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US navy chief out over handling of ship’s virus outbreak

Thomas Modly quits as US acting navy secretary five days after removing the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for writing a letter describing the coronavirus-struck vessel’s dire situation and alleging that the Pentagon was not paying adequate attention to it. – AFP pic, April 8, 2020.

THOMAS Modly yesterday resigned as US acting navy secretary over his mishandling of a Covid-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, announced Defence Secretary Mark Esper. Modly stepped down five days after removing the Roosevelt’s captain, Brett Crozier, for writing a letter – that was leaked to the media – describing the virus-struck vessel’s dire situation and alleging that the Pentagon was not paying adequate attention to it.

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