Watch the hero's farewell sailors gave their fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper

[turbinetree]

1 hour ago

Hundreds of sailors aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt applauded as their commanding officer left the ship Thursday because Big Navy fired him.

“Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!” the sailors chanted amid claps and cheers as their skipper walked along the gangway, leaving his ship of nealy 5,000 sailors.

“That’s how you send off one of the greatest captains you ever had,” one sailor said one of several cell phone videos posted online Thursday.

Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the sidelined aircraft carrier in port in Guam, was abruptly relieved of duty Thursday after copy of writing a letter describing the COVID-19 outbreak on the 4,800-person ship and pleaded for help from his senior officers.

https://www.militarytimes.com/home/left-column/2020/04/03/watch-the-heros-farewell-sailors-gave-their-fired-theodore-roosevelt-skipper/



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Join in the petition signing to re-instate this hero...................

https://www.change.org/p/usn-istandwithcaptcrozier-captcrozier-cvn71-reinstate-captain-crozier-as-commanding-officer?recruiter=1069999511&recruited_by_id=72053ef0-753e-11ea-a9bd-3db7f282bda0&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_message&utm_term=psf_combo_share_message&share_bandit_exp=message-21296307-en-US&share_bandit_var=v0

[underpants]

1. 🇺🇸

[MagickMuffin]

2. This MisAdmin/MalAdmin is playing the numbers game

You tell the truth and you are gone.

[Norbert]

3. Will they fire the 100s of sailors that applauded in approval?

[cwydro]

4. This honorable man was a Naval Academy graduate, had a masters degree, and was a pilot.

28 years in the Navy.

Very bad move on the orange menace’s part.

And what a loss to our country. I hope fervently this costs him some votes.

[turbinetree]

7. This is his history................

Captain Brett E. Crozier
Commanding Officer (June 2017 - November 2018)
Captain Crozier, a native of Santa Rosa, California, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1992 and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1994.

Following completion of flight training, he was assigned to HSL-37 in Barbers Point, Hawaii, as a SH-60B Seahawk pilot. He deployed on board USS Crommelin (FFG 37) and USS Fletcher (DD 992) in support of operations in the Pacific Ocean and Operation Southern Watch in the Arabian Gulf.

Captain Crozier then reported to Navy Personnel Command in 1999 as an aviation detailer and retention program manager. Following this tour, he completed an aircraft transition to the F/A-18 Hornet and in 2002 reported to VFA-97 in Lemoore, Calif. While assigned to the ‘Warhawks,’ he deployed with USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003.

In 2004, Captain Crozier reported to VFA-94 as a department head and deployed with the ‘Mighty Shrikes’ on board Nimitz in 2005 again in support of OIF. Captain Crozier was assigned to VFA-125 in 2006 and served as an instructor and FRS Operations Officer. Following this tour with the ‘Rough Raiders,’ he reported in 2007 to the Naval War College and earned a Master’s Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.

https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcc19/Pages/Bio1-9June2017-16June2018.aspx

[cwydro]

8. Thanks for that.

He is the true definition of a hero, standing up for the sailors under his command.

[turbinetree]

9. Your welcome..................

[cwydro]

10. Kick

[LakeArenal]

5. Recommended a million times.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[dalton99a]

11. A must see.