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Source: Reuters
Exclusive: Navy probe to decide future of fired U.S. carrier commander
Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as he is hailed as a hero by his crew, the fired commander of a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier is being reassigned while investigators consider whether he should face disciplinary action, acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday.
Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of the Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday after a scathing letter in which he called on the Navy for stronger action to halt the spread of the virus aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was leaked to the media.
Modly said in an interview that the letter was shared too widely and leaked before even he could see it.
But the backlash to Modlys decision to fire Crozier has been intense. In videos posted online, sailors on the Theodore Roosevelt applauded Crozier and hailed him as a hero, out to defend his crew - even at great personal cost to his career.
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Modly did not suggest that Croziers career was over, saying he thought everyone deserved a chance at redemption.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-exclusive/exclusive-navy-probe-to-decide-future-of-fired-u-s-carrier-commander-idUSKBN21L28Q
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Chainfire
(17,530 posts)going forward, is a desk job, counting Navy beans, until retirement, or until he gets a new Commander in Chief. He sacrificed his career to save his men. He is a gold plated hero.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)They should be investigating shitstain & whomever failed to respond timely!
rickford66
(5,523 posts)CE3 Here. Any other Sailors on board ?
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)before his next promotion cycle.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Sick bastards and then you have SIL Kushyboy..prancing around the world on a peace mission..and then telling states Fed. Gubment ..oh never mind...you all know where I am going...
They couldn't carry Capt. Crosiers sweat...
Update from RET. Navy Chief son.."Im waiting for people to storm the place"...
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)of 5 years before he would be eligible for that position. Odd little rule.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)old guy
(3,283 posts)From what? Not kissing tRumps a...er..ring?
defacto7
(13,485 posts)soryang
(3,299 posts)https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/even-coronavirus-couldnt-stop-the-2nd-us-carrier-visit-to-vietnam/
Commercial port calls for cruise ships in Southeast Asia were already canceled. The Diamond Princes debacle in Osaka was already well under way. Someone in the chain of command made a bad judgement call. I don't think it was much of a career risk under these circumstances for the Captain to seek help with the outbreak. The handwriting was already on the wall.