Catoctin Mountain and the Potomac River. (Note that a local tradition asserts that "Catoctin" means "place of many deer" in an Indian language.) Catoctin Mountain is perhaps best known as the site of Camp David, a mountain retreat for presidents of the United States. It was first used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, who called it "Shangri-La". In the 1950s President Dwight Eisenhower renamed it Camp David, after his grandson David Eisenhower. The resort is extremely well guarded by the United States Secret Service, and only approved guests of the President are allowed into the retreat. Due to its
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower or foreign militant supporters escaping" Somalia. In March 2007, following the Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel, "Dwight D. Eisenhower" began battle group exercises off the Iranian coastline. The following month, in April, the ship was relieved by "Nimitz". On 4 October 2008 "Dwight D. Eisenhower" Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Lemar Robinson was killed aboard ship during training exercises off the coast of North Carolina. The sailor was struck and mortally wounded, by an airplane at 8:15 p.m. on the carrier's flight deck. On 21 February 2009, "Dwight D. Eisenhower" deployed for the Arabian Sea and environs rotating into