Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yeah, it was legit service to her country and the shooting was service connected (not a random mugging, boyfriend's wife, etc).
From what I know about her, she was know for doing those town hall meetings, and on the politician-statesman scale she was probably closer to statesman.
I wouldn't have named a ship after her myself, but it's not totally ludicrous.
Originally Posted by
BDGERJMN
I'm sure the families of 30 of our nations finest who were lost on August 6th, 2011 might disagree with you Rickair...just sayin'.
To name a few of those 30:
The deaths included:
22 U.S. Navy SOF personnel 20 of whom were from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group's (formerly known as SEAL Team Six) Gold Squadron.
5 U.S. crew members from the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment.
1 U.S. special operations Air Force Combat Controller from the 24th Special Tactics Squadron.
2 U.S. special operations Air Force Pararescuemen from the 24th Special Tactics Squadron.
7 Afghan National Army special operations soldiers.
1 Afghan civilian interpreter.
1 U.S. military working dog
The 30 American deaths represent the greatest loss of U.S. military lives in a single incident in the decade-long war in Afghanistan that began in 2001
Yep - I bet there are some GREAT ship names in that bunch. Some of them might even have approached 'statesman' status at my kitchen table.
USMCFLYR