The fired leader of a Navy warship now pierside in Guam and stricken with the coronavirus might get his old job back following a main examination by the vice chief of marine operations.
Senior Navy leadership will inform Defense Secretary Mark Esper on the results of their investigation into a coronavirus break out aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and issues over the crew’s health that resulted in the firing of the captain, the resignation of the Secretary of the Navy and a lot of it’s 5,000 sailors being placed in quarantine.
Mr. Esper will consult with Adm. Michael M. Gilday, the Chief of Naval Operations, to discuss the results of the questions which could choose whether Capt. Brett E. Crozier will be brought back to command, chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman stated Friday.
” He’s usually inclined to support Navy leadership in their choice,” Mr. Hoffman told press reporters. “he’s going into this with an open mind.”
The New York City Times is reporting the questions will state Capt. Crozier need to be returned to command but that hasn’t been separately validated.
” We are continuing to focus on getting the Teddy Roosevelt’s team back to health and back out to sea,” Mr. Hoffman said.
On April 2, Capt. Crozier was fired already acting Navy secretary Thomas B. Modly after a letter he wrote advocating help for his coronavirus-stricken team was published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Top military leaders in the Pentagon recommended Mr. Modly to await the results of an investigation prior to getting rid of Capt. Crozier from command to no get.
Mobile phone video spread out around the world on social networks of him leaving the ship to the cheers of his team. In numerous quarters, Capt. Crozier was hailed as a hero going to sacrifice his own profession for his team’s sake. He remains in seclusion on Guam after contracting the coronavirus.
The video obviously triggered Mr. Modly to fly to Guam where he provided a short, profanity-laced speech to the team over the ship’s intercom – at one point, calling Capt. Crozier “silly” – prior to flying back to Washington, D.C. The outcry over the message quickly caused Mr. Modly’s resignation.
