Additionally, significant input was obtained via e-mail, letters and through the Academy's strategic planning website. With the assessment phase complete, the Academy is now developing its year 2010 vision, analyzing current capabilities against future requirements and identifying needed projects and initiatives to get there. While serving as a senior military advisor for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon, he disappeared in February 1988. He was held captive by the Hezbollah in Lebanon and later murdered. After his death, President Bush awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal and Purple Heart.
Physical access is easier, for one.
Cableways are open, so we can run the fiber-optic cables throughout the ship. This makes keeping in touch with family and friends ashore much easier, as well as ensuring the crew gets messages and job-related information. Higgins contains the latest navigation, communications and tracking equipment. It is the first Navy ship to sail without a magnetic compass on board, instead using the digital flux gate magnetometer for accuracy. The ship's sponsor is Robin Higgins, widow of Col. Higgins.