Officers and distinguished guests stand during the National Anthem at the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51), one of the few ships named after a living person. From left: ADM L.A. Edney, CMDR. in chief, U.S. Atlantic Cmd./supreme allied CMDR., Atlantic; R. Perot, honorary Commissioning Fdn. Chmn; ADM D. E . Jeremiah, vice Chmn., Joint Chiefs of STAFF; H. L. Garrett III, secretary of the Navy; R.B. Cheney, secretary of defense and CMDR John G. Morgan Jr., commanding officer of the ARLEIGH BURKE