Politics US Navy FIRES captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    US Navy FIRES captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt for 'extremely poor judgment' after his letter to superiors begging for help was leaked - and his commanders insist NONE of the infected sailors need hospitalization
    • Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced that Captain Brett Crozier is being relieved of his command of the USS Roosevelt on Thursday
    • It comes four days after Crozier penned a letter to Navy leaders calling for the immediate evacuation of the aircraft carrier
    • Modly said that the decision to relieve Crozier was driven by the fact that he shared the letter with at least 20 people before it was leaked in the media
    • The secretary insisted that he was not accusing Crozier of leaking it himself
    • However, US officials told Reuters that the Navy did believe he was responsible
    • The USS Roosevelt was docked in Guam last week after 25 crew members tested positive for COVID-19
    • At least 93 sailors on the nuclear aircraft carrier have since tested positive
    • The Navy is in the process of evacuating 2,700 sailors from the ship
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-stricken-USS-Roosevelt-public-plea-help.html
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    If his direct superiors weren't listening to his concerns he was right to leak the letter.
     
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    Doctors and nurses have been fired for talking about lack of PPE. Amazon fired a worker who led action by protesting unsafe conditions.

    Seems shooting the messenger is how some people respond to pandemic.
     
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    That's not how this works.

    Amazon and the like can eat it. This is different. You don't leak stuff in the military.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    OMG...another "whistleblower"?
     
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    You do if you are concerned about the men and women serving under you. You don't rise to the rank of captain in the Navy without knowing exactly what would happen if he leaked the letter. I'm sure he knew the moment he wrote it his career was over.

    Now with the eyes of the country focused on this ship the health and welfare of the crew will given the importance they deserve. That's not always the case when it comes to our service personnel. See the sorry state of some of our VA hospitals for example.
     
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    This is how the government works. It’s the reason whistleblowers exist. Of course now days whistleblowing is called treason.
     
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    Bullshit. The navy got embarassed and made an example. Kudos to Captain Crozier for putting his men and women before his career. He deserves a medal
     
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    But did the captain ask nicely?
     
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    I kind of agree I get the principle behind it, but the military is a different thing altogether.
     
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    I can check with Lucia.
     
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    Boy do you guys not understand how the military works. This guy’s career is toast.
     
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    The captain knew that when he wrote the letter.

    But yeah, the military doesn't fuck around. His career is toast but I'm sure he'll get a gig as an "expert" on one of the national news networks.
     
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    It's a treasonous offense, and he should never serve in our military again.
     
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    MARIS61 Real American

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    Leakers and whiners who grandstand for attention are usually mentally unstable narcissists with delusions of grandeur, are usually middle-managers with little knowledge and/or expertise, and endanger everyone by dividing our country and aiding the enemy, which in this case is China.

    Weak, untrustworthy swamprats.
     
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    The Navy was absolutely "handling it", just not in the manner desired by the cowardly leaker. The Quivering Captain succumbed to paranoia for his personal safety, and endangered the ship, the crew, the nation by revealing to China how effective their bioweapon attack has been. China will now be modelling how many other ships and bases they have been able to infect.

    As for VA hospitals, Trump has vastly improved them since Obama ignored their pleas for 8 years.
     
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    Not hard to figure out which one. :rolleyes2:
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    He wasn't fired for the letter. He was fired for the leak.
     

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