ABOARD A DESTROYER U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the USS Higgins with Navy Commander Rome Ruiz in San Diego, Aug. 12, 2010. The Higgins is an Arleigh Burke-class, guided missile destroyer, named in honor of Marine Col. William R. (Rich) Higgins, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1988, while serving as the chief, Observer Group Lebanon and senior military observer, U.S. Military Observer Group, U.N. Truce Supervision Organization (Palestine). SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.06 MB) Photo By: VIRIN: 764125-E-ZWZ13-640.jpg Photo Gallery