Never was a fan of naming ships after Presidents, and even less of naming ships after living people, so needless to say I was not pleased when the name of CVN-76 was announced (Reagan was still living then). However, since I see no chance we'll end the deplorable habit of naming ships after presidents asince Reagan is dead now, I no longer dislike the name USS Ronald Reagan, but I still find the USS George H. W. Bush and USS Jimmy Carter to have unacceptable names. Thankfully we don't have a USS Bill Clinton or a USS George W. Bush, but I fear there will be a push to name CVN-81 the USS Barack Obama (or even the CVN-80 if we get a President willing to brave the ire of Trekkies to rename it from Enterprise before it gets officially christened).
George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter both had distinguished naval careers.
True but they are still alive. Once they are dead, I'll have no problems with naming ships after them.
