WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Captain Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a novel coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defence Department officials said Wednesday (April 15).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Captain Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a novel coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defence Department officials said Wednesday .
But Adm Gilday's decision could be upended by President Donald Trump, who has not been shy about intervening in military personnel cases. Just five months ago, Mr Trump fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer for opposing the president's intervention in support of a Navy Seal accused of murdering a wounded captive with a hunting knife during a deployment to Iraq in 2017.
Capt Crozier, who is in isolation on Guam with coronavirus, was removed from command on April 2 by Mr Thomas Modly, the acting Navy secretary at the time, a move that drew outrage among the carrier's crew and across the country and eventually led to Mr Modly's resignation. That plea, sent in an email to 20 Navy personnel, became public and angered Mr Modly, which led to his decision to remove the captain from his post.
For the Navy to reinstate him, Adm Gilday would have to determine that Capt Crozier's superiors were not being adequately responsive to his pleas for help before he sent the letter, Navy officials said. Adm Gilday told reporters earlier this month that a focus of the investigation was determining why Capt Crozier, a Naval Academy graduate with nearly 30 years of service, felt compelled to send his four-page letter outside normal communications channels and whether that illustrated a breakdown in communications with his chain of command, particularly with Adm Baker. The Navy has said Capt Crozier did not copy Adm Baker on his letter.
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