Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to rename at least one vessel that currently honors a civil rights icon. On Tuesday, Military.com reported that it reviewed a memo from the ...

The Navy is changing the name of the USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson. Milk was a gay rights movement icon and political figure. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon is ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A Navy replenishment ship that previously honored a gay rights icon will be renamed to recognize a Navy chief who received the Medal of Honor, the Pentagon announced Friday. The USNS ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename a ship named after gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Documents. The highly rare move will strip the ...

James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. U.S. Navy documents obtained by ...

The Pentagon would not confirm or deny the plans but said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is committed to having ship names reflect a ‘warrior ethos.’ California leaders said Milk is a hero who ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to rename at least one vessel that currently honors a civil rights icon. Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, though he was not ...