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| Navy Secretary resigns |
| 2020-04-07 |
| [USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly was forced to resign after he mishandled the firing of the captain of the COVID-19-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, sources with knowledge of the decision have confirmed. Modly offered to resign, according to a Capitol Hill source, and Defense secretary Mark Esper accepted, according to a Defense staffer, neither of whom were authorized to speak publicly. Modly survived his initial decision to fire Capt. Brett Crozier after the aircraft carrier's skipper, whose leaked email to Navy officials showed him pleading for help as the coronavirus swept through the Roosevelt's 4,800-member crew. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, voiced support for Modly's move. But Modly's decision to fly to Guam to visit sailors and explain his decision in a profanity-laced speech proved to be his undoing. He apologized Monday for his speech. Modly had disparaged the former captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, calling him "too naive or too stupid" to command the stricken aircraft carrier before issuing a remarkable apology taking back the insults. Should've kept his mouth shut. He's guilty of the same indiscretion he relieved the Captain over |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 #2 A lot of wacky shit going on in the Navy lately Water, heh. Seriously, the |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-07 19:31 |
| #7 Herb, is that you? :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-07 18:28 |
| #6 The captain was the hero in this, as far ad I am concerned. And the civilian idiot who didn't care about his plight to begin with is just another example of bad bureaucracy. |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2020-04-07 18:24 |
| #5 I don't think so Scooter. The ship captain gave shore leave during a pandemic. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-04-07 17:46 |
| #4 The ship captain acted to save his men in the face of a high command of depraved indifference. The SecNav was the one threatened by his behavior, because he's the one who stood to get the blame. Good that he got shitcanned. The carrier skipper took one for the team. His crew cheered him as he left. They knew what he did for them. Fell on a grenade and took its terrible burst. |
| Posted by: Chitle Thromose5239 2020-04-07 17:41 |
| #3 A clusterfuck of epic proportion. |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert 2020-04-07 16:48 |
| #2 A lot of wacky shit going on in the Navy lately. Do you suppose there is something in the water? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-04-07 16:46 |
| #1 He certainly mishandled it. But the Captain deserved a relief for cause. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2020-04-07 16:44 |