The choice of USS Doris Miller marked the first time an aircraft carrier would honor an enlisted sailor, and the first aircraft carrier to be named for an African American. Asked about his decision to name the carrier after Miller, Modly told CNN that it was recommended to him by a group of retired Black admirals, and that he believes “one of our most powerful warships should bear the name of a sailor like Miller to bring greater attention to what makes our Navy so unique — and great.”
I used to rock a flat top haircut, when living in the mid-south people regularly offered to buy me a beer to thank me for my service. They were often put off if I told them I never served. I switched to asking they write their representatives to improve the VA if they really wanted to thank vets.