The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and the George Washington University Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute will host a joint online event honoring Richard Cavazos, the first four-star Army General of Hispanic heritage, for whom the third largest US military base was recently renamed. Perry Center Professor Dr. Arturo Sotomayor will moderate a conversation with US Navy Admiral (ret.) Michelle Howard, chairwoman of the Renaming Commission and the first African-American woman to command a US Navy ship.

To learn more about General Richard Cavazos:
https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/richard-e-cavazos/

To learn more about the Renaming Commission:
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3260434/dod-begins-implementing-naming-commission-recommendations/

To learn more about Fort Cavazos:
https://home.army.mil/cavazos/about/fort-cavazos-redesignation