The newest versions are being equipped for ballistic missile defense. Other family and friends were present.ĭisplacing 9,500 tons, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is built to simultaneously wage war against submarines, aircraft and missiles, and other warships. Her daughter two granddaughters, one of whom sang “God Bless America ” and an 11-year-old great-granddaughter were also participants at the event.
At the event Saturday, she was in a wheelchair Barnum has been her care provider since she had a stroke about five years ago. His wife, Martha Hill, served as the ship’s sponsor. The event was a family affair for Barnum, who now lives in Virginia. The school’s abbot, Mark Cooper, delivered the invocation on Saturday.
He retired from the Marine Corps as a colonel after nearly three decades of service and served the secretary of defense as principal director of drug enforcement policy, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for reserve affairs, and acting assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs.īarnum, of Reston, Virginia, was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, and studied at Saint Anselm College, a Benedictine college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. And, you know, there’s no fury unleashed that’s greater than that of a bunch of Marines that know that their buddies have been shot.”īarnum later became the first Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam conflict to return for another tour. But when it gets tough, the tough get going and that’s what Marines do,” he said.
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