Posted on Apr 12, 2020
550 USS Roosevelt's Crew Members Test Positive for Coronavirus
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Was Captain Crozier right to sound the alarm? That is a lot of crewmen to include himself.
550 USS Roosevelt's Crew Members Test Positive for Coronavirus
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Aircraft Carriers
Coronavirus COVID19
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Sailors
Military History
Edited 4 y ago
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Yes, unlike politicians and admirals in DC he knew what his crew needed. It cost him his command but he did the right thing. And for the naysayers out there remember the Navy doesn't give command of aircraft carriers to irresponsible people!
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Right or wrong, the skipper knew how to shape events to take care of his sailors. I don't agree that he might have facilitated the leaking of his memo, but he is the skipper of the ship and the crew. He did what he felt was correct and he took the sword. For that, I will respect him as a leader.
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GySgt Gary Cordeiro
MAJ Ken Landgren
My favorite quote from Sun Tuz, “ Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you in the deepest valley “.
My favorite quote from Sun Tuz, “ Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you in the deepest valley “.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
GySgt Gary Cordeiro - I agree. If the leader loves his soldiers and they love him back, they will go to hell and back with the leader.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney
Maj John Bell - From the content of Capt Crozier's letter, I don't believe he went out of his way to politicize the issue, but it is clear that someone clearly did. The response was equally if not more politicized. And I believe the speculations on the Captain's motives and methods are shaped by political considerations as well. When the Vice CNO puts out the word to speak up and specifically says "We Have Your Back", just to demonstrate that they very much do not hold that position, it is pretty disgraceful. I am curious if you have read Capt Crozier's actual letter.
https://news.usni.org/2020/03/31/carrier-roosevelt-co-asks-navy-to-quarantine-entire-crew-ashore-as-covid-19-outbreak-accelerates
https://news.usni.org/2020/03/31/carrier-roosevelt-co-asks-navy-to-quarantine-entire-crew-ashore-as-covid-19-outbreak-accelerates
Carrier Roosevelt CO Asks Navy to Quarantine Entire Crew Ashore as COVID-19 Outbreak Accelerates...
The commander of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) asked U.S. Pacific Fleet leadership to take his crew off his carrier and send them all into quarantine ashore on Guam, as a COVID-19 outbreak on the carrier spreads at an accelerating rate, according to a Monday letter obtained by USNI News. Capt. Brett Crozier wrote Pacific Fleet …
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Maj John Bell
MSgt Steve Sweeney - I had not read the letter. But thanks to you I have. The last time I tried it was hidden behind a pay wall. Sincerely, Thank You.
I have absolutely zero problem with the content of the letter. Even without reading it, I would have bet the farm on that, and given you VERY favorable odds. As I've stated my problem is with the distribution. With a distribution list so large in a highly charged partisan political environment, and a hot potato issue, a leak was an easily foreseeable outcome.
I have absolutely zero problem with the content of the letter. Even without reading it, I would have bet the farm on that, and given you VERY favorable odds. As I've stated my problem is with the distribution. With a distribution list so large in a highly charged partisan political environment, and a hot potato issue, a leak was an easily foreseeable outcome.
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Maj John Bell - you wrote, “ However SecNav Modly said that in emailing it to 20-30 people he provided the opportunity for it to be leaked.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fired-captain-sent-memo-to-fewer-people-than-former-navy-head-alleged-report/ar-BB12Ke7Z?li=BBnb7Kz
At this point, I wouldn’t remotely be surprised if we eventually find out that it was Modly, himself, that leaked that memo.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fired-captain-sent-memo-to-fewer-people-than-former-navy-head-alleged-report/ar-BB12Ke7Z?li=BBnb7Kz
At this point, I wouldn’t remotely be surprised if we eventually find out that it was Modly, himself, that leaked that memo.
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Maj John Bell
SGT (Join to see) - In addition, I've seen an article that make it pretty clear that it was nowhere near 20-30 addressees. It appears that the distribution list was three Admirals who were in the chain of command, and absolutely should have been on the distribution list; plus the skippers of the other ships in the task force. If true, that is most definitely a game changer and would void my initial opinion that Captain Crozier should have been removed from command.
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Making crew status public has got to stop. Crew readiness is always classified. The Press is telling our adversaries that one of our capital ships is useless. Why stop at this virus? Why don't advertise all the illnesses of all crewmen on all our ships?
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SGT (Join to see)
If crew readiness is always classified, someone forgot to tell the Navy. Official public announcements from the Navy included:
March 24, initial outbreak on TR
March 25, sailors evacuated from TR
March 27, TR docked in Guam due to quick spread of virus
March 29, TR crew would be quarantined on board or pier side due to virus.
If this was a secret, the Navy is really bad at secrets.
March 24, initial outbreak on TR
March 25, sailors evacuated from TR
March 27, TR docked in Guam due to quick spread of virus
March 29, TR crew would be quarantined on board or pier side due to virus.
If this was a secret, the Navy is really bad at secrets.
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LTJG Richard Bruce
That's why the captain got sacked. Should the USAF make the health status of silo crews public?
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