
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Monday said the “environment” led to the reversal of the decision to not refuel and then retire the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) aircraft carrier halfway through its service life. Adm. John Richardson addressed the Truman reversal here in the opening panel of the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Exposition. “We were always fundamentally prepared to reverse that decision if that’s what the environment showed. The environment showed…