A section of the FY27 NDAA includes a provision that the Navy secretary may only change the name of a ship with the consent of the Senate.
The Senate Armed Services Committee seeks to strip the waiver authority granted to the president to approve offshore ship construction.
Watching his son graduate as a U.S. Navy officer inspired Westerberg in 2022 — at the age of 64 — to also pursue a commission in the sea service.
The secretary of the Navy’s announcement comes as tensions mount between U.S. media and the second Trump administration.
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