USS COLE is the first warship named for Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, USMC (1920-1945). Sergeant Cole was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry in the campaign at Iwo Jima. Sergeant Cole was enlisted in to the Marine Corps originally as a Bugler; this proved to be some what a slow pace and demoralizing rating due to him joining a fighting unit to fight. . He had applied for a change in rating, …showed first 75 words of 322 total…

…showed last 75 words of 322 total…provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities, and can operate independently or as part of carrier battle groups, surface action groups, amphibious ready groups while still maintaining maximum operation ional capabilities. Technological advances in the past 30 years have warranted a new class of destroyers that would capitalize from data gained over the course of the Cold War. The new class of destroyers gained the name of the Arleigh Burke steming from the navys illustrious destroyer squand