Christie Vilsack, former Iowa first lady, is the ship’s sponsor and will also attend the commissioning. According to the commissioning committee’s website, the USS IOWA SSN 797 is a fast ...
"When I go to Congress, that's the mentality I'm going to take." Christie Vilsack, former first lady of Iowa and wife of the ...
Christened by American literacy advocate and politician Christie Vilsack in Groton, Connecticut, in 2023, the latest submarine is scheduled for commissioning in April 2025. The Iowa is the sixth ...