• Navy relieves captain who demonstrated lack of leadership about coronav

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 7 03:43:55 2020
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    Thank goodness we don't have someone like that on a carrier any
    longer.

    He just demonstrated his unfitness to lead and command. Someone
    like that can never be trusted to carry out his orders.

    The Navy announced it has relieved the captain who sounded the
    alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore
    Roosevelt.

    Capt. Brett Crozier, who commands the Roosevelt, an aircraft
    carrier with a crew of nearly 5,000, was relieved of his command
    Thursday, but he will keep his rank and remain in the Navy.

    Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak

    Crozier raised the alarm this week, sending a strongly worded
    letter to Navy leadership that detailed his concerns about the
    spread of the virus on the ship. The letter leaked to the media
    and generated a series of headlines.

    Navy relieves commander of USS Theodore Roosevelt of his duties
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    Speaking at a news conference Thursday evening, Acting Navy
    Secretary Thomas Modly said Crozier was removed from his post
    because he sent the letter over "non-secure unclassified email"
    to a "broad array of people" rather than up the chain of command.

    "I have no doubt in my mind that Captain Crozier did what he
    thought was in the best interest of the safety and well-being of
    his crew," Modly said. "Unfortunately, it did the opposite. It
    unnecessarily raised the alarm of the families of our sailors
    and Marines with no plans to address those concerns."

    Modly insisted the that decision was his alone. He praised
    Crozier but said he had concluded that the captain "allowed the
    complexity of the challenge of the COVID breakout on the ship to
    overwhelm his ability to act professionally."

    "The responsibility for this decision rests with me," Modly
    added. "I expect no congratulations for it. Captain Crozier is
    an incredible man."

    In a statement, a group of top Democrats on the House Armed
    Services Committee sharply criticized the decision to remove
    Crozier.

    “The dismissal of Captain Crozier at this critical moment, as
    the sailors aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt are confronted
    with the COVID-19 pandemic, is a reckless, political move that
    reeks of undue command influence," read the statement from
    chairman Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, subcommittee chairs Rep.
    Joe Courtney of Connecticut, Rep. John Garamendi of California
    and Rep. Jackie Speier of California.

    The ship, which was operating in the Pacific, pulled into port
    in Guam last week several days after multiple crew members
    tested positive for the virus. By Wednesday, there were 93
    positive test results, and more than 1,000 people were taken off
    the carrier and placed into isolation on Guam. In total, 2,700
    people are expected to disembark the ship this week, with a
    smaller crew remaining to maintain the carrier.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/navy-expected-relieve- captain-who-raised-alarm-about-covid-19-n1175351
     

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