- Joined
- May 12, 2019
- Messages
- 7,135
- Reaction score
- 4,160
Watch sailors cheer Navy captain relieved of command after raising alarm on coronavirus
One Twitter user who uploaded a video captioned it, in part: "Wrongfully relieved of command but did right by the sailors."
www.nbcnews.com
The decision, which Modly said was his own, was met with backlash, including from Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, who said the Navy's acting secretary "shot the messenger — a commanding officer who was faithful to both his national security mission and his duty to care for his sailors, and who rightly focused attention on a broader concern about how to maintain military readiness during this pandemic."
On Friday a group of 17 Senate Democrats, led by Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, called on the Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General to investigate the ship's outbreak and Crozier's ouster.