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  • Roosevelt crew sleeps to shift to night operations

    03/19/2003 9:44:28 AM PST · by doug from upland · 4 replies · 114+ views
    AP ^ | 3-19-03 | George Jahn
    Roosevelt crew sleeps to shift to night operations By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press © March 19, 2003 Last updated 10:45 AM Mar. 19 ABOARD THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- War preparations are in full swing aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt -- most of the crew is asleep. Combat pilots and most of crew aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier were ordered to snooze through the day Wednesday so they could shift to night operations. The other carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, the Norfolk-based Harry S. Truman, will stay on day duty -- thus providing round-the-clock combat capability. Some sailors on the Roosevelt...