A port quarter view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) underway after the ship struck a mine on Apr. 14, 1988. A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is on the helicopter pad.
About David B. Larter
David B. Larter was the naval warfare reporter for Defense News.
The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical sites are using the software.
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