Navy captain fired for flagging coronavirus outbreak on ship

The USS Theodore Roosevelt's commanding officer has been relieved from duty by the Navy after raising alarm bells on a coronavirus outbreak on the ship; Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon.

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[Thistledove]

This makes me so angry. This Captain was just trying to save his crew. He should be given a medal.

[pgfvsuq]

Hey has anyone else thought maybe he leaked it because the chain of command wasn't doing anything?

[spiritus.]

The Navy is behaving no different than China in releaving him for trying to protect the sailors.

[matthewlewis]

The one's that fired him probably have the most sexual assault allegations against them

[cleehomes]

The fact that this captain's crew gave him such a vocal send off tells you all you need to know! Long story short he put his crews lives ahead of his own career! Something 99% of politicians could learn from!

[maricelasanchez]

He saved hundreds of lives, he was concerned about his crew, I think he did right I applaud him. Thanks for your service

[azias]

Um...they should have given him a promotion...he's saving lives by bringing attention to a severe issue.

[chefolacasse]

I always thought an officer's first job was to protect the lives of his men, so to me this is like

[maurreese]

I think it's evidence enough from the crew cheering for him that he did something right for their safety.

[bentalley]

he was begging?sounds like he had tried normal procedures and they failed him

[curtssallee]

IF THIS IS THE REASON HE GOT FIRED....GOD BE WITH man is the definition of LOYALTY AND HONOR

[bethmchugh]

When your crew is cheering for Captain crozier, there's something very wrong here

[namegoeshere]

He likely said something because he was being ignored

[durangomcmurphy]

"Unnecessarily " raised alarms How many men would die while the Navy was " discussing " . Doesn't look like the men were in a panic, looks like they were cheering the Captain .

[fanofafan]

Thomas Modly needs to be relieved of his duties. Obviously they were trying to keep the dire situation on the ship a secret. It's Brett Crozier's job to keep his men and women safe, and that's all he was trying to do. Salute to Navy Captain Brett Crozier.

[nancywilliams]

Social distancing on a ship is nearly impossible!

[warpig]

I will bet my house that he first went to his commanding officer and was given the shove off. More details are sure to come.

[arosz]

He was asking for help, trying to save his men....nothing wrong with that!

[BubbasBathWater]

We all knew the military is corrupt but it still hurts to see it actually happening. It’s scary how much the government and military get away with everything.

[susansauls]

What a brave man. This is what a REAL man is. People go to the press when everything else fails, and it seems this man was desperate to save his men. God bless him. He paid a huge price to save these men.