The Navy names a 670-foot-long ship after Air Force Tech Sgt. John A. Chapman, the combat controller who was killed in 2002 in Afghanistan and later decorated with the Medal of Honor. The pre-positioning ship, used to forward deploy Air Force munitions and other supplies, is one of 35 of its type that the Navy’s Military Sealift Command operates.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
