U.S. Navy orders "operational pause" after destroyer collision

The U.S. Navy's top admiral ordered the entire fleet Monday to take an "operational pause" for a day or two after the Navy destroyer John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore.Adm. John Richardson gave the order as a search continued for 10 crewmen assigned to the destroyer who are still missing after the collision in the Strait of Malacca early Monday local time."This is the second collision in three months and the last in a series of incidents in the Pacific theater," Richardson said in a videotaped statement. "This trend demands more forceful action."The collision cause…READ FULL ARTICLE