Captain Of Coronavirus-Stricken Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Fired Over Leak Letter to Leadership

Daily Mail: US Navy FIRES captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt for 'extremely poor judgment' after his letter to superiors begging for help was leaked - and his commanders insist NONE of the infected sailors need hospitalization

* Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced that Captain Brett Crozier is being relieved of his command of the USS Roosevelt on Thursday
* It comes four days after Crozier penned a letter to Navy leaders calling for the immediate evacuation of the aircraft carrier
* Modly said that the decision to relieve Crozier was driven by the fact that he shared the letter with at least 20 people before it was leaked in the media
* The secretary insisted that he was not accusing Crozier of leaking it himself
* However, US officials told Reuters that the Navy did believe he was responsible
* The USS Roosevelt was docked in Guam last week after 25 crew members tested positive for COVID-19
* At least 93 sailors on the nuclear aircraft carrier have since tested positive
* The Navy is in the process of evacuating 2,700 sailors from the ship

The US Navy has relieved the captain of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt days after his plea for help for his sailors went public.

Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced on Thursday afternoon that Captain Brett Crozier had been relieved of his command of the nuclear aircraft carrier, four days after he penned a scathing letter to Navy leaders calling for stronger action to address the COVID-19 outbreak he said was unnecessarily threatening his sailors lives.

Modly said that the decision was driven by the fact that Crozier shared his letter with at least 20 people before it was leaked in the media on Tuesday.

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U.S. Navy relieves aircraft carrier commander who wrote letter urging coronavirus action -- Reuters
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Navy fires captain of aircraft carrier over leak of letter to leadership -- ABC News
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