Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered the Navy to review the names of the ships in honor of the eminent civil rights leaders, in particular Harvey Milk, who was one of the first openly gay elected officials of the country and a veteran of the navy.
News of Mr. Hegseth’s decision, reported earlier by Militar.comcome a few days Month of pridewhich celebrates the contributions of the lighting in the LGBTQ community.
Instead, Mr. Hegseth’s order was intended for the reprimand of the month of pride, taking into account the will of the Trump administration to erase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through the federal government, according to a senior defense familiar with the decision.
Mr. Milk is one of the many pioneers whose name has been identified for a possible withdrawal from naval ships. According to a senior familiar official with a service note by John Phelan, the secretary of the navy, he included Thurgood Marshall, the first judge of the Black Supreme Court; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, another judge of the Supreme Court, who has become a feminist icon; Harriet Tubman, who, after being born in slavery, has become an instrumental abolitionist in the underground rail; Lucy Stone, an eminent abolitionist and suffragist; Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader who was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; Cesar Chavez, a work manager; And Dolores Huerta, another labor manager.
The names of the additional ships under examination have already been reported by CBS News. The manager spoke under the cover of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about unexpected political decisions.
“Secretary Hegseth undertakes to ensure that the names attached to all the DOD facilities and assets reflect the priorities of the Commander -in -Chief, the history of our nation and warrior ethics,” the Pentagon said in a statement published on Tuesday.
