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“In the modern Navy,” wrote Capt. Michael Junge in the Naval War College Review, “a commander is most likely to be removed for personal misconduct or when the crime of command includes one or all of the following elements: death, press coverage, or significant damage to the Navy, whether materially or to its reputation.”
BUT NOT in Trump Regime’s Navy it seems!
Capt. Crozier was removed and infected for sounding the alarm on Covid-19 to save lives of sailors under his command (and his stop at Vietnam was probably decided by the top brass months ahead) while Navy Seal Gallagher was pardoned and reinstated even if he shot an unarmed man, girl and stabbed a boy with pictures too!
How BAD a pattern is that for the Trump Regime!
Take a listen 1:47mins into the video…You can hear a sailor shouting “WTF” to Acting NavSec
Trump and is his ilk are “Dead Brains Walking”.
Still nothing from the Gang of 52 Senators?
It’s obvious Donnie doesn’t realize that most coup’s are started by the military.
They’re out trying to buy up manufacturers of hydroxychloroquine, being pushed by Pump and Dump Trump.
Classic example of anti health and safety policy: You talk, you walk.
Seems like a slight mis-interpretation of loose lips sink ships. I think the folks in “charge” are operating more under the slogan, loose lips sink Trump.
Un-fucking-believable.
Crozier, like so many others, is just another unwitting client of the Mangolini (Shoot The) Messenger Service.
The namesake of The USS Theodore Roosevelt is the subject of an article by his great grandson Tweed Roosevelt.
Tweed Roosevelt, in a New York Times op-ed, said his great-grandfather would have done the same thing as Crozier.
In 1898, he found himself in almost the exact same position."
Tweed Roosevelt, a university professor, said Theodore Roosevelt had circulated a “fiery” letter in the press to publicize the risks posed to soldiers by yellow fever and malaria as the Spanish-American War concluded — a “far worse enemy.”
Theodore Roosevelt’s letter caused a public outcry that forced the withdrawal and quarantine of soldiers from Cuba, Tweed Roosevelt wrote. Theodore Roosevelt still paid a political price and was passed over for a Medal of Honor.“In this era when so many seem to place expediency over honor, it is heartening that so many others are showing great courage, some even risking their lives,” Roosevelt concluded. “Theodore Roosevelt, in his time, chose the honorable course. Captain Crozier has done the same.”
Acting secretary acting stupid, it figures.
Captain Crozier deserves the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
“Acting,” yes, but with very real world consequences. T rumpp has stacked the deck with jokers.
We have a mess on our hands, don’t we. Orange face, yellow hair sitting on top of a bloated ego but empty brain pan has the helm of the USS United States.
“I want to come way under the models,” he said on Friday, referring to casualty projections. “The professionals did the models. I was never involved in a model.”
“At least this kind of model,” he added. No context like a pandemic for X-rated humor.
It’s an extraordinary thing: to fill the air with so many words and have none of them carry any genuine sadness or stirring resolve.
I can hear his admirers grumble that he doesn’t do camera-perfect emotions, that Obama was just a better actor, that Trump is the more authentic man.
To which I answer: What’s the point of having a showman for a president if he can’t put on the right kind of show? Performances count, even if they’re just performances. And Trump clearly isn’t averse to artifice. Just look at his hair.
Good grief! There is so much dust to settle when we finally have a respite from these steady assaults against humanity and good sense. The mob of “acting” secretaries and agency chiefs will have much to account for when their time is up. Adam Schiff has already created the mechanism for investigations. As a former prosecutor with his extensive experience, I almost pity this who are on the receiving end of his inquiry.
Among other things, can you estimate how much money the Government has spent to train this incredibly accomplished Navy officer – many millions. A carrier pilot captaining a nuclear powered carrier. Anyway, this sound like 1918 all over again when the Navy and Army sent influenza infected packed ships of soldiers to France. Am reading the “Great Influenza - The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” by John Barry now. I get confused as to whether I am reading about 100 years ago or this morning - as a switch back and forth from reading the book on Kindle and then checking the latest post. This is an very important book and relevant to what is going on today. Not only is the medical information informative, but the political parallels are amazing.
Part of a pattern? Hmmmm. What gave you your first clue?
And to think that one of Candidate Reagan’s sharpest criticisms of President Carter was that “ships can’t sail” and this was lapped up by a compliant media looking for any excuse to trash an honorable man.
