Navy image programs Captain Brett Crozier attending to team of USS Theodore Roosevelt in November 2019
The Navy is not mosting likely to restoreCapt Brett Crozier as the USS Theodore Roosevel t’s commander and also the promo ofRear Adm Stuart Baker momentarily celebrity has actually been postponed pending more exam.
Those are the outcomes of a command examination right into the occasions bordering the COVID-19 break out aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The break out obtained extensive limelights when video clip arised revealing Captain Crozier being applauded as he left the service provider after being alleviated of command already Acting Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly.
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The launch of the outcomes of the Navy examination will certainly not likely suggest that the tale will certainly currently simply vanish.
Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, stated that the searchings for of the examination “make it clear that the Navy did not respond the way they should have, or as quickly as they should have, to adequately address the outbreak.”
Chairman Smith stated that the Armed Services Committee had actually introduced its very own examination right into the COVID-19 break out aboard the Roosevelt.
“Everyone up and down the chain of command had a role to play in the inadequate response – including then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Modly,” statedSmith “The Department’s civilian leadership portrayed Captain Crozier’s decision-making aboard the Roosevelt as the critical weakness in the Navy’s response, but the truth is that civilian leadership was also to blame”
“The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over,” he included. “The Navy and DoD will continue to grapple with the challenges presented by the pandemic for months to come. Civilian leadership at the Department of the Defense is crucial to our national security, and as such they must be held accountable as we move forward.”
