James Osyf, a Navy Reserve commander and national security executive, is running to unseat Virginia Republican U.S. Rep. Jen ...

Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. Navy has renamed a ship honoring slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk, replacing it with the name of a World War II hero.

The ship was previously in Mobile in March for maintenance. The ship was the Navy’s first named for an openly gay person. Milk was elected to public office as a member of the San Francisco Board of ...

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk, a Navy logistics support ship that refuels other vessels and can also deliver supplies, is now named after Medal of Honor recipient Oscar ...

It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco.

USNS Harvey Milk was the second ship in the John Lewis class of Navy oilers. It was decided during the Obama administration that they would be named for civil rights icons.

(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy via AP)) (CN) — In an announcement coinciding with the end of Pride Month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday the U.S.

The Pentagon is looking to rename ships named after civil rights icons, including the gay rights leader Harvey Milk. For LTBTQ sailors who saw the Navy as a refuge, it feels like a betrayal.