WASHINGTON — The US Navy is reviewing its operations in the Persian Gulf following a series of high-profile crashes on the other side of the globe that have killed more than 20 sailors over the past few months.

While the accidents have all occurred in the Asia-Pacific Theater, the entire US fleet was ordered to take a daylong “operational pause” last month to review basic seamanship and teamwork. Concerns that the Navy is stretched too thin and that crews are skimping on regular training are resonating far and wide.

“It has sent a global message around. Everyone who is in operation of US vessels is looking around and saying, ‘We need to do some more exercises, we need to do some more training,’” Rockford Weitz, the director of the Maritime Studies program at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told Al-Monitor. “For the Gulf region, from Kuwait and Basra through the Strait of Hormuz, this will have long-term implications for how the Navy approaches those zones.”

The US 5th Fleet, which includes 5,000 American sailors and is stationed in Manama, Bahrain, used the break in operations to solicit feedback from both officers and sailors. More than a half dozen companies, including Boeing, Maersk and BP North America, will also participate in an ongoing readiness review of US Navy operations worldwide.