Navy to relieve captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt for leaking letter to leadership

The Navy fired the

captain

of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The decision comes days after his

letter

seeking to remove thousands of sailors from the ship due to the kovat 19 outbreak. The Acting Secretary of the Navy says that by going public Captain Brett Crozier emboldened enemies of the United States and It undermined the chain of command that had been moving and adjusting as quickly as possible to get him the help he needed. For these reasons, I lost confidence in his ability to continue leading that worship while fighting this virus, says Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Maud Lee.

Command is a sacred trust that must be earned every day and he said he could come to no other conclusion, meanwhile, the Navy needs to be much more forthcoming when it comes to the corona virus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Those words today from the Virginia senator. Mark Warner in an interview with 13 News Now Warner says he's worried if it could happen to the TR, it could happen to the rest of the fleet he spoke with. 13 News Now Military reporter Mike Gooding with the positive coronavirus count aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt today. In ninety-three cases, Virginia Senator Mark Warner wants the Navy to be more transparent about the future plan to protect the 4,800-member crew.

We all know that the military has a natural tendency to be secretive, they have to abandon that tendency during this crisis and these sailors. Direct Responses Direct Responses from the Warner Family in Virginia Senator Tim Kaine sent a

letter

to Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Mowgli expressing his concerns. He can read it on our website 13 News now.com. Warner isn't just worried about the TR. crew but also the rest of the 339 thousand sailors on active duty in the Navy and the other 295 ships in the fleet and the fact that they could also become infected I think we have to be aware of that possibility and if we have seen anything it is that these cruises were petri dishes and that there is much more capacity for social distancing on a cruise than there is for abortion, so my feeling is that maybe I should be honest with your sailors and their families about the idea that the Navy is not taking care to his sailors mode Acting Secretary Lee said Wednesday I know that's not the truth and added that we are doing everything we can Mike Gooding 13 News Now