Pete Hegseth orders the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk
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Soon after becoming the nation’s latest defense secretary, Pete Hegseth went right to work tackling one of his top priorities: He started renaming things.
Two weeks into his tenure, for example, the scandal-plagued former television personality signed an order renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Bragg. The controversial Pentagon chief also changed Georgia’s Fort Moore to Fort Benning. Hegseth declared at the time, “As the president has said, and I’ve said as well, we’re not done there.”
Evidently, he wasn’t kidding. Military.com reported :
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.
NBC News confirmed the reporting, adding that the change is likely to be implemented quickly.
When then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced nearly a decade ago that the service would name a fleet oiler after Milk, it wasn’t especially controversial. Milk came from a Navy family, served in the Navy stateside during the Korean War on a submarine rescue ship, and was honorably discharged after four years. He went on to become a celebrated civil rights pioneer in San Francisco and popular local elected official.
So why in the world would Hegseth want to rename the ship? The defense secretary hasn’t publicly commented, but the fact that Milk was gay apparently mattered a great deal.
Indeed, the Military.com report, which NBC News confirmed, noted that a defense official “said that the timing of the announcement — occurring during Pride month — was intentional.”
The same report added, “While there are some rare examples of Navy ships being renamed following construction and christening, those instances are outliers and, broadly, Navy traditions consider renaming a ship to be taboo.”
CBS News , citing Navy documents it obtained, and The New York Times , citing a senior official familiar with a memo from the Navy secretary, reported that several other vessels named for prominent figures have been identified for possible renaming, including ships named for late Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as famed abolitonist Harriet Tubman.
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Let no USNS support ship go unrenamed - in fact rename the entire class, someone named John Lewis is also unworthy!
he's leaning towards biblical names, since there's a shortage of confederate naval heroes to choose from ...
Jonah is available and it's a whale of a yarn full of a fury of sounds and blubbering nothings.
I wonder what his tattoos will bring, when they're auctioned off to xtian nationalists that want to own a piece of history ...
“As Daniel Flynn explains in Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco, ‘Milk’s taste in men veered toward boys.’ Milk was nearly 17 years older than teenager Joe Campbell and Jack Galen was only 16 to Milk’s 33. Former Marine Oliver “Bill” Sipple slept with men and “knew that Harvey Milk slept with boys.” In a letter to Sipple, Milk said he had many things to do that day, such as “cook dinner, fuck Jack, take a bath, fuck Jack, listen to some music, fuck Jack, wash the dishes, fuck Jack,” and so on.
Jack was a teenage runaway. He ended up heavily on drugs.
That’s the real ugliness. Not someone actually mentioning these facts.
Now the media may argue that having a taste for underage boys doesn’t make Milk a “pedophile” in the technical sense of the word, that luring and addicting an underage teen isn’t the behavior of a pedophile.
They’re welcome to try and make that argument as long as they’re honest about it.
Milk was an enabler of Jim Jones, whose church was notorious for its abuses, and he was a classic sexual predator.
The media can argue that he was a sexual predator who enabled the abuse of children, but was not technically a pedophile.
Then maybe the media can explain why this lovely human being should have books about him pushed on kids."
Fact Check: Harvey Milk was a Pedophile | Frontpage Mag
End of story!
Of course it's intentional! Lil Petey is cleaning up the military starting with the Navy first. We had jokes in the Air Force about the seamen and sailors. Petey is AF but that doesn't mean he's a manly man
Democrats are now fighting to name a ship after a child molester who was also a Jim jones cheerleader who lobbied President Carter to ensure kids remained at Jonestown rather than being returned to their parents.
Good stuff and explains why Democrats are struggling so badly among those who aren't suffering from mental health issues.
who are you talking about and where is your verifiable source?
they're usually sitting on it ...
trumpski sells those medals to his friends with deep pockets now ...
Your source Trust Me Bro
Your comment does not back up Sean's statement about a child molester whom he did not name
This is the fucking shit I am talking about. Lies get posted and when asked for sources it's never presented. None of you have any credibility with me anymore. Yeah....I know you don't give a shit
Read the fucking article FFS. This is the only ship that I know of waiting to be commissioned. Harvey Milk
Almost seems you don't like eggs.
The American Family Association? Surely you jest.
He fought for gay rights, he fought for legalizing marijuana and was gunned down by former Board of supervisors member Dan White, a Democrat , who was often labelled as a conservative within the party , due in large part to his experience in the military and law enforcement, and due to endorsements White received from police and firefighter unions . His district was described by The New York Times as "a largely white, middle-class section that is hostile to the growing homosexual community of San Francisco ." Dan White - Wikipedia
Yeah, I don't really give a fuck what some dipshit from the Family Research Council claims, they're useless fucking religious bigots.
Ah, more lies by the right, but hey, who even bothers counting anymore. If someone on the rights mouth is moving, there really is no doubt another lie is being birthed.
There is FAR more evidence against Donald Trump being a pedophile than Harvey Milk. Trump has been accused and had to have attorneys defend him against the charge of raping a 13-year-old girl along with his good friend Jeffery Epstein. What evidence do you have against Milk who had never even been accused of any such crime. Milk was gay, but apparently for some dishonest fuck wads that means they can just slander and lie about them because they believe the ends justify the means as they intentionally force their fucking worthless disgusting vile religious beliefs on others.
So, either prove Milk was a pedophile or you can just admit what anyone with more than half a brain knows, that your comment was nothing but rightwing conservative bullshit.
I'm not swayed by anything the AFA puts out. They are a far right wing mouth piece and will post any lies that fits their agenda. Get a better source
When this is the lead in to the story you know nothing but trash follows:
Jim Jones actually did good things in San Francisco before he moved he and his followers to Guyana. That's when things went wrong. Find a quote by Milk that gushes about Jones after the tragedy then I might actually believe this whole filthy article
still not gushing after the tragedy....
no navy ship has ever been named after a priest.
Thank you for making an absolute ignorant post that has no bases in fact.
And also bullshit...........
And in case you care to dwell on semantics, yes, chaplains are priests.
The USS Schmitt Was names after Father Aloysius H. Schmitt. There are 3 or 4 Naval vessels named after Catholic priests.
Yes, and all 4 had front of the line escort destroyers named after them ... The USNS Harvey Milk is a 'lowly' supply ship armed with only defense weapons. Hegseth is trying to out-woke the woke.
Someone has to keep pace with you.
Still shoots the hell out of no Navy ships were named after priests.
... naval bases?
yeah, I should have been more specific. I meant child molesting priests ...
It does, however, this story is about Hegseth's ruthless pettiness that's all the rage in the now Gilded People's House.
it was the same source that most maga finds acceptable ...
Orders are orders, no matter where they come from.
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If if being a child molesting is a disqualifier, we will have to make sure nothing is ever named after Biden. Maybe they can name a shower after him in the vatican.
You know that is not always the case, there are unlawful orders.
And this isn't one of them.
but, but, but, what about a source for that?
It is one of the dumbest that only purgists will celebrate.
... and wiggle room on the oath to defend the constitution, depending upon who's in the white house ...
Or Trump. Sure, Ashley Biden describes showering with her dad that by today's standards would be "probably not appropriate."
How about Trump?
So, I guess there won't be a USS Pussy Grabber...
to be fair, whatever USN ship has the most sailors on board should be changed to the USS melania.
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These words mean nothing if you voted for a man with 34 felony convictions to be president.
These words mean nothing if you voted for a known sexual assaulter to be president.
way better comeback than mine
Whoops. I've never voted for Trump.
But always funny when Clinton/Biden voters play that card.
it sounds like getting away with crimes is the same thing as being not guilty to some ...
We have no way to confirm that, but since you’re here every day supporting that sexual assaulter and convicted felon, I stand by my earlier comment. Anything you have to say about how we shouldn’t have a ship named for someone because of their sexual, or otherwise criminal behavior, must be seen as hypocritical bullshit.
y day supporting that sexual assaulter and convicted felon
Right. Per NT's left wing puppets, anyone who doesn't parrot ridiculous reality defying left wing blue anon talking points is MAGA. To point out their lies means one must be "supporting Trump."
, must be seen as hypocritical bullshit.
Again, pure comedy when Clinton/Biden voters play that card.
Does not matter what you claim when you consistently defend Trump. You clearly support and defend him even now when you can see the damage he is doing. It really does not matter if you voted for him or not. If people like you would stop supporting this irresponsible, incompetent, vindictive buffoon Congress might find enough backbone to serve as a check on his acts.
meh, most of the trump supporters will deny ever voting for him before his term ends ...
Seems to me most will defend him no matter what.
No, it's simply that I won't lie, make batshit crazy hyperbolic claims and deny reality in the name of "stopping Trump." I support those politics of his I agree with and oppose those that I don't. So many progressives simply act exactly like they claim Trump does that they've lost any claim to the moral high ground when dealing with Trump.
No, Sean, the reality is that you consistently defend Trump. And your defense is fundamentally dishonest. Ultimately, Trump is so over the top in terms of wrongdoing it is laughable (if this were not so serious) that anyone even considers this guy a PotUS.
Don't even try to pretend that defending Trump is in some way honorable. We will all laugh at such an attempt.
The current PotUS is a sick and stupid individual. He is a vindictive, childish, irresponsible, irrational buffoon. There is no defending the actions of Trump.
No one is suggesting we name it after trump.
Let's also note that Hegseth has yet to name someone to oversee sexual molestation within the armed forces and instead focuses on the USNS Harvey Milk like some drunken Little Jack Horner. What a good little boy he is ... eh?
he's a useless thumper nationalist with a history of leaving burning bushes behind in hotel rooms ...
chlamydia?
meh, whatever STD du jour that's making the rounds inside FOX news ... best ask lara trump ...
Hegseth doesn't care about sexual molestation in the armed forces. He doesn't want women in the military so why try to protect them?
Hegseth obviously has not heard of The Daughters of Kobani who probably did more to defeat ISIS than any other fighting force.
foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/15/daughters-of-kobani-review-female-kurdish-fighters-isis/#:~:text=Ferocious%20and%20unwavering%2C%20these%20women,Turkey%20to%20join%20their%20ranks.
he just has a different idea about their scope of duties within the services ...
I don't believe he's a student of world history or current events
I thought conservatives opposed erasing history. Not anymore?
I expect that changing a ship name would be fairly expensive. There’s got to be more to it than just repainting the name. Plaques, stationery, emails, website, uniforms. That all costs money. Seems kinda wasteful for an administration claiming it is trying to eliminate waste and be more efficient.
Isn’t it maritime tradition that changing a ship’s name is bad luck?
it's a necessary expense when it comes to de-woking the military for the 4th reich fuhrer ...
I think it is and sailors tend to be a superstitious lot
Trump's DUI hire is a moron.
This is the extent of Hegseth's competence, renaming things and removing information that clashes with Trump's bigotry.
What a pathetic choice for Secretary of Defense. Trump is incompetent and irresponsible. Supporting Trump is a profound failure of critical thinking.
Perhaps it may be wise not to give warships political names.
I agree, warships should be named after those who made great military accomplishments or presidents (commanders in chief).
Regardless, that was not my point. My point is that Hegseth is engaging in activities at his level of competence. Petty nonsense and obsequiously doing the distorted bidding of Trump.
The servile support of Trump is sickening (and dangerous).
Harvey Milk is not a name for a ship that will strike fear in the enemy
Well, that’s ok because it’s an oiler.