Beg to differ. If he sent out 20-30 copies instead of one to his immediate superior then this person is a mental case. Obviously does not belong on command of a CVN.
There is absolutely NO excuse for what he did. He has brought disrepute upon himself and the navy. He should be courts-martialed.
Agreed. You send one letter via secure comms to your immediate superior, with a note at the end to the effect, “I urgently await your rapid response.”
THEN if nothing is heard in a few days (a reply like “Your urgent medical situation is understood; move to Guam at best speed”) only then do you jump the chain of command and send it higher. But sending it to 20 CCs on the first go is inexcusable.
“If he sent out 20-30 copies instead of one to his immediate superior...”
That would be seen as an attempt to stampede his superior into making a quick decision without proper consideration. Bosses don’t like subordinates that backdoor them that way. If anybody shotgunned an email at my place of work airing internal grievances like that, they’d be gone.