The Navy captain who was removed from his post after ringing alarm bells about a COVID-19 outbreak on board his ship will not get his job back, according to several reports on the conclusions of an investigation.
ETTD.
(Stuff it discobot,)
Hmmmmm, I hope Biden fires that Sec of Navy & reinstates Crozier.
The US Navy is very sclerotic, and will continue to be so until they have to fight a war against an approximately equal enemy. Wars tend to reduce the bullshit in fighting organizations rather quickly. It’s just a matter of surviving long enough for the selection to take place.
(“reduce the bullshit”, not “remove” the bullshit. That’s unpossible.)
The Blue States Navy will be proud to have you, Admiral Crozier…
We’ll make your flagship the S.S. John McCain just for fun.
I’m curious what will happen with the Teddy Roosevelt command. IIRC Rozier’s replacement captain was his own predecessor, who was pulled off the admiral desk track back into active command. Will they leave him in place or promote someone else into the command slot?
Slated to be replaced with a new, and currently unnamed, carrier sometime next decade.
I have a suggestion for the name.
Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right.
They tell the truth and ensure that the truth is known.
They do not lie.
Hmm the Naval Academy hasn’t made this clear to all in Naval Command.
And I guess they decided that the crew of the Roosevelt were expendable.
Trump ordered that covid wasn’t a problem, couldn’t have the military giving a counter-argument.
This means no review. Captain Bone Spurs orders.
At the usual speed of procurement and naval shipbuilding, that’ll be the 2030s, if ever. Meanwhile the existing ship will need a new commander. I wonder if the navy will leave the current guy in place until the next admin, to see if a new SecNav wants to reinstate crozier. Less yoyo-ing that way.
That would be “next decade.”
He is there temporarily. The pipeline for CV Captains is pretty specific with nuclear training et al. Now that the “investigation” is complete, the domino shuffle will begin and the past/present skipper will continue on to his star, with just a tad more shine since filling in during a political perilous time period.
Well I guess Naval Command had all the “We regret to inform you” letters typed and ready for the date and signature.
I understand the Biden administration’s gonna put Trump’s name on the navy’s largest Sewage Tender.
I imagine Captain Crozier must feel like his life has tumbled into some strange vortex of displaced time and circumstance. To my way of thinking, he was just going about trying to deliver the best command response available to him at a time of crisis for the men and women entrusted to his leadership, only to run up against the most uncaring and unhelpful response imaginable from above. It could only have happened in this way, at this with, this group of bad actors running our country.
We await President Biden to nominate naval Captain Crozier to a Cabinet position. And just dare Congress to turn him down.
Peace time rewards bureaucrats/safe thinkers and conflict breeds warriors. (Problem being that people die until the bureaucrats are killed or removed.)
He knew exactly what he was doing and the likely outcome when he sent that letter, and that it was highly likey to be leaked. More than one way to give your life (career, in this case) for your country. The action he took headed off covid-19 from burning through the crew and air wing, depriving the navy the use of one of their CVs for six months. Instead it turned into a six-week timeout.