SPARTA Pride, a national nonprofit focused on supporting trans service members and veterans, is partnering with San Diego ...

Navy replenishment oiler, which was previously named for gay rights leader, has been renamed for World War II hero Oscar V.

Navy announces new name for ship dedicated to gay rights leader Harvey Milk Harvey Milk, who was portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning 2008 movie, served for four years in the Navy before he ...

An L.A. Times reader asks, 'Since Hegseth clearly doesn't want ships to be named after politicians, can we assume that the ...

Re “Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship” (June 3): The Navy will rename USNS Harvey Milk as part of the administration’s move ...

SAN DIEGO — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was changing the name of the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The military on June 27 officially changed the name of a ship honoring the late gay icon Harvey Milk, Defense Secretary Pete ...

FILE - The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first openly gay elected official, in San Diego, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights.

The USNS Harvey Milk was christened and launched at a ceremony in San Diego in 2021. AFP via Getty Images Meanwhile, Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson was posthumously awarded the military’s ...

Designer Annie Alwine's new Pride library card celebrates LGBTQ+ history with style, sparking curiosity and empowerment in San Diego's community.