[Lazamataz]

Difference between your going outside the COC, and this captain’s.

His was extremely public and made the media.

The Navy HAD to make an example out of him.

[Chainmail]

The navy has only two positions: pretend there isn’t a problem or fire whomever’s in charge. My experience tells me that the chain of command ignored him and then got embarrassed when the problem was made public.

[Chainmail]

To all my "experts" out there; the Captain notified his chain of command immediately when the first three cases of Covid-19 were discovered. Last Saturday, the Chief of Naval Operations released a public announcement that the USS Theodore Roosevelt's missions was "too important" to disrupt - meaning that the Captain's urgent request was overridden.

By Monday, it was obvious that this disease was spreading rapidly (likely through the ship's ventilation system) and something had to be done to preserve his nearly 7,000 crewmen. Anybody remember what happened to the Princess Cruise ship and its captive population?

The navy doesn't assign just anybody to command a Nimitz-Class nuclear carrier - this Captain was one of the best they had.

The navy's covering up, again.