[Libloather]

Got railroaded? No idea.

[TheDon]

The captain blundered bigly.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

His crew can love his leadership. That doesn’t mean he didn’t screw up badly in other ways not related to his running of the ship.

[Captain Walker]

Did they sing, "For he's a jolly good fellow?"

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[bort]

78 years ago, great admirals like Bull Hawlsey and Ray Spruins sailed in the same waters. This panty waist endangered the lives of his crew and a 3 billion dollar carrier by leaking a letter to his hometown newspaper. Good riddance.

[AndyJackson]

No. We had a McClellan instead of a Grant.

[A strike]

Not saying that he did not have a case to make but if Crozier was relieved for cause, I would not be cheering him.

[nutmeg]

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[bort]

I watch the video. Ironically, there are hundreds of sailors, family members, and civilians all packed into a hangar. So these sailors and their family were so worried about their health that they are packed in like sardines in enclosed area. Brilliant!

[apoliticalone]

I disagree with both the Captain and Pentagon. The Captain should have quietly asked for upper echelon help on correcting this or if not then requested removal from the command. No public needs involved.

The Pentagon really blew it by immediately and publicly removing him from his command and turning it into a propaganda shirt storm beneficial only to the left and China etc.

This could gave been handled easily by letting things blow over and correcting the situation. You almost wonder if contingency naval planning ever considered ramifications of such a virus in war time.

Most Americans today only know about military thru news.

[Theoria]

One way or the other, the US military has a habit of trying to please politicians, aka Afghanistan and not protecting their brothers.

[pepsi_junkie]

Sometimes you have a boss that's just an all around great guy that all the employees love but he's not great at the job. Other times a boss bucks his own bosses for the good of the organization and the people under him, and they put themselves at great risk politically by doing so. Everyone who works for those bosses loves them too.

Seems to me that this guy is one of those. Sailors think he's the greatest and Admirals think he needed to go. Was it because he was a troublemaker for them that they were happy to have an excuse to finally rid themselves of or because he wasn't effective and screwed up bad? None of us can know.

[MinorityRepublican]

The death rate for COVID-19 for young people is 0.2% so they would mean 100 dead sailors on USS Roosevelt.

[VeniVidiVici]

Please come get my sailors now! Rescue them! I don't know what to do!!!

[wetgundog]

Navy Veteran here. Capt. got of lightly for what he did. Revealed readiness status of a major carrier group in South China Sea operational zone. Should have been keel-hauled.

[LadyDoc]

didn't he let the sailors go on leave when they visited Viet Nam? Then he published an open letter to get publicity, including telling the ChiComs (who are busy harassing ships in the South China Sea) that all they need to do to take out an aircraft carrier is to get a couple sailors sick and voila: threat removed.

[mylife]

the goat? I think not.

[missnry]

Good riddance! Did he think he was the CO of the Love Boat? He commands a warship! The operational status of his crew is secret! He blew it big time. To make a statement that we are not at war is just as stupid. We have to live every day as though China is going to take advantage of us. He was so concerned about his crew that their congregating in a mass was allowed. This is pitiful!

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping

[nagant]

I’d bet a dollar against your dime that this idiot’s superiors know exactly who “leaked” this captain’s complaint to the national media. They appear to be holding criminal prosecution as a chit against him ever opening his mouth again.

[DesertRhino]

I’m sure he was wildly popular. Slackers usually are