A Confederate flag is shown in the grass. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness at a time the nation is wrestling with questions of race after the death of George Floyd in police hands.Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, both former Army officers, put out the word through their spokesmen that they are “open to a bipartisan discussion” of renaming Army bases such as North Carolina’s Fort Bragg that honor Confederate officers who led the fight against the Union and directly or implicitly defended the institution of slavery.Separately, the Navy’s top admiral announced Tuesday that he will.