MI HR0281

Supports naming a new United States Navy Littoral Combat Ship after Battle Creek, Michigan

Battle Creek has hosted major military installations since 1917, including Camp Custer, Fort Custer, the 110th Air National Guard Airlift Wing, and the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center housing Defense Logistics Agency commands

The city serves as home to a Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center treating over 75,000 veterans annually and Fort Custer National Cemetery, the 7th largest in the National Cemetery Administration with over 38,000 veterans interred

Naming a Littoral Combat Ship after Battle Creek would reflect the city's history of joint military cooperation and support for service members, with backing from the Navy League, USS Battle Creek Committee, and local business organizations

Directs transmission of the resolution to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, and Michigan Congressional Delegation