The sailor who chose to “save his kids” by dying. In my book, I point out that in the Navy, saving the ship, not “safety,” is the highest priority. There will be stories like this in the future about spaceflight.
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I think renaming the USS Gabby Giffords to the USS Rehm would be very appropriate.
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Or if you’re the sort of person who works for the Daily Beast, USS Diversity Is Our Strength.
Let the Little Crappy Ship remain the USS Gabby Giffords. A cruiser or destroyer is more appropriate.
That America still has such folks gives hope.
“There is always a remnant”.
Fictional so far, but those stories have already been written: See R.A.H.’s story about Noisy Rhysling – “The Green Hills of Earth”, IIRC.
Heinlein was Navy.
Ship, shipmate, self.
A posthumous promotion to Chief Petty Officer and a small plot of ground in Arlington should be in order once the paperwork is done.