<p>On Saturday nite, 10 Jan @ 8 p.m. EST on C-Span, they are re-airing today's commissioning ceremony of the USN's newest and last Nimitz-class carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush. All the brass and big kahunas were there. A most impressive event with ample speechafying!</p>
<p>This was broadcast live today-
at least up here in the Northeast-</p>
<p>You betcha! And terrific when aired live, it was! Reading carefully, you might note the alert offers...</p>
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<p>And it was just as exciting on the instant replay! :cool: Hope you mighta seen it. Again.</p>
<p>It was truly magnificent to watch live today!</p>
<p>Let us know if it will be shown again. Hubby and I saw it live; Son (USNA Candidate) was working out/running.....and we missed Whistle Pig's announcement of the re-airing. So, if it re-re-airs, sound off please!</p>
<p>WP- with all due respect, I am not the one that needs to do the "careful reading."</p>
<p>The entire ceremony is available online at The</a> U.S. Navy</p>
<p>What ever happened to the practice of naming government buildings/Navy ships for notable individuals AFTER they died? Though Bush was the youngest Navy pilot at the time (for being the son of a US senator); when his plane crashed into the ocean after being hit by flak he was the only survivor and all of his crew members perished because he was inexperienced and gave the order to bail out too late. Why did the US Navy name an aircraft carrier after Bush 41 father of George Bush? BTW, what ever happened to Bush Jr's military records while Bush Sr. was Director of the CIA?</p>
<p>usna09mom: I do not consider this the proper form to answer your questions. I suggest you ask your mid how ships are named. And, I suggest you contact the NY Times to answer your other conspiracy questions.</p>
<p>ooh, ouch. Wrong place, wrong time. It would seem your concerns are a bit late and perhaps misdirected.</p>
<p>USNA09MOM- you do know that bubbling around somewhere right now is the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN23 "SeaWolf class Attack sub -commissioned in 2004 I believe) don't you? When last heard from I believe that Former President Carter was in fact still with us. As far as your slander about the former president's military record in WWII- .</p>
<p>Not exactly unheard of.
From Wikipedia:</p>
<p>"The following ships received their names while their namesakes were alive."</p>
<p>George Washington (5)
John Hancock (2)
Benjamin Franklin
Martha Washington
Silas Deane
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison (3)
Martin Van Buren
Harriet Lane
John Holland
Joshua Talbot
Richmond Turner
Carl Vinson
Hyman Rickover
Arleigh Burke
John Stennis
Bob Hope
Ronald Regan
Paul Nitze
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Wayne Meyer
Gerald R. Ford</p>