I am an American Soldier...defender of freedom against tyranny
and when I enter the valley of death
and the angel of Satan appears at my shoulder
I will be resolute and fear no evil
And my Lord in heaven will guide my sword.
Posted on 04/12/2016 4:21:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
As the Obama administration this week named another warship after a politician, a new report is circulating in Congress that shows that nearly 200 Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients have never been awarded such an honor, contrary to naval guidelines and tradition.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who has named several ships after Democrats and liberal activists not connected to the military, was in Detroit on Monday to announce that an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named the USS Carl M. Levin. The Michigan Democrat served 31 years in the Senate and chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2007 to 2015.
The move has rankled some Republicans. They note privately the long list of war heroes yet to be so honored and the Navy’s own tradition of naming destroyers after deceased Medal of Honor recipients and other combat heroes, as well as admirals and generals who played significant roles in naval warfare.
Mr. Levin did not serve in the military.
In a new report privately delivered to lawmakers, the Congressional Research Service did an extensive examination this winter and found that, of 318 Medal of Honor recipients in the Navy and Marine Corps, 100 have had a ship named after them; the large majority of them — 186 — have not.
One congressional staffer noted that Mr. Levin presided over the committee during the Obama administration’s major drawdown of troops and weapons systems. Joint Chiefs of Staff officers testified in recent months that they doubt they can fight one major war on the schedule outlined in the National Military Strategy.
The Levin naming did not conform to Mr. Mabus’ own guidelines set out in a report to Congress in 2012 called “Policies and Practices of the U.S. Navy for Naming the Vessels of the Navy.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Carl Levin?
Next one should be named the Karl Marx or the Josef Stalin /s
I am an American Soldier...defender of freedom against tyranny
and when I enter the valley of death
and the angel of Satan appears at my shoulder
I will be resolute and fear no evil
And my Lord in heaven will guide my sword.
Not to worry the stars & stripes will be replaced with the rainbow flag ...
They named. Ship acts that moron?
Can ship names be changed?
SECNAV is almost as disgraceful as POTUS.
I should buy stock in disinfectant in time for the new administration.
I’m glad you didn’t add /s, because anything is possible with this guy
I was wondering that too. I doubt it.
I hope we elect a Republican who moves to make Chris Kyle a Medal of Honor recipient and get a ship named after him all in the first week.
Bump!
That would be awesome!
Will the USS Carl M. Levin have portholes below the waterline?
Next they will be naming ships after Hollywood liberals. U.S.S. Whoppi Goldberb, U.S.S. Barbara Streisand, etc.
Are there any Navy ships named for women?
I can’t think of one.
USS Ted Kennedy , garbage scow ..
Grace Hopper DDG-70
USS Jimmah Carter ....
Why would anyone name a ship after a traitor?
Sadly, yes. Excerpt from article:
“He named a littoral combat ship after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, who was seriously wounded in a January 2011 assassination attempt.”
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