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  • #31
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    The Captain has been re-assigned. Not back to his ship, but to a desk job.

    Fired Theodore Roosevelt commander Brett Crozier reassigned to San Diego
    The former captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt who was fired last month after sounding the alarm to help his coronavirus-stricken crew has left Guam and taken a temporary staff job with Naval Air Forces in San Diego, officials confirmed Tuesday.
    Despite Navy brass recommending late last month that Crozier be given back his job, Acting Navy Secretary James McPherson recently ordered a secondary investigation into Crozier’s firing, POLITICO reported last week.
    He will serve as special assistant to the Naval Air Forces chief of staff in a temporary duty assignment, Flanders said.
    https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...-to-san-diego/

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    • #32
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      Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
      The Captain has been re-assigned. Not back to his ship, but to a desk job.

      Fired Theodore Roosevelt commander Brett Crozier reassigned to San Diego



      https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...-to-san-diego/
      What's the over and under on how soon he retires?

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      • #33
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        Originally posted by 222lifer View Post
        What's the over and under on how soon he retires?

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        Maybe that would depend on how long it takes him to realize his desk isn't moving with the waves..

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        • #34
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          Originally posted by crazy View Post
          Maybe that would depend on how long it takes him to realize his desk isn't moving with the waves..
          I'm pretty sure he caught that when his foot touched ground on his last step from his ship.

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          • #35
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            The saga of sick sailors on the USS Roosevelt continues. This should be another warning ( but will be dismissed ) that the virus is more dangerous then anybody could have perceived.

            Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
            Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the Navy.
            The resurgence of the virus in the five sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt underscores the befuddling behavior of the highly contagious virus and raises questions about how troops that test positive can be reintegrated into the military, particularly on ships.
            All five sailors had previously tested positive and had gone through at least two weeks of isolation. As part of the process, they all had to test negative twice in a row, with the tests separated by at least a day or two before they were allowed to go back to the ship.
            The Roosevelt has been at port in Guam since late March after the outbreak of the virus was discovered. More than 4,000 of the 4,800 crew members have gone ashore since then for quarantine or isolation. Earlier this month hundreds of sailors began returning to the ship, in coordinated waves, to get ready to set sail again.
            https://apnews.com/0cae34376380ab4150002a58bd9934b9

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            • #36
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              A follow up to this story.

              Navy admiral submits results of probe on virus-infected aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt
              WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top admiral on Wednesday received the results of an internal investigation into the spread of the coronavirus aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the firing of the aircraft carrier’s skipper in April.
              The report is not expected to be made public until decisions are made about potentially restoring Capt. Brett Crozier to command of the Roosevelt or disciplining other officers. It was submitted Wednesday to Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations.
              A Gilday spokesman, Cmdr. Nate Christensen, said the admiral is reviewing the report.
              About 1,100 members of the Roosevelt crew eventually tested positive for the cornonavirus and one, Chief Petty Officer Charles Thacker, 41, died. Most have recovered from the illness, and the carrier last week departed Guam to prepare for a full return to duty in the Pacific. It was sidelined on Guam for nearly two months.
              The rapidly changing leadership atop the Navy is a reflection of tumultuous times during the Trump administration. President Donald Trump’s first Navy secretary, Richard Spencer, was fired in November 2019 after clashing with the White House over disciplinary actions involving a Navy SEAL.
              https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ore-roosevelt/

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              • #37
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                I'm sure most have heard of this outcome. This article is more detailed then normal media sources on it's explanation.

                Capt. Crozier won’t be reinstated as the commander of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt
                The Navy will not reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told reporters Friday.Crozier was relieved April 2, several days after an email and letter he sent up the chain, pleading for help in more quickly responding to an COVID-19 outbreak aboard the ship, was leaked to the media.
                That leak led Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to can Crozier. Modly himself soon resigned after a recording leaked of him trashing the captain to the TR’s crew.
                Later in April, reports emerged that Gilday was open to giving Crozier back his job at the helm of the “Big Stick.”
                But a deeper investigation was ordered by the acting Navy Secretary James McPherson, who succeeded Modly.
                That investigation, released Friday, faulted Crozier for how he responded to the outbreak onboard his ship and led Gilday to believe Crozier’s initial firing was justified.

                “Had I known then what I know today … if Capt. Crozier was still in command today, I would have relieved him,” Gilday said at a Pentagon press conference.
                https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ore-roosevelt/

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                • #38
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                  Three months after the dust has settled, the government has released more information on Capt. Crozier and how bad the situation was on the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.

                  Fresh insights into Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-19 outbreak provided in newly released records
                  The Navy last week released a fresh tranche of records from the investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt this spring.
                  Those records include statements from leadership, emails and other materials offering further insight into those harried days.
                  The new records indicate that feeding the crew out of the ship became challenging as an increasing number of cooks tested positive for the coronavirus.
                  “Meals and conditions were spartan and grew increasingly crowded,” Keeler said of the aft isolation section. “Sailors had nothing to do except sit in crowded and unpleasant berthing/lounges with other Sailors who might be sick.”
                  While the investigation has chided TR leadership for not following social distancing protocols as the carrier headed for Guam, Keeler noted that such distance isn’t really possible on a carrier.
                  “With 4800 onboard, there was no way to draw a 6-foot circle around every Sailor and still operate,” he said in his statement.
                  Crozier’s April 2 firing was like “dropping a nuclear bomb in the middle of an ongoing crisis,” Keeler said. “His relief took over everything for two or three days. It was difficult to focus on the real problem— fighting a COVID outbreak on a CVN.”
                  https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...eased-records/

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