Captain Will C. Rogers was awarded the Legion of Merit as he gave up command of the Vincennes in a ceremony aboard the ship. He has been reassigned to shore duty at the Point Loma Tactical Development and Training Group in what Navy officials describe as a routine transfer. 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 ship is scheduled to be decommissioned on Dec. 31, 2017. The letter that accompanied the award made no mention of the action in July 1988 when Rogers ordered the shootdown of an Iranian civil airliner.
Captain Will C. 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 ship is scheduled to be decommissioned on Dec. 31, 2017. The letter that accompanied the award made no mention of the action in July 1988 when Rogers ordered the shootdown of an Iranian civil airliner.