Losangelesblade.com, Volume 05, Issue 22, May 28, 2021

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Dignitaries tour the 60% completed USNS Harvey Milk

Construction work on the future U.S. Navy fleet oiler named for slain gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk is nearly 60 percent completed according to a spokesperson for the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company division of General Dynamics Corporation commonly referred to as NASSCO.

This past week on the eve of what would have been Milk’s 91st birthday on Saturday, Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, elected officials and other dignitaries were given two separate tours of the vessel.

The Milk is a fleet oiler and will be assigned the tasks of replenishing fuel oil and dry goods to U.S. naval vessels at sea. The Milk is the second ship in the new John Lewis class of fleet oilers. The future USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) , is named for the former civil rights leader and Georgia congressman, and is also under construction at NASSCO San Diego.

The first six vessels in the Lewis class of fleet oilers are named after prominent civil rights activists and leaders, in addition to the USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) are; USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) – LGBT activist Harvey Milk; USNS Earl Warren (T-AO-207) – Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren; USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO-208) – U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO-209) – the women’s rights activist; USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO-210) – the abolitionist and women’s rights activist.

San Diego City & County Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez arranged the private tours led by Dennis DuBard, manager of Government Relations at General Dynamic NASSCO on behalf of the shipbuilders.

Among the dignitaries were Stuart Milk, co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation; San Diego’s openly gay Mayor Todd Gloria; State Senate President Toni G. Atkins; City Council member Stephen Whitburn; State Assemblymember Christopher Ward; Congress member Sara Jacobs; State Commissioner Robert Gleason; The Center’s Cara Dessert; and Navy veteran, Chief Petty Officer Morgan M. Hurley, USN Ret. former chair of the LGBTQ Veterans Wall of Honor.

Eddie Rey, executive director of the Equality Business Alliance noted,!"The naming of the USNS Harvey Milk is historic for multiple reasons, including that it’s the first military ship named after a service member who was harassed, court martialed and then dishonorably discharged simply for being gay; but most importantly to me — because it tells the world

that our nation now honors and supports LGBTQ individuals. It is my hope that someday the military will reverse and rectify the wrongful ‘Other Than Honorable Discharge’ given to thousands of our LGBTQ brothers, sisters, and siblings. As for Harvey Milk- the message of his less than honorable discharge and naming of a ship is a powerful message- that the family wishes to #$$%!&'!(')*

Milk was given an ‘other than honorable‘ discharge from the Navy on Feb. 7, 1955 after being forced by Navy investigators to describe his sexual relationships in a 152-page document. Some 22 years later he was the first openly gay person elected to a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk would go on to only serve 11 months in office, until he and then-San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, were murdered in their office spaces at City Hall on the morning of Nov. 27, 1978 by disgruntled former supervisor Dan White.

Every year on his birthday, the foundation that bears his name celebrates Harvey Milk Day to remember and teach about his life and his activism work to stop the discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and in California, Harvey Milk Day is recognized by the state’s government as a day of special significance for the Golden State’s public schools.

The day was permanently established by the California Legislature and signed into law by then Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009.

A NASSCO spokesperson said that the Milk is on schedule for a November ‘ship’'! christening’ with commissioning to follow at an unspecified date.

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The United States Army Recruiting Command, (USARC) was forced to disable abusive comments this week on its series of five animated recruiting videos released earlier this month, featuring the stories of servicemembers including Corporal Emma Malonelord, who was raised in California by her two mothers.

Malonelord’s video documents how she felt that by being raised by strong female role models contributed to her breaking barriers in a traditionally male dominated military profession.

In a press release, USARC noted, “Emma seemed to have it all. A self-proclaimed “spoiled kid” – growing up with a supportive family, good education, and plenty of extracurriculars – Emma found herself seeking her purpose in life. While studying at the University of California, Davis, she admired the humanitarian efforts of some of her sorority sisters and began to feel a pull to be part of something bigger. After meeting with an Army recruiter, she said goodbye to her sorority

friends. Though Emma’s moms were initially wary of her joining the Army, they understood their daughter’s desire to chart her own path and, now they are active supporters of the Army community by spearheading letter writing and care package campaigns for Soldiers.”

However, Malonelord’s video triggered a tsunami of abusive and homophobic comments, forcing USARC to disable the comments. The video as of Friday had 1,049,703 views, 2.2 thousand likes and over 50 thousand dislikes.

“Beginning 12 May, we started noticing a significant uptick in negative commentary,” public affairs chief at the Army Enterprise Marketing Office, Laura DeFrancisco, told the Army Times. “The comments violated our social media policy and were not aligned with Army values. Out of respect for the safety and wellbeing of our soldiers and their families, we have disabled the comments.”

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