It is our duty to do what we can for our people - even be a pain in the ass with our superiors...I stood in front of commanders a number of times to plead mercy or rewards for some of my people and pissed a number of commanders off....but I did it the right way and didn't leak 20+ copies of 5-page letters that undermined my chain of command, and which could have National Security ramifications...I agree with the Sec of the Navy calling him too stupid to be in command.
And not only that, in his whining email, he whined on and on about how testing doesn’t help, and how he needed to get 90% of the crew ashore and into individual CDC approved quarters. That’s 4000+ on Guam.
What he never mentioned was keeping the ship fully combat ready except some plaintive “if we have to fight we will go, even though we are sick, and do our best”. Not exactly a powerful statement.
He never asked for emergency replacements for his lost crew. Never warned them a carrier in port might need to speed up it’s deployment calendar, never asked for more medical staff or supplies. Never discussed him implementing a decontamination plan.
This guy is a joke.
My gut feeling is that an aircraft carrier would have enough space to set up a separate quarantine zone where the affected crew could be isolated and meals could be served to them there (yes, I’ve been on aircraft carriers). The rest of the crew would go on twice a day temperature checks and enhanced sanitation would become a priority. It would have at least shown that the commander was doing something to mitigate the problem while waiting for further instructions and proper protective gear to be delivered. His doing essentially nothing but complain suggests he didn’t even trust his crew to be resourceful and come up with interim solutions.