Additionally, I'm hearing that, in support of the efforts of the city of Topeka to win the Google broadband network, the Navy will be changing the name of my old boat to USS Google (SSN 754).
Update 1440 01 Apr: More big news coming out today! From the U.S. Navy Facebook page:
Today the Navy announced a new and unprecedented partnership with the U.S. Air Force on the next Aircraft Carrier. The next Ford class aircraft carrier will be jointly crewed by both Navy and Air Force personnel becoming the first fully joint warship. In the spirit of this partnership the ship will be named the "James Doolittle" after Lt Col. James Doolittle that famously led a raid on Tokyo in April 1942. In the spirit of environmental efforts in the Navy, the ship will include a new 'Green Flight Deck' designed to Air Force specifications. Naval aviators have never been so excited about an upcoming deployment.They even have a picture:
