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2020-04-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Idiots give navy shore leave in DaNang now USS Teddy R is Virus Central

[UPI] COVID-19 spread on USS Roosevelt is 'ongoing and accelerating'.

The captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is pleading with the U.S. Navy for more resources to help contain a coronavirus outbreak aboard the ship and avoid possible deaths.

The aircraft carrier docked in Guam last week so its crew of 5,000 sailors could be tested for the novel coronavirus.

At the time 23 members of its crew had tested positive for the virus.

Now more than 100 sailors are infected, and according to Capt. Brett Crozier, in a four-page letter first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the situation is rapidly deteriorating.

According to Crozier, only a small contingent of soldiers have been off-boarded, and most remain aboard the ship, where it's impossible to follow recommendations for 14-day quarantines and social distancing.

According to military.com, the first positive cases aboard the Roosevelt emerged after the ship made a port call in Vietnam in early March, despite warnings that the virus was likely to sweep through the Asia-Pacific region.

Crozier's letter comes as the number of reported cases among military personnel climbs -- with more than 1,000 total cases as of Monday -- and recruiters have called for the closure of boot camps amid the pandemic.

Posted by 3dc 2020-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Is USS Roosevelt in the Chinese target folder? Is he ship still combat effective? What about our nuclear submarines?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-01 00:17|| 2020-04-01 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Hydroxy or straight chloroquine ASAP. I would be surprised if it were not on hand.

And fire the idiot in charge.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-04-01 00:33|| 2020-04-01 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 And be sure to wear your 'masks' when you go on shore leave!

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-01 01:01|| 2020-04-01 01:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Bet they all went to Dog Patch for Boom Boom...

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-04-01 03:11|| 2020-04-01 03:11|| Front Page Top

#5 And fire the idiot in charge.

At least the captain, it seems. Maybe higher.

Posted by gorb 2020-04-01 05:45|| 2020-04-01 05:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Navy Captain Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, should kiss his career good-bye.

Posted by b 2020-04-01 10:16|| 2020-04-01 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Decent retirement pay at O6.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-04-01 11:46|| 2020-04-01 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh my God, Dog Patch, the stuff of legends...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-04-01 11:54|| 2020-04-01 11:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Atleast the captain, it seems. Maybe higher. --gorb
Aren't visits like this cleared at a higher lever than O6? If the State Department and the DOD think a visit is "appropriate" then what does the captain do ... resign in protest or just "soldier on"?

Posted by magpie 2020-04-01 13:20|| 2020-04-01 13:20|| Front Page Top

#10 @#1: Some Nuclear Submarine Crews May Not Even Know About the Pandemic

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-04-01 16:48|| 2020-04-01 16:48|| Front Page Top

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