SAN DIEGO — Search crews combed the ocean off Southern California on Friday for a sailor who may have gone overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The search started Thursday morning after a lookout spotted what appeared to be a person in the water, a statement from the...
Lemoore Based Navy Fighter Crashes in Mojave Desert
A Navy fighter jet from NAS Lemoore crashed Tuesday in the Mojave Desert, but its pilot safely ejected, the Navy said. The F/A-18E Super Hornet went down during a routine training mission in Superior Valley south of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, the Lemoore base said in a Facebook...
US Marines ID All 9 People Killed in Sea-Tank Sinking
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified all nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast. Only one of their bodies was found, despite an intense days-long search involving helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to...
57 Injured in Fire Aboard Ship at Naval Base San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Firefighters were still battling a blaze Monday on a Navy combat ship that injured at least 57 people and sent smoke billowing over San Diego. The fire began Sunday morning aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, apparently in a vehicle storage area as the ship was in a...
Navy Upholds Firing of Carrier Captain in Virus Outbreak
WASHINGTON — In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, the Navy's top officer said Friday. Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, also extended the blame for the ship's pandemic crisis,...
Detained US Navy Veteran Freed by Iran as Part of Deal
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy veteran whose family said his only crime was falling in love left Iran on Thursday after nearly two years of detention, winning his freedom as part of a deal that spared an American-Iranian physician from any additional time behind bars. Michael White flew from Tehran...
Official: FBI Finds Link Between Pensacola Gunman, Al-Qaida
The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative, a U.S. official said Monday. Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray were set to hold a news conference to announce developments in the shooting late last...
Sailors on Carrier With Lemoore Crews Get Virus for Second Time
Five sailors have tested positive for COVID-19 a second time after returning to the sidelined aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy said Thursday. Two F/A-18 fighter squadrons with nearly 800 personnel from NAS Lemoore are deployed onboard the Roosevelt, which is docked in Guam as crew members recover. The...
Navy Recommends Reinstatement of Fired Carrier Captain
WASHINGTON — The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to commanders pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, officials familiar with the investigation said Friday. Adm. Mike Gilday recommended that Navy Capt. Brett...
Trump Tweets He’s Ordered Navy to Destroy Iranian Gunboats
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass U.S. ships, a directive that comes a week after the Navy reported a group of Iranian boats made “dangerous and harassing approaches” to American vessels in the Persian Gulf....