Ex-Navy secretary may have exaggerated his reasoning for firing an aircraft carrier captain during its coronavirus outbreak

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jake McClung

• Former Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly may have exaggerated his complaint against the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. Brett Crozier, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
• Modly removed Crozier fron his command on April 2 after a letter he wrote warning about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak aboard the carrier leaked to the media.
• The former acting Navy secretary said at the time that the email was "copied to 20 or 30 other people."
• But Crozier, according to The Post, copied the message to only seven other people, all of whom were US Navy captains.
• In his email, Crozier appeared to be aware that sending it could jeopardize his career.
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Former Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly may have exaggerated his main complaint against former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. Brett Crozier, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Crozier was relieved of his command on April 2 after a four-page letter he wrote warning about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak aboard the carrier leaked to the media. In the letter, he called on the Navy to take decisive action to prevent sailors from dying.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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