"AS LIGHT AS AIR, AS STRONG AS IRON"

…Winston Churchill knew the importance of marshalling military strength and determination in the cause of freedom. He himself saw action as a young officer in Africa and India. Almost half a century later Churchill led the British people in the most complete wartime mobilisation in our history. Long before other people woke to the danger in 1930s Europe, Churchill was urging the nation to prepare, if freedom were to be defended. As he said in the bleak days of February 1941, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job." He would understand the strength of purpose with which the U.S. Navy is today equipping itself to defend freedom in a new century.

The USS Winston S. Churchill is a very special ship. Check out the speech below re the ship and the 'special relationship'.

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=326