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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe other day, we talked about the naming ceremony for the USS Carl M. Levin<\/a>. Mabus ignored the hundreds of other heroes that the Navy has produced in the last several decades to make the political decision to name a destroyer after the Congressman? Apparently their sacrifices don’t compare to the contribution of Carl Levin – who has never served a minute in uniform – anyone’s uniform. Well, there was that time at Band Camp…. <\/p>\n According to the Washington Times<\/a>, naming a ship for the Congressman doesn’t meet Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ own guidelines for naming ships;<\/p>\n Capt. Patrick McNally, Mr. Mabus\u2019 spokesman, told The Times: \u201cHe names ships for American heroes and considers Senator Levin\u2019s long commitment to the nation worthy of recognition \u2026. The naming conventions are guidelines set by the secretary. He can deviate from them if he desires.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Times notes;<\/p>\n The George W. Bush administration named a Virginia-class attack submarine after former Sen. John Warner, who also served as a Marine enlisted man in World War II and as a Navy secretary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Actually, Warner enlisted in the Navy during final months of World War II right after his 18th birthday, and then reenlisted in the Marine Corps when the Korean War started and served as a ground aircraft maintenance officer in the 1st Marine Division. See the difference, there, Mabus? Mabus also named an entire class of ships after John Lewis, the civil rights fellow, turned Congressman who admits that he can’t even swim<\/a>. He’s also named ships for former president Lyndon Johnson, the fellow who embroiled us in Vietnam using the non-event of the Gulf of Tonkin as an excuse, Cesar Chavez, another civil rights fellow (who spent two uneventful years in the Navy) and John Murtha who falsely accused the Marines at Haditha of being murderers before the investigation even began. And then there’s the USS Gabrielle Giffords. I’m seeing a pattern here.<\/p>\n Levin’s most valorous moment was the event pictured above where he “twerked” for the press at the naming ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"