He graduated from the Naval Academy, and he was one of the few officers chosen by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to help develop the Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program. You've probably never heard of Rickover, but suffice it to say that he was to the Nuke Program what Patton was to the European Theater during WWII.
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During his time as a Nuke, Carter was attached to one of the first nuclear submarines, the USS Seawolf - the first of a class of ships, the last of which is now being christened with his name some 50 years later. Considering that he was there at the beginning, it's fitting that his name should be attached to the ending.
And considering that Carter is the ONLY President who ever qualified to command a submarine, it is doubly fitting.
As one of the commenters to that post stated:
What is truly enlightening about your rant is that it shows *exactly* what the "bush=hitler" crowd cannot do. They cannot make a distinction between a person, their actions, and the results.
If you thought as they do, his military service would be irrelevant because he had done _something_ (anything, it doesn't matter what) that you didn't agree with. Therefore, his entire career and all his creations were for shit.
Now that I know this (and I would have found it out for myself with a modicum of effort, go lazy me), I agree with Harvey that the name is fitting. Having served in the Navy himself, I respect Harvey and his opinion in such matters greatly. The naming of the new boat honors Carter's service in the Navy and I look forward to hearing great things from the USS Jimmy Carter and its crew. Here is an article that provides some additional detail about this newest addition to the US fleet.
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