Posted on 03/31/2020 2:14:31 PM PDT by John S Mosby
Note: This story has been updated with comments from the U.S. Navy.
The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible deaths in a situation he described as quickly deteriorating.
The unusual plea from Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, came in a letter obtained exclusively by The Chronicle and confirmed by a senior officer on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam following a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew of more than 4,000 less than a week ago.
“This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do,” Crozier wrote. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.”
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.” – Sun Tzu
Bttt.
5.56mm
Presenting information from an anonymous source occurs extremely rarely, and only when that information is considered crucially important and all other on-the-record options have been exhausted. In such cases, The Chronicle has complete knowledge of the unnamed person’s identity and of how that person is in position to know the information.
I did my four years in the navy.
Which branch did you serve in?
What makes you an expert on all things Navy? Your earlier posts tell me you’re not. I have no problem with you being belligerent - but you should at least have a desire to become more educated on a subject you know little about.
“texa gator, you are a idiot.
I spent four years in the navy as a fleet sailor.
What branch did you serve in, traitor?”
Six years USN nuke. Fast Attack Sub and Aircraft Carrier.
1968-1974. E-6 over 4.
“What makes you an expert on all things Navy? Your earlier posts tell me you’re not. I have no problem with you being belligerent - but you should at least have a desire to become more educated on a subject you know little about.”
Personal attack without basis
What makes you an expert on all things Navy? Could you answer that without getting all CNN on me?
San Francisco Chronicle? And we are to believe that the secretary of the Navy actually talk to them and that this is the newspaper that actually broke the story? I’m sorry but I do consider it dubious.
“What makes you an expert on all things Navy? Could you answer that without getting all CNN on me?”
Never made that claim.
texa gator, You served but turned traitor.
Try reading my earlier posts."
texas gator: traitor and troll.
This so-called ‘letter’ is BS and will be proven as such. I’m just left wondering what happened to freepers who used to be more discerning about obvious fraud in the news. Now, 75 percent of the respondents here are calling for the Captain’s head on a pike. Sad, sickening, and just where the opposition wants us while most of us are under ‘martial law lite’.
They should announce charges and court marshal for undermining our security posture for a major asset used to support our South Korea and Japan Coalition.
“do these officers smoke pot, do they vape?”
At first I saw “... do they wipe?” ew
Carriers are huge and they could have them grouped together in an area, a sick berth.
S.F. Barnacle fiction writers at work. Complete tripe.
“This so-called ‘letter’ is BS and will be proven as such. I’m just left wondering what happened to freepers who used to be more discerning about obvious fraud in the news. Now, 75 percent of the respondents here are calling for the Captain’s head on a pike. Sad, sickening, and just where the opposition wants us while most of us are under ‘martial law lite’.”
You have attacked me for my posts without being specific. I was the first to post a questionable item about the letter. I have been called a traitor on this thread for calling out some who have condemned this CO.
“Everyone knows morons serve on submarines.”
Which MC d7d you say you were affiliated with?
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