Music with Col. Jason Fettig // Renaming the USS Stennis Hosted by Jim Fausone
Music with Col. Jason Fettig // Renaming the USS Stennis Hosted by Jim Fausone  
Podcast: Veterans Radio
Published On: Mon Dec 09 2024
Description: This week’s first guest is Colonel Jason K. Fettig (ret.), internationally recognized musicianColonel Jason K. Fettig is the 28th Director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Col. Fettig joins host Jim Fausone to discuss his career, famous composer John Philip Sousa, tradition, and music in the the military.Learn more about Col. Fettig here. We also hear from two Navy Veterans on the renaming of the USS John C. StennisNavy Veterans Capt. John Cordle and LCdr Keith Green, both retired, talk with Jim Fausone about the USS Stennis, which is named after former Mississippi senator John C. Stennis (1901-1995) who was an avowed segregationist. Cordle and Green talk about Stennis, his history, and the afront of having an aircraft carrier named after him. Several servicemembers, current and retired, are pushing for the USS Stennis to be renamed once it sets sail after a maintenance overhaul currently taking place.Cordle wrote an article on the subject for the Navy Times, called “Now is the time to rename the carrier John C. Stennis.”