WASHINGTON, April 25 ―In an extraordinary reversal, the US Navy has recommended reinstating the fired captain of the coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose crew hailed him as their hero for risking his job to safeguard their lives, officials said yesterday. The Navy's...
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The Navy's leadership made the recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier to Defense Secretary Mark Esper yesterday, just three weeks after Crozier was relieved of command after the leak of a letter he wrote calling on the Navy for stronger measures to protect the crew, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, a Democrat, called for Crozier's immediate reinstatement. But Esper's deliberations raised questions about whether political or other considerations might override the Navy's recommendations in a case that has seen Democrats vocally critical of the Trump administration's handling of the matter.
Modly's decision backfired badly, as members of the crew hailed their captain as a hero in an emotional sendoff captured on video that went viral on social media. “When you are in the military you sign away a lot of your choices and your to share your opinions about some things,” one sailor, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters.The disclosure of the Navy's recommendation, which was first reported by the, came just hours after the Pentagon announced that at least 18 sailors aboard a US Navy destroyer ― the Kidd ― had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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