Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the U.S. Navy would be ending its policy of politicizing ship naming, starting with re-branding the USNS Harvey Milk as the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
Milk was a gay left-wing activist known for serving in local San Francisco government back in the 1970s and who was later assassinated.
(He was depicted by Sean Penn in the movie “Milk” and Hollywood gave him an academy award for it.)
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Peterson on the other hand, was a Navy veteran and hero, who sacrificed his own life for fellow ship-mates earning him a posthumous Medal of Honor.
“I’m pleased to officially announce that the department of the Navy is renaming the fleet replenishment oiler, formerly known as the USNS Harvey
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