OAN Staff Sani Unutoa
2:36 PM – Monday, August 10, 2026
Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina has officially been renamed Joint Base Lindsey Graham.
On Monday, a ceremony took place at the 24,000 acre base in honor of the late senator.
His sister, Senator Darline Graham (R-S.C.), War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Governor Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) unveiled the new base sign.
Graham highlighted her brother’s over 33 years of service in the Air Force and in the Senate, saying he loved his state and country.
“What an honor for my brother,” she said. “And what a tribute to his 33 years of service. Lindsey loved the Air Force. He loved its mission. He loved wearing the uniform of his country. His interest in foreign affairs and national security started with his service in the Air Force.”
Hegseth praised the late senator’s military legacy, his support for more Pentagon funding and his criticism of woke military leaders.
“In this new golden age of America, President Trump has had no stronger ally in Congress than Colonel Lindsey Graham,” Hegseth stated. “It falls to us to complete the work that Lindsey Graham began and advocated for decades.”
Hegseth urged members of Congress to approve the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget proposal. He added that approving the budget would be a major tribute to Graham’s legacy as the late senator had referred to it as “the best military budget I’ve seen since I’ve been in Congress.”
Graham suddenly passed away of a suspected aortic dissection brought on by cardiovascular disease on July 11th.
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