First and foremost, HE WASN’T FIRED!. He was relieved of command. He is still in the Navy. Can’t the media get anything right or honest? Secondly, I’m former Navy and yes, he was insubordinate and had no justification to be so. His immediate superior officer, the commander of that Task Force, resides on the carrier. Crozier never communicated the concerns dramatically mentioned in his letter to the Admiral. Crozier never communicated the concerns in that letter up through the chain of command. The Navy was already addressing the virus situation aboard that ship. Crozier clearly is a drama queen who probably is ‘loved’ by his crew precisely because he did not run a taut, disciplined ship. He is an embarrassment. A joke of a captain.
I don't know why folks can't get this through their heads. He was not written up for violating uniform regs or something. His superiors lost confidence in his ability to command a major warship. It's a very different standard. From what I have seen I don't think much of his ability to command, but the guy is clearly a fine officer who devoted a career to the Navy. He wouldn't have been an F/A-18 pilot AND a Navy nuclear trained officer while being a total screwup. He just shouldn't have been in command of a Naval warship. Most people on this planet shouldn't, including most serving officers in the US Navy.
There is another story going around is that the Navy didn’t want to make a decision. Knowing of the current Navy leadership, I can believe it. Remember it’s never a Navy Admiral’s fault, it’s always the Captain that takes the fall. For example, the two Destroyers that ran into tankers a couple of years ago.