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Commission Recommends Renaming Two Navy Ships with Confederate Ties

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) US Navy Photos

Two Navy ships christened with names tied to the Confederacy should be renamed, according to the commission tasked with purging Confederate names from the Department of Defense.

According to the latest report released on Tuesday, The Naming Commission recommended new names for Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and the oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury (T-AGS-66).

The Japan-based cruiser...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/13/commission-recommends-renaming-two-navy-ships-with-confederate-ties

Military Naming Commission Report on U.S. Military Academies

The following is the Aug. 29, 2022, report from the Naming Commission on recommended changes to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy to rename assets named for those affiliated with the Confederacy.

From the report

This is Part II of the Naming Commission’s Final Report, which addresses assets on the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis and fulfills the requirements mandated by the National...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/30/military-naming-commission-report-on-u-s-military-academies

Naming Commission Still Undecided How To Handle Ships with Confederate Ties

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) US Navy Photos

A commission tasked with identifying military assets with names tied to the Confederacy has not yet visited two ships that could be renamed.

The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, which goes by the shorthand “The Naming Commission,” spent the past summer visiting military...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/30/__trashed-10

White House Taps Carlos Del Toro as SECNAV Nominee

A former surface warfare commander and president of a small information technology firm is the Biden administration’s nominee for the long-vacant top job in the Department of the Navy, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

Carlos del Toro, a Cuban-born Naval Academy graduate, has been the current chief executive officer of SBG Technology Solutions for the last 17 years.

Carlos Del Toro

Del Toro served in the Navy for 22 years, including the commissioning commanding...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/11/white-house-taps-carlos-del-toro-as-secnav-nominee

Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin as Biden’s SECDEF

Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III responds to a question during his Senate Armed Forces Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Jan. 19, 2021. DoD Photo

The Senate on Friday voted to confirm retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense.

In a 93-2 vote, the upper chamber confirmed Austin to serve as the first Black Pentagon chief.

The confirmation vote came after both the House and Senate on Thursday voted to grant Austin a waiver to lead the Defense Department....

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/22/senate-confirms-lloyd-austin-as-bidens-secdef

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