation was initially named Camp Lee (changed to Fort Lee in 1950) after [[Robert E. Lee]], a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=7 September 2023 |title=Naming of U.S. Army Posts |url=https://history.army.mil/faq/naming-of-us-army-posts.htm#fact-sheet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014181417/https://history.army.mil/faq/naming-of-us-army-posts.htm#fact-sheet |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2020 |publisher=U.S. Army Center of Military History}}</ref> It was one of the [[List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers|U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers]] that the U.S. [[Naming Commission]] had recommended be renamed. On 8 August 2022, the commission proposed the name be changed to Fort Gregg-Adams, after Lieutenant General [[Arthur J. Gregg]] and Lieutenant Colonel [[Charity Adams Earley]].<ref name=":0" /> On 6 October 2022, Secretary of Defense [[Lloyd Austin]] accepted the recommendation and directed the name change occur no later than 1 January 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/06/2003092544/-1/-1/1/IMPLEMENTATION-OF-THE-NAMING-COMMISSIONS-RECOMMENDATIONS.PDF|title=Memorandum for Senior Pentagon Leadership, Defense Agency and DoD Field Activity Directors: Subject: Implementation of the Naming Commission's Recommendations|author=Lloyd Austin|date=6 October 2022|publisher=Secretary of Defense|access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> On 5 January 2023, William A. LaPlante, US [[Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment|under-secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment]], directed the full implementation of the recommendations.<ref name= namingBegins>Pat Ryder.  [https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3260496/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-brig-gen-pat-ryder-holds-an-on-camera-press/ (5 January 2023) Transcript: Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing].  U.S. Department of Defense.  Retrieved 27 April 2023.</ref> On 27 April 2023, the post was redesignated Fort Gregg-Adams.<ref name=":1" /> It is the first U.S. military base to be named for African Americans.  In June of 2025, the name was again changed to Ft. Lee, but this time to honor [[Buffalo Soldier]] Private [[Fitz Lee (Medal of Honor)|Fitz Lee]], a [[Spanish-American War]] veteran who, under enemy fire, rescued wounded soldiers in [[Cuba]], earning him the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slayton |first=Nicholas |date=2025-06-19 |title=An Army base will now honor a Buffalo Soldier |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/history/fort-lee-fitz-lee-buffalo-soldier/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Task & Purpose |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== History ==
=== World War I ===
[[File:"Looking east from the water tank, Camp Lee, Va" - Barracks and buildings, Camp Lee, Va.jpg|thumb|Looking East from the Water Tank, Camp Lee, VA]]
Just 18 days after a state of [[American entry into World War I|war with Germany]] was declared, the first Camp Lee was established as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp.<ref name="auto"/>

Camp Lee was the mobilization center for the [[80th Division (United States)|80th Division]], the Blue Ridge Division. Because of significant common heritage in the past (Colonial Wars, [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], and [[American Civil War|Civil War]]), residents of [[Pennsylvania]], [[Virginia]] and [[West Virginia]] became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia. The units were made up mostly of men from the above three states.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stultz |first=Russell |title=History of the Eightieth Division A.E.F. in World War I: The Blue Ridge Division |publisher=Published by The Descendants of the 80th Division Veterans |isbn=0-9759341-7-1 |editor-last=Anthony |editor-first=Lee S. |publication-date=2004}}</ref> To symbolize the three aforementioned states, an [[insignia]] with three blue mountain peaks was adopted and included the [[latin]] motto ''vis montium'' (strength of the mountains). The 80th Division deployed to France with around 23,000 soldiers by June 8,1918 and later saw major combat in the [[Second Battle of the Somme]] (1918) and the [[Meuse–Argonne offensive|Meuse-Argonne Offensive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History of the 80th Division {{!}} ArchivesSpace Public Interface |url=https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-sc/accessions/brief_history_of_the_80th_division |access-date=2025-11-13 |website=archives.lib.virginia.edu}}</ref> Following the 80th Division's departure, the 37th Division began training at Camp Lee; however, their training was halted after the Armistice ended the need to continue deployment.<ref>Wineman, Bradford. “Fort Lee.” Encyclopedia Virginia, September 25, 2025. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/fort-lee/. </ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rainville |first=Lynn |title=Virginia and the Great War: Mobilization, Supply, and Combat, 1914-1919. |date=17 September 2025 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |year= |isbn= |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publication-date= |pages=197 |language=}}</ref>

During World War I, the YMCA played a key role at Camp Lee by providing moral, recreational and lodging services for the thousands of young soldiers training there. For example, the YMCA downtown Richmond building regularly hosted nearly 300 men on Saturday nights and offered free stationery for soldiers to write home as part of its support of the troops. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ep. 146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White {{!}} The Western Front Association |url=https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-latest-wwi-podcast/ep-146-the-ymca-during-ww1-kathryn-white/ |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=www.westernfrontassociation.com}}</ref> 

"Before long, Camp Lee became one of the largest 'cities' in Virginia. More than 60,000 Doughboys trained here prior to their departure for the Western Front, where they fought primarily in France and Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History of the 80th Division {{!}} ArchivesSpace Public Interface |url=https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-sc/accessions/brief_history_of_the_80th_division |access-date=2025-11-13 |website=archives.lib.virginia.edu}}</ref> Included among the many facilities here was a large camp hospital situated on 58 acres of land. One of the more trying times for the hospital staff was when the worldwide [[Spanish flu|influenza epidemic]] reached Camp Lee in the fall of 1918. An estimated 10,000 Soldiers were stricken by flu. Nearly 700 of them died during a couple of weeks."<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |publisher=Command History Office, US Army |date=11 September 2023 |title=Fort Gregg-Adams History |url=https://home.army.mil/greggadams/history |website=Fort Gregg-Adams Command History Webpage}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

In June 1917, building began and within sixty days some 14,000 men were on the installation. The post was home to the 155th Depot Brigade. The role of depot brigades was to receive recruits and draftees, then organize them and provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training. Depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and carried out their mustering out and discharges. When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-29 |title=The Three Lives of Fort Lee, Virginia: World War I |url=https://www.army.mil/article/189328/the_three_lives_of_fort_lee_virginia_world_war_i |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref>

In 1920 Camp Lee was still active, as the US 1920 Census showed many soldiers still stationed there. After World War I, Camp Lee was taken over by the Commonwealth of Virginia and designated a game preserve. Later, portions of the land were incorporated into the [[Petersburg National Battlefield]] and the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg]]. In 1921, the camp was formally closed, and its buildings were torn down, all save one – the so-called "White House". During the war, this two-story wood-framed structure served as 80th Division Headquarters and as temporary residence for its Commander, Major General [[Adelbert Cronkhite]]. Years later, it became known as the "Davis House" in honor of the family that lived there in the 1930s and 40s.<ref name="auto1"/>

=== World War II ===

In October 1940, the War Department ordered the construction of another Camp Lee on the site of the earlier installation. Built as rapidly as the first, construction was still ongoing when the [[United States Army Quartermaster Corps|Quartermaster]] [[Quartermaster Center and School|Replacement Training Center]] (QMRTC) started operation in February 1941. Their number grew to 25,000 in 1942, and peaked at 35,000 in 1944.

While the QMRTC was getting underway, the [[Quartermaster Center and School|Quartermaster School]] was transferred to Camp Lee. In October 1941 (two months before Pearl Harbor), the Quartermaster School moved from [[Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot|Philadelphia]] to Camp Lee to begin training Officers and Non-Commissioned officers in the art of military supply and service. A full program of courses was conducted, including [[Officer Candidate School (United States Army)|Officer Candidate School]]. By the end of 1941, Camp Lee was the center of both basic and advanced training of Quartermaster personnel and held this position throughout the war.

Over the course of the war, Camp Lee's population continued to mushroom until it became, in effect, the third largest "city" in Virginia, after [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] and [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]. More than 50,000 officers attended Quartermaster Officer Candidate School. Over 300,000 Quartermaster Soldiers trained here during the war. There was a Regional Hospital with scores of pavilions and literally miles of interlocking corridors capable of housing over 2,000 patients at a time. Here too was located the [[Army Service Forces|Army Services Forces]] Training Center, the Quartermaster (Research & Development) Board, a [[Women's Army Corps]] training center, and for a while, a prisoner of war camp and the Medical Replacement Training Center. Camp Lee enjoyed a reputation as one of the most effective and best-run military installations in the country.<ref name="auto1"/>

Camp Lee was also the home of a Medical Replacement Training Center (MRTC), but as the Quartermaster training increased, it was decided to relocate the MRTC to [[Fort Barfoot|Camp Pickett]]. Later, the QMRTC was re-designated as an Army Services Forces Training Center, but it retained its basic mission of training Quartermaster personnel.

=== Post–World War II era ===
==== 1945–1950 ====
In 1946, the War Department announced that Camp Lee would be retained as the center for quartermaster training in the Army. The Quartermaster School continued operation, and in 1947, the [[United States Army Adjutant General's Corps|Adjutant General's School]] moved here and remained until 1951.

The Women's Army Corps likewise established its premier training center here from 1948 to 1954. Also in 1948, the first permanent brick and mortar structure—the [[Powhatan Beaty|Post Theater]] (Powhatan Beaty Theater)—was constructed.<ref name="auto1"/>

=== 1950–1965: Cold War Era growth ===
During the [[Korean War]] (1950–1953), tens of thousands of soldiers arrived at Fort Lee to receive logistics training before heading overseas. Official recognition of its permanent status was obtained in 1950 and the post was redesignated Fort Lee.

After the Korean War, progress was made on an ambitious permanent building program.

==== Air Force SAGE site ====
In 1956, the [[Fort Lee Air Force Station]] on post was selected for a [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment|Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE)]] system direction center (DC) site, designated DC-04. The four-story [[block house]] was built to house two parallel [[AN/FSQ-7|AN/FSQ-7 Computer]]s that could receive inputs from sensors on the East Coast and provide actionable information on incoming Soviet air threats. [https://documents2.theblackvault.com/afhracollection/ADC%20Command%20Historical%20Studies%20(Select%201-40)/A%20Handbook%20of%20Aerospace%20Defense%20Organization%201946-1980.pdf]
* On 1 December 1956 the [[4625th Air Defense Wing]] (SAGE) was activated. 
* On 8 January 1957 the 4625th was redesignated as the newly activated [[Washington Air Defense Sector]] at Fort Lee. 
* The WaADS was initially assigned to the [[85th Air Division]] but on 1 September 1958 it was transferred to the [[26th Air Division]]. 
* In February 1959 the new [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-04) became operational and oversaw [[Washington Air Defense Sector]] operations.{{Coord|37|15|09|N|077|19|21|W|display=inline|name=WaADS-SAGE DC-04}}  The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet [[interceptor aircraft]] ([[F-101 Voodoo]]; [[F-102 Delta Dagger]]; [[F-106 Delta Dart]]) or [[surface-to-air missile|interceptor missiles]] ([[CIM-10 Bomarc]]) in a state of [[combat readiness|readiness]] with training missions and series of [[military exercise|exercises]] with [[Strategic Air Command]] and other units simulating interceptions of incoming Soviet aircraft.

==== First permanent structures built ====
The 1950s and 1960s witnessed almost nonstop modernization efforts as, one-by-one, Fort Lee's temporary wooden barracks, training facilities and housing units began giving way to permanent brick and cinderblock structures. New multi-storied barracks were built in the mid-50s, along with whole communities of [[Capehart housing]] for permanent party. In May 1961, the new three-story [[Quartermaster Center and School|Quartermaster School]], [[Thomas Mifflin|Mifflin Hall]], was dedicated. [[Kenner Army Health Clinic|Kenner Army Hospital]] opened in 1962, replacing the remnants of the old WWII-era facility, and the privately funded [[U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum|Quartermaster Museum]] opened its doors in 1963. Some years have seen far more change than others, but the overall process of modernization has continued ever since.

==== Locus for Quartermaster Training  ====
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The Quartermaster Training Center, created to supervise the training of Quartermaster personnel and troop units, brought an intensification of training activity within the Quartermaster Corps. As a result, the courses formerly taught at other locations were incorporated in the curriculum of the Quartermaster School.

Profound changes were evident at Fort Lee during 1962. The post became a Class 1 military installation under [[Second United States Army]]. The Quartermaster School became a part of the [[United States Army Forces Command|Continental Army Command]] service school system and was also selected to serve as the home of the Quartermaster Corps. The [[Second United States Army]] was inactivated at Fort Lee in 1966 until its reactivation at [[Fort Gillem]], Georgia in 1983.

=== 1965–1990: Vietnam War and aftermath: Consolidation of Logistics under TRADOC ===
[[File:VIPs pictured during the Opening and Dedication Ceremony for the Army Womens Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia.jpeg|thumb|VIPs pictured during the Opening and Dedication Ceremony for the Army Women's Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia]]
The rapid logistics buildup in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] after 1965 signaled an urgent need for many more soldiers in the Quartermaster Corps. Fort Lee responded by going into overdrive. For a time, the school maintained three shifts, and round-the-clock training. A Quartermaster Officer Candidate School opened in 1966 for the first time since World War II. A mock Vietnamese "village" was created on post to familiarize trainees with guerrilla tactics and the conditions in which they could expect to fight in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Part of the sixties-era Quartermaster training program also saw the first widespread local use of automated data processing equipment.<ref name="auto1"/>

In July 1973, Fort Lee came under the control of U.S. Army [[Training and Doctrine Command]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://richmond.com/news/local/tri-cities/fort-lee-statue-honors-female-warriors/article_41ca7aad-0ff8-5981-ae3f-71607ccf3a97.html |title=Fort Lee statue honors female warriors |work= Richmond Times-Dispatch|department= Tri-Cities News |date=8 November 2013 |access-date=11 February 2022|author-last1=Bowes|author-first1=Mark}}</ref> Additionally, the [[United States Army Combined Arms Support Command|U.S. Army Logistics Center]] was established in 1973 to serve as an "integrating center" for the Quartermaster, Transportation, Ordnance, and Missile and Munitions Centers and Schools – the traditional [[Combat service support|Combat Service Support]] branches.

Again in 1990, there was a post reorganization and restructuring and the U.S. Army Logistics Center was re-designated the [[United States Army Combined Arms Support Command|U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command]] (CASCOM), and the CASCOM Commander became the Fort Lee Installation Commander as well.

=== 2001–2020: 9/11, BRAC, and Sustainment Center of Excellence ===
In May 2001, the [[United States Army Women's Museum|U.S. Army Women's Museum]] (AWM) relocated to Fort Lee. It offered more than 13,000 sq. feet of gallery space and thousands of artifacts used to tell the long, proud history of women in the Army. Additionally, the installation hosted a growing number of tenant activities such as the [[Army Logistics Management College|Army Logistics Management Center]] (ALMC), Readiness Group Lee, Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, the [[Leonard T. Gerow|General Leonard T. Gerow]] U.S. Army Reserve Center, the [[Defense Commissary Agency]] (DECA), USAR 80th Division, and several other Department of Army and Department of Defense activities.<ref name="auto1"/>

==== Base Realignment and Closure 2005 ====
[[File:Fort Lee SCOE HQ Building (081116-A-5177B-001) (3075232190).jpg|thumb|U.S. Army Command Arms Support Command (circa 2009)]]
In 2005, the [[Base Realignment and Closure]] (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements was the relocation of the [[United States Army Ordnance Corps]] headquarters, the [[United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School]] (OMMS) from Aberdeen Proving Ground, the [[United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School]] (OMEMS) from Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and the [[United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center|Ordnance Museum]] to Fort Lee by September 2011.<ref name="OrdnanceTanks">{{cite web|title=Ordnance tanks, artillery arrive at Fort Lee|date=5 August 2009|publisher=Fort Lee Public Affairs Office|url=https://www.army.mil/article/25491/ordnance-tanks-artillery-arrive-at-fort-lee/|access-date=23 November 2011}}</ref> The transfer of artifacts from Aberdeen to Fort Lee began in August 2009, with the former museum now designated the [[U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center]] at Fort Lee.<ref name="OrdnanceTanks" /> Also, the headquarters of the U.S. Army Transportation Center and School from [[Fort Eustis]] was brought to the installation.

One of the principal parts of BRAC was the [[Sustainment Center of Excellence]] (SCoE) headquarters building project. In the summer of 2007, there was a ground-breaking ceremony on [[William W. Seay|Sergeant Seay Field]], the site of the new facility. The SCoE headquarters took 18 months to build and was formally dedicated in January 2009. It now houses the [[United States Army Combined Arms Support Command|Combined Arms Support Command]] and command groups for the [[Quartermaster Center and School|Quartermaster]], [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|Ordnance]], and [[Transportation Corps]]. During a ceremony on 30 July 2010, the old CASCOM headquarters was officially retired, and the new building was proudly rededicated as "Mifflin Hall". To help make way for the structure, the First Logistical Command Memorial – which had been located on that site since 1974 – was carefully unmoored and moved to a more prominent spot facing the main post entrance.<ref name="auto1"/>

[[File:Army Logistics University.jpg|thumb|The [[Army Sustainment University]] is located on Fort Lee.]]In addition, a new [[Army Sustainment University|U.S. Army Logistics University]] was built and opened in July 2009 to centralize basic and advanced NCO, warrant officer, commissioned officer and government civilian leadership training for all Army sustainment branches. The 400,000-square-foot building now offers more than 200 courses and trains upward of 2,300 military and civilian students daily. Its International Studies program is attended by military personnel from more than 30 allied countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Command History Office |date=11 September 2023 |title=Army Sustainment University History |url=https://alu.army.mil/about/history/ |website=Army Sustainment University Command History Webpage}}</ref>

Fort Lee is the country's first army post to host a 'full-size' statue commemorating the service of women in the Army. The statue was unveiled in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=T. Anthony |title='Lt. FAWMA' -- Army Women's Museum unveils one-of-kind statue of female Soldier |url=https://www.army.mil/article/114769/lt_fawma_army_womens_museum_unveils_one_of_kind_statue_of_female_soldier |publisher=United States Army |access-date=30 August 2024 |language=en |date=13 November 2013}}</ref>

The installation emerged as the center of logistics and sustainment for the U.S. Army. With the completion of the BRAC construction projects, the installation acquired 6.5 million square feet of new facilities and about 70,000 troops now train here each year. In 2017, the post marked its Centennial with a year-long celebration themed "A Century of Support to the Nation."

=== 2020s: Operation Allies Refuge and name changes ===
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 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 renamed Gregg-Adams Club, being congratulated by Maj. Gen. [[Mark T. Simerly]] in April 2023]]

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 in honor of 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 that 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 was notable as it was the first time since 1900 that a fort had been named after a service member (Gregg) who was still alive at the time.<ref name=":0" /> It also became the first fort 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 was also renamed, including the officers' club into which Gregg had been denied entrance in 1950 as a young second lieutenant, at a time when discrimination and segregation were still being practiced against African American uniformed personnel despite an executive order to the contrary, signed by [[Harry S. Truman|President 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>

====Renaming to Fort Lee====
In June 2025, the U.S. Army announced that Fort Gregg-Adams would return to its former name, Fort Lee, but with [[Fitz Lee (Medal of Honor)|Fitz Lee]] (1866–1899) as the new namesake.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cameron |first=Chris |date=June 10, 2025 |title=Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-army-base-rename-confederate.html |access-date=June 12, 2025 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=limited}}</ref> Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army as a [[Buffalo Soldier]] during the [[Spanish–American War]] and was a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/army-bases-trump-confederate.html |title=No, Not That Lee. Pentagon Finds Black Hero to Rechristen Base Long Named for Robert E. |first=Carol |last=Rosenberg |website=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=limited |date=June 11, 2025 |access-date=June 12, 2025}}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 8.4&nbsp;square miles (21.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.<ref>Giles, Albert William, 1885-, and Geological Survey (U.S.). The Country About Camp Lee, Virginia. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1918.</ref>

== Demographics ==
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=31 January 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,269 people, 1,401 households, and 1,223 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 870.2 people per square mile (336.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,445 housing units at an average density of 173.0/sq&nbsp;mi (66.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 47.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 39.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.4% of the population.

There were 1,401 households, out of which 72.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.7% were non-families. 11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.53.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 34.0% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 2.1% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 132.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 143.3 males.

The [[median income]] for a household in the CDP was $36,325, and the median income for a family was $40,197. Males had a median income of $27,511 versus $19,459 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $12,448. About 6.3% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

== Current units ==
* [[Kenner Army Health Clinic]]
* 54th Quartermaster Battalion
* 111th Quartermaster Battalion
* [[94th Infantry Division (United States)|94th Training Division]]
* [[345th Training Squadron]] (USAF)
* 262nd Quartermaster Battalion
* 266nd Quartermaster Battalion

== Climate ==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Fort Lee has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=721344&cityname=Fort+Lee,+Virginia,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Fort Lee, Virginia: Köppen Climate Classification |website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

== Education==
All areas in Prince George County,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51149_prince_george/DC20SD_C51149.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Prince George County, VA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-21}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51149_prince_george/DC20SD_C51149_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> including on-post housing at Fort Lee, are within [[Prince George County Public Schools]]. The [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) does not operate any schools on post at Fort Lee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/fort-gregg-adams/education/education|title=Fort Gregg-Adams Education|publisher=[[Militaryonesource]]|access-date=2024-12-21}} – [[.mil]] website.</ref> The comprehensive high school of the county is [[Prince George High School]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://home.army.mil/greggadams/ Fort Lee] (official site)
* [https://qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/ U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907033043/http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/mortuary/MA-Vietnam.htm |date=7 September 2011 }} (official site)
* {{GNIS|2512471|Fort Lee}}

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