It is in this spirit that the U.S. Navy should immediately reinstate Captain Crozier as USS Theodore Roosevelt’s commanding officer, a possibility left open by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday.
The U. S. Navy’s decision to name an aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller is laudable for the symbolism of honoring an African American worthy of having a ship named after him. At first blush, however, it is a misapplication of norms to apply the name of a relatively momentary hero to an aircraft carrier and not a destroyer, as has been the tradition for generations.
Tom Modly, the under secretary of the US Navy, discusses the service’s new Educating for Seapower or E4S plan to improve officer and enlisted education to grow more strategic, thoughtful leaders as the critical advantage in great power competition and fields questions about the reported retirement of the USS Harry S. Truman with 30 more years of service life remaining and the rational for shifting resources from purchasing two more San Antonio-class amphibious ships toward more survivable platforms like submarines with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in his office at the Pentagon.