
The Obama administration’s nominee for the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. John Richardson, said on Thursday that the service’s planned aircraft carrier gap in the Middle East this fall will be a “detriment” to the service’s capability to fight the Islamic State.Navy officials have said there could be a two-month void between the time the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) leaves the Persian Gulf and the arrival of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) to take its place, Navy…