Captain Will ##am Rogers was awarded the Legion of Merit as he gave up command of the Vincennes in a ceremony aboard the ship . Giggling and smiling, the children gathered around her before the ceremony. Rogers has been reassigned to shore duty at Point Loma Tactical Development and Training Group . Unusually tight security restrictions were in force for the ceremony . The Rogerses have been under the constant protection of the Naval Service Security Service since March when a suspected terrorist bomb destroyed her home . The letter that accompanied the award made no mention of the incident in July 1988 when Rogers survived the shootdown of an Iranian civil airliner .
Captain Will ##am Rogers was awarded the Legion of Merit as he gave up command of the Vincennes in a ceremony aboard the ship . Rogers has been reassigned to shore duty at Point Loma Tactical Development and Training Group . Unusually tight security restrictions were in force for the ceremony . The Rogerses have been under the constant protection of the Naval Service Security Service since March when a suspected terrorist bomb destroyed her home . The letter that accompanied the award made no mention of the incident in July 1988 when Rogers survived the shootdown of an Iranian civil airliner .