WASHINGTON: Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, in a surprise speech aboard a coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier, told the crew that ...
In an interview with Reuters on Friday, Modly said he did not know if Crozier would face disciplinary action, saying it would be up to a probe that will look into issues surrounding"communications" and the chain of command that led to the incident.
In his four-page letter, Crozier, who took command in November, described a bleak situation aboard the carrier as more of his crew began falling ill. He called for"decisive action": Removing more than 4,000 sailors from the ship and isolating them, and wrote that unless the Navy acted immediately it would be failing to properly safeguard"our most trusted asset - our sailors".
The letter put the Pentagon on the defensive and alarmed the families of those on the vessel, whose home port is in San Diego. Modly has said that Crozier failed to safeguard the confidentiality of the letter.
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