Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and did I say wrong?
Crozier compromised national security. Captains of major war fighting defense assets are not allowed to have a bad day like that. He may be sick, he may need to take a break or sit one out and hand things over to his exec but that is all he is allowed.
Trump is opening a can of worms that are going to get all over him on this one.
Crosier also allowed liberty in Vietnam during the epidemic. Not a smart move. Not smart at all. I would never have even put in. The ship is there for national defense. That is the primary if not only mission. Keep the ship and crew in fighting trim recognizing and avoiding risk to the mission.
Crosier made bad decisions with bad outcomes. He needs to count himself lucky to get off with a lack of confidence charge and not much worse. Bad stuff happens when people make bad decisions under stress. Ice water for blood is a requisite.
I don’t see how they guy ever got the command. Something in the system slipped up.
In addition to my question in post #33, how many tested positive for the clap after that liberty?