 According to Thompson , Moosally requested the command of one of the newly reactivated Iowa @-@ class battleships . His request was supported by Metcalf , ( then ) Rear Admiral " Bud " Flanagan , Rear Admiral Richard Milligan ( the Navy battle group commander in Charleston , South Carolina ) , and ( then ) Rear Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda . The CNO at that time , Admiral Carlisle Trost , apparently agreed , and the request was granted ; Moosally was assigned to command USS Iowa . 
