An expected homecoming for NAS Lemoore-based sailors onboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is being delayed. The Navy announced Monday that the ship will remain deployed and at sea as a precaution against COVID-19 and to ensure fleet readiness. The ship is heading back to the United States...
Navy Reports First Coronavirus Death From Roosevelt Crew
WASHINGTON — A member of the crew of the coronavirus-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt died Monday of complications related to the disease, the Navy said, just weeks after the aircraft carrier's captain was fired for pressing his concern that the Navy had done too little to safeguard his crew. The sailor,...
Navy Leader Calls Fired Carrier Captain ‘Naive’ or ‘Stupid’
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary broadside punctuated with profanity, the Navy’s top leader accused the fired commander of the COVID-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt of being “too naive or too stupid” to be in charge of an aircraft carrier. He delivered the criticism to sailors who had cheered the departing skipper...
Navy Axes Captain of Ship with Lemoore Sailors Over Virus Warning
WASHINGTON — The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired Thursday. Navy leaders said he created a panic by sending a memo pleading for help to too many people. Capt. Brett Crozier was the commander of the USS...
Feds: Man Intentionally Derailed LA Train Near Hospital Ship
LOS ANGELES — A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there to help during the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The locomotive crashed through a series...
Navy Carrier with Nearly 800 Lemoore Crew Aboard to be Partially Evacuated to Fight Outbreak
Nearly 3,000 sailors aboard the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be taken off the ship in an effort to stop a spreading coronavirus outbreak. Close to 800 NAS Lemoore-based personnel are on-board the ship, attached to two strike F/A-18E fighter squadrons from the base. The sailors will be taken off the ship by...
Lemoore Sailors on Aircraft Carrier Facing Coronavirus Outbreak
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members onshore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. In a memo to Navy leaders, the captain...
Navy Is Overhauling Education System as US Advantages Erode
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The U.S. Navy is overhauling its approach to education because the nation no longer has a massive economic and technological edge over potential adversaries, according to a strategy it is releasing Monday. The Education for Seapower Strategy 2020, provided to The Associated Press ahead of its release,...
Uneasy Quiet in Mideast, Month After Iran Strike Against US
ABOARD THE USS HARRY S TRUMAN (AP) — Nearly a month after Iran launched a rare direct military attack against United States forces in Iraq, an uneasy quiet has settled across the Mideast. Watching fighter jets roar off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, the...
Lemoore Navy Fighter Squadrons Return After Historic Deployment
Two U.S. Navy fighter squadrons based in Lemoore returned home to loved ones Saturday following nearly 10 months away in the Mediterranean and Middle East. The squadrons were assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which just completed a 294-day deployment — the longest since the end of the Cold...