US navy pauses operations after 10 sailors lost in collision
The US Navy declared a worldwide pause in its operations on Monday after the latest in a series of accidents left ten sailors missing and five injured. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson ordered an "operational pause" to allow a "comprehensive review" of practices after the destroyer USS John McCain was hit by a merchant tanker off Singapore. "As you know this is the second collision in three months and the last of a series of incidents in the Pacific theater," Richardson said.