Navy Plans to Rename USNS Harvey Milk Amid Broader Icon Reassessment
TL;DR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USNS Harvey Milk, a Navy ship named after the gay rights activist and Korean War veteran, to be renamed as part of a broader effort to align military assets with the Trump administration's values, sparking criticism from political leaders and advocates for LGBTQ rights.
- Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship NPR
- Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship Military.com
- Navy to rename USNS Harvey Milk, considers dropping other liberal icons Axios
- Navy ship USNS Harvey Milk to be renamed as part of Pentagon's 'warrior culture' shift Fox News
- Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders CBS News
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