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   From: bksherman@latimes.com   
      
   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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