Videos show sailors sending off ousted USS Roosevelt commander with cheers, applause
https://www.foxnews.com/us/uss-roosevelt-commander-cheered-crew
(Can't post vid, maybe smarter anon can)
The ship docked a week earlier in Guam after several cases of coronavirus were reported aboard the ship. Crozier wrote a letter to senior military officials, which was leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle and published Tuesday.
The letter discussed conditions on the ship, particularly regarding the danger it posed to the sailors. Crozier warned that “if we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset – our sailors.”
Crozier went on to request to have almost the entire crew removed to slow the spread of the outbreak.
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced Crozier’s removal during a Pentagon news conference on Thursday. Modly claimed that the letter “created a panic, a little bit of panic on the ship.”
"This decision is not one of retribution," Modly said.
"I did not come to this decision lightly. I have no doubt in my mind [Captain] Crozier did what he thought was in the best interest [of] the safety and well being of his crew. Unfortunately, he did the opposite.
"It unnecessarily raised alarms with the families of our sailors and Marines with no plan to address those concerns," Modley continued. "It raised concerns about the operational security and operational capability of that ship that could have emboldened our adversaries to seek advantage and it undermined the chain of command."
He was also not happy the letter was sent out over email that is "not secure."
Modly said he didn't mind Crozier raising concerns, but "it was the way in which he did it."
Modly said it "created panic on the ship" and "misrepresented the facts," adding that Americans back home were "panicked."
The Navy has already moved some 1,000 sailors off the ship and was working to remove another 2,700 by Friday.
>Crozier went on to request to have almost the entire crew removed to slow the spread of the outbreak.
>The Navy has already moved some 1,000 sailors off the ship and was working to remove another 2,700 by Friday.
Nothing like the Brass covering their own Asses!
Patriot Capt. relieved.