Actor Sean Penn hammered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for attempting to erase LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk’s service record. Penn, 64, ripped Hegseth as “Chief PETTY Officer” in an email to The Hollywood Reporter after it was revealed in a leaked Pentagon memo that the United States Naval Ship Harvey Milk—christened in Milk’s honor on Nov.

Navy tradition and basic decency make clear the beleaguered defense secretary shouldn’t rename the ship. Hegseth is doing it anyway.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is looking to rename several Navy ships which honor civil rights leaders, according to documents obtained by CBS.These memos show Secretary Hegseth is changing the name of the USNS Harvey Milk at the beginning of Pride Month.