Posted on 06/03/2025 12:07:45 PM PDT by Drew68
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.
Military.com reviewed a memorandum from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy -- the official who holds the power to name Navy ships -- that showed the sea service had come up with rollout plans for the renaming of the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk.
A defense official confirmed that the Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name but noted that Navy Secretary John Phelan was ordered to do so by Hegseth. The official also said that the timing of the announcement -- occurring during Pride month -- was intentional.
Military.com reached out to Hegseth's office for comment on the move but did not immediately receive a response.
However, the memo reviewed by Military.com noted that the renaming was being done so that there is "alignment with president and SECDEF objectives and SECNAV priorities of reestablishing the warrior culture," apparently referencing President Donald Trump, Hegseth and Phelan...
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
This is what I voted for.
Happy Pride Month!
Excellent. Why should the Navy honor a gay pedophile?
For the Democrats.
...an ‘oiler’..............apropos.............
Happy pride month indeed! LOL!
Let’s always remember that Democrats started this renaming crap — renaming bases, sports teams etc. Love to hear them wail about it when it happens to them.
oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk.
There was so much wrong with that name to start with...might as well just called it KY...
This IS what I voted for!
An in your face move. That’s good. Will the gays riot? They did when the not guilty verdict arrived.
Call it the Lakin Riley.
Excellent. We’re done with that sh*t.
No, no! Not “The Good Ship Pedophile Sodomy”!
If it was so important for the Navy to honor a gay sailor, what not the USNS Rock Hudson?
He served honorably, wasn't a pederast, and kept his private life private. Then again, Hudson was a Republican so this wasn't going to happen.
Seriously. This is the epitome of woke nonsense. Just trying to figure out new ways to shove this shit down peoples throat.
He was in the navy and got kicked out of the navy with less than honorable, and was a small time city politician, so naturally he had a navy ship named after him.
Indeed who needs a CVN whith a crew of 5K go to sea and return with 2.5 couples.
YES! Thank you Pete! Harvey Milk did absolutely nothing to earn the honor of having a ship named after him!
I also support renaming the other ships on the list named after “civil rights leaders”, USNS Thurgood Marshall, USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USNS Harriet Tubman, USNS Dolores Huerta, USNS Lucy Stone, USNS Cesar Chavez and USNS Medgar Evers. Name ships after war heroes, battles and great commanders. No DEI ships You want to name something after Ceasar Chavez, Harriet Tubman or Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Name a park or a library, not a Navy ship, USNS or USS.
Rename it the USS Arnold G. Schwarzenegger.
(Rename it the USS Arnold G. Schwarzenegger.)
NO!!!!!
He wasn’t an Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 natural born Citizen.
Keeping it as gay as possible, they could re-name the ship the USNS Raging Queen and send it on a tour of real manly men’s ports - Key West...Mykonos...SAN FRANCISCO.
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