Posted on 04/07/2020 12:51:27 PM PDT by US Navy Vet
WASHINGTON—Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday following an uproar after he excoriated the former captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose crew had become stricken with the coronavirus, according to U.S. military officials.
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I don’t want someone like that in charge so i am delighted to see the Acting Secretary of the Navy gone.
But we didn't need to hear it, neither did the Russians and the ChiComs need to hear it.
You don’t think our enemies knew what was going on? You should never underestimate your enemies.
The skipper was no longer the skipper, and the crew who approved of that bastard deserved to hear in no uncertain terms WHY the skipper sucked.
Scratch two idiots. Captain was unfit overall. The SecNav had no reason to explain to the snowflakes why he did it. Very bad habit. Give your order, let the new Captain execute it.
SECNAV was a bit overzealous in filling the leadership vacuum left by the Navy brass. I doubt Trump will find somebody better for the job. OTOH, Crozier will get a medal before this is over.
Pure Alinsky play here: Holding SECNAV to standards that Crozier and other Naval officers never will be held to.
Welcome to FR.
Yea but someone leaked that diatribe. Also a problem and bad form. Not a good show for the Navy all around
The Navy has secure electronic communications equipment. He could have and should have sent any concerns to his superiors using that equipment.
He sent his email through unsecured channels, and he sent copies to 22 people, many of whom were not in his chain of command. The man was deliberately trying to get his email leaked. He was obviously trying to go around his chain of command to bring public pressure to bear against them.
He also made foreign enemies aware of deficiencies aboard this ship. He notified them that his carrier was unable to perform it's mission. *THAT* is a big no-no. He broke operational security.
Also, i've read that his direct superior was aboard that ship at the time he wrote this letter. Why didn't he accept what his admiral told him?
To make it worse, in today's environment, even "thinking" the truth will get you in trouble...
Today, you are toast if, while speaking:
This. Fifty years ago when I was USAF, it didn't take me long to learn that the FLP's (F##king Lifer Pukes) were concerned only about two things - their retirement and their bennies (benefits). That the uniformed admirals between Crozier and the SecNavy couldn't bring themselves to act is damning.
Whoever assembled the crew for the fired CO's departure should be fired themselves. Assembling the crew was direct defiance of the Navy's command structure. This tells me the CO's poor leadership had infected the entire chain of command. The SECNAV thinking he has to go defend his actions to the crew of a ship, even a CVN, is insane. There has been stupidity and poor leadership at every level, and this is a huge embarrassment.
I think its a damn shame when the Navy Secretary cant call out a stupid move without “ offending” the crew of a ship that was endangered by that stupid move
Reminds me of the press campaign that got Patton fired for glove slapping a blubbering GI in a field hospital
Agree. It appears uniformed navy leadership is in much bigger trouble than civilian leadership. Who authorized that port call in Vietnam? Clearly, some officers above Crozier need to be “retired.” That won’t be happening, of course.
Modly said Crozier had cc’ed more than 20 people, including some outside the chain of command, over unsecured and unclassified systems, assuring the memo’s leak.
He also said Crozier did not speak to his direct superior, carrier strike group commander Rear Adm. Stuart Baker, about his concerns before sending the memo, despite Baker being on the carrier and living within feet of Crozier.
Modly said Crozier was not fired for expressing concerns, but the way he chose to do so.
This captain committed a huge blunder. If you've kept up with this story, the captain was wrong in half a dozen ways.
“But we didn’t need to hear it”
Didn’t we? Every American ought to know and understand that sailors sail in harms way and will risk their lives per their commanders’ decisions. Every American ought to know that if you value your life above all else and hope to live forever, you are not fit to be in the military!
“Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.”
Furthermore, i've read that his direct superior was aboard the ship at the time the captain sent the email.
He told the world!
This position I can see, though I can understand why the Navy secretary felt he needed to instruct the crew why their captain had done a very bad thing.
The captain had done a very bad thing, and it's important that the crew understand that their captain had done a very bad thing.
+1.
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