Interesting. Late last year, the Pentagon apparently got itself into a tizzy over the proposed name for a new class of Navy vessel - the "Sea Blade" - fearing it sounded too "gay" and ordered a change. Couldn't have helped, I suppose, that DC's best-known gay newspaper is, of course, the Washington Blade, and Navy types are well-known for being, well, a bunch of fags.

Seems, however, that the Army has no such qualms over the naming of its newest vehicle, choosing to name it, as it has, after this guy.