“Shameful, vindictive erasure”: Hegseth orders removal of Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship

defense minister Higseth House The navy ordered the removal of the icon of the Gay and Vetere Warrior in the Navy Harvey milk From one of her ships.

Each report has Military.comThe request was passed in a note from the naval secretary John Villan. The memorandum said that the redesign of the UsNS Harvey Milk oil tanker was an attempt to enter “align with the goals of the president, SECDEF and SECNAV priorities to re -establish the warrior culture.”

A defensive official that spoke to the port said that the guidance came from Higseth, adding that the Pentagon had intentionally announcing it to coincide with the beginning of the month of pride. It is expected that it will become an official rename next week.

Milk was the first gay man publicly to serve as an elected position in the United States after winning a seat in the San Francisco Supervisors Council in 1977. He was assassinated less than a year after he took office. Milk was also a marine officer with a commission of serving in the Korean war, and a family with a history of service came in the branch.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose boycott has a large part of San Francisco, described the decision “wipe out is shameful, my revenge for those who fought to dismantle the barriers for everyone to chase the American dream.”

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“Our army is the strongest in the world – but this hatred step does not enhance our national security or the spirit of” warrior “, is it Common in a statement. “Instead, it is a surrender to an essential American value: honoring the legacy of those who worked to build a better country.”

HegSeth made the war against “Wokenes” and restored what he calls “the spirit of the warrior” central for him She suffers from a scandal Duration. According to what was reported, this decision was framed as part of this effort. On Tuesday, CBS News I mentioned The navy was looking to change the names of other ships named after the leaders and icons of prominent civil rights, including Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Badr GinsburgHarriet Tobman, Cesar Chavez and Midgar Evars.