Addressing the crew members who were on the pier at the end of his visit, Esper said he had recently visited the Navy’s boot camp in Illinois and was told “every sailor’s a firefighter. /* . window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=5.2.9"}}; // */ addSize([1200, 0], [[300,250],[300,600],[300,100],[234,60],[120,600],[120,240],[160,600]]). So everything was flashing. He likened the damage inside the ship to that of a town hit by a tornado: one side of the street might be totally devastated, while on the other side of the street houses are still standing. The fire did not result in the any deaths and only minor injuries. addSize([800, 0], [[300,250],[300,100],[234,60],[120,240]]). Posted July 15, 2020. changeYear: true, addSize([0, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[234,60],[120,240]]). maxDate: new Date(d.getFullYear(), 12-1, 31), NCIS, ATF Investigating Sailor in USS Bonhomme Richard Fire Criminal Probe, Member Services call 800-233-8764 or 410-268-6110, Surface Warfare Training Growing More Complex with Tougher Scenarios. var topLeaderboardSizeMapping = googletag.sizeMapping(). 2. Dr. Sal Mercogliano provides an update on the USS Bonhomme Richard fire at Naval Base San Diego. img#wpstats{display:none} gtm4wp_track_downloads( "pdf,doc,docx,xls,xlsx,ppt,pptx,zip,rar,gz,tar" ); }); beforeShow: function(input, inst) { $('#ui-datepicker-div').addClass('show'); }, Cleanup on USS Bonhomme Richard Continues as Ship’s Fate Remains Unclear, Member Services call 800-233-8764 or 410-268-6110, Navy: Norfolk Naval Shipyard CO Removed Over Poor On-Time Maintenance Rates. /* height: 1em !important; })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-W86BDD');//]]> “The things that you can plug and play, we’re using that for other class ships, other things, and keeping sort of the supply system going.”. '+'js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'? var bannerSizes = [[120, 240], [300, 100], [320, 100], [320, 50], [468, 60], [300, 250], [234, 60], [336, 280], [728, 90]]; Investigations into the fire have been extended until at least until December, USNI News understands, and with them any decisions about the fate of the ship. addSize([1200, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[468,60],[234,60],[120,240],[970,90]]). changeMonth: true, $('.date-pick').each(function() { The port side has already been repainted to protect the steel hull, with little damage visible from the pier aside from missing portions of the superstructure. Sobeck, who enlisted in the Navy before becoming a commissioned officer, said “in my first day of boot camp, like everybody else’s, we learned how to, one, wake up really early, but two, work as a team from day one. /* Bonhomme Richard required five days of sustained firefighting. dateFormat: format.toLowerCase(), vertical-align: -0.1em !important; dataLayer.push( dataLayer_content );//]]> For now, the USS America -- a newer version of the amphibious assault ship capable of deploying F-35s -- is filling in for the Bonhomme Richard, operating out of … Craig smiled at that notion: “I think that’s an odd question when people ask that, why did you go in and everything. Follow @maeday22//