WASHINGTON—Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday following an uproar after he excoriated the former captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose crew had become stricken with the coronavirus, according to U.S. military officials.
Mr. Modly was under pressure to resign after an extraordinary chain of events over the course of the last two weeks that has plunged the Navy into disarray as it scrambles to respond to the Covid-19 crisis, the officials said.
Buenas tardes , quisiera saber que si es necesario que desinfectemos nuestros apartamentos táctiles (móviles , ordenadores iPads...etc) para evitar la propagación del COVID-19?, Ya los manejamos a menudo
Modley was spot on. So many damn snowflakes. The former captain wanted to be a media darling. Well congrats. Way to take care of your people by exposing a strategic weakness. He wanted to take of his people good but going to the media is in fact stupid. UCMJ plays a roll
'And I'm gonna tell you something, all of you, there is never a situation where you should consider the media a part of your chain of command.' Guess you're mistaken, boomer.. LOL..
As a 20 Year Retired Navy Veteran, I find him Disgraceful, Repulsive and a Person with Zero Honor. If I were Commander in chief I would not accept his resignation. I Would Fire him instead.
Hi
We need to be test every body. We are endangering our family and coworkers.
There is a God! goodriddance modly CaptainCrozier deserved better.
Bye Felecia.
No loss.
Horrible choice from start ... EsperDoD plz do better w/next nominee appointee as it’s hard to follow a great great USNavy like Spencer
The navy is soft and weak for firing him for calling someone dumb.. need to put a marine in charge
good
As it should be. Good.
🙏👍
If it were so damn disappointing to see someone as dumb as this in such an important position, I'd be laughing at the irony of this whole situation and his absolutely stupidity.
Glad you did! You took the high road. Wish everyone else in trumps orbit would do the same.
Is this how the United States treats his whistlers? How dare they say that China is not transparent?!... Sure enough, for some people, being shameless is invincible.
Trump has politicised the military in such a disgraceful way.
You should have that looked at before it becomes more than 'just the flu'
Funny that he sacked and tried to publicly humiliate a real leader for making stupid remarks in front of too many people...then went and did the same himself, but in front of the whole world! If thats the kind of brilliance running things, its no wonder at the mess US is in..
He acted very irresponsible
He looks like the first person in the war room to recommend firing nukes at the alien ship.
Good!! He was a disgrace!
Good ridden! Get corona and live your “hoax virus” dream!
He should resign. Asshole
About time—-
Good.
Excellent
Yayyyyy!
Disgrace
He’s a disgrace.
Trump to name Ted Nugent as new Acting Secretary of the Navy. citing his 'love of the water'
no surprise
Bye Felicia
He is a disgrace to the uniform
你们对待美军吹号人的方式凸显美国根本没有一点资格鼓吹中国的吹哨人！你们就是坏。
Glad you are present.
Thomas Modly should have been fired Immediately not even given opportunity to resign. Remember who hired this man & signed off on firing the Captain. Brett Cozier deserves a metal for his selfless action of protecting 5,000 other military brave men and women above politics.
Karma
Appropriate.
Bring back the Captain..
Is this the first time a member of Trump's cabinet and staff has resigned over bad behavior?
Good! Serves him right for being an asshole!
LesBowen Got what he deserved
An undeniable fact is that his statements were 'STUPID'
I am very happy ThomasModly resigned. His comments were disheartening, demeaning and created an environment of distrust between the soldiers and their leadership. CaptainCrozier is the only one with gumption and genuine concern for his personnel. The Navy needs him.
He incorrectly punished the whistle blower.
Good riddance
Who's 'too naive or too stupid' now?
Sometimes it is just better to shut up and just issue a letter stating someone was removed for “Violation of X” and leave it at that. No personal attacks of people they really don’t know.
Of course, he keeps his pension.
What a disgraceful person.
I bet Crozier tried chain of command to no avail! He cared about his Crew, so God Bless him!!
What a dope.
Good!!!
Good. Now give the gig to Randy Forbes, whom Trump should have designated from the jump
Good. He should!
LOVE THAT HAIR TRANSPLANT. IT LOOKS SO...nevermind.
Good. I hope he feels humiliated.
How can we cure stupidity?
Good
Good riddance.
Another of ImPOTUS3 realDonaldTrump's picks goes down in a 🔥 of disgrace. CoViD19PandemicUSA 🇺🇸WhiteHouse PressSec TalkTheTruth
Talk about not being able to read a room. Why on earth did Modly think that was going to go well?
Including TrumpVirusCoverup
Obvious idiots posting political BS. Military readiness & the state of readiness is classified but 'what does it matter anyway' a statement made by another traitor recently & was accepted by left wing loons so this doesn't surprise me. Hope no love ones on ship if sunk by chinese
Let this be the beginning of more heads rolling Coronaviruscoverup
Good
Very glad Modly has quit, but it is time to stop Trump from naming “acting” officials...even more so when he effectively gives them multiple concurrent positions in different agencies.
Time for him to be gone. Captain Brett Crozier acted bravely in protecting his crew. Modley, rather than being brave, acted like a scared middle manager. Modley was very craven. Good bye and good riddance.
Awwww
And did he even serve in combat! VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
“Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it”
Who in usgov approved Modly's trip to Guam? Was that his version of a pep talk to sick sailors onboard the USSRoosevelt? This needs a thorough investigation by Congress. Let's understand the truth. MilitaryMorale USNavy CaptCrozierIsAHero HASCDemocrats
Garbage administration has garbage incident. Garbage person resigns. Garbage president can pick new garbage person. Still garbage.
In this administration everyone is either resigning or getting fired, soon it will only be Donald, Pence, Kushner along with Ivanka left in the White House and few loose people here and there running around.
Good luck on CNN tonight
Should have resigned. Absolutely disappointing, disgraceful behavior from SECNAV. No excuses, to go to that ship, and take a shot like that to the former Capt. EsperDoD 'WTF' is the least of what those sailors should have said.
I agree with you!
Thank god
Good. He clearly is either too naive or too stupid to occupy such a position.
Great¡ he didn't have anything to do do with the Navy, sailors know.about loyalty and respect!!!
Just another example of the idiot in the White House running things! Putin’s puppet has to go
Who's stupid now?
Well… That’s the first right thing he’s done in this whole affair.
How does EsperDoD escape consequences after publicly voicing his support of Modly's speech?
well, that's one good thing
Good.
He lasted 12.27 decaMooches.
Good riddens.
Modley ruined his own career with his big, arrogant mouth. Oddly, he fired Crozier for leaking a letter. His own remarks were leaked as well.
Good, but I still would rather he’d been thrown overboard 🤷♀️
Time to step up Donald and follow in the footsteps of the Acting Navy Secretary, do the right thing!!
Does anyone think Modly wasn't repeating President Trump's words? Wasn't doing what the President told him to do?
Moldy should have been fired. Not allowed to resign. What a jerk.
The Navy needs to get its shit together
Next!
LesBowen My previous (and erroneous) impression was that Modly's speech criticizing Capt. Crozier preceded Crozier's now infamous letter. Puzzling that Modly would travel to the ship to make such a speech. Crozier and Modly both in the wrong. Both deserve to be gone. No heroes here.
He damn well better have. Military order and morale are crucial to our country’s defense.
This POS was never fit to be a leader of great men. He’s a worthless coward and I hope he is forgotten by everyone.
Good riddance
ETTD
Good. Never should have been in acting role in the first place.
acceber910 Good he wasn’t taking care of the Troops and is a disgrace. A win for my battle buddies👏🇺🇸
Good. Hopefully CaptainCrozier will be reinstated.
He should get his job back
The chaos in the realDonaldTrump administration is never-ending. Even in the midst of a pandemic, when sobriety and statesmanship should prevail, we are inundated with incompetency, mendacity, meanness and pettiness. And it all starts at the top, with TrumpTurd.
mikehabibccim He has no other alternative for his stupid act!
Let's hope Pompeo and Esper are next.
We already have one nasty baby in office, we don't need another!
LesBowen That was quick
LesBowen He resigned after he 'apologized' for remarks denouncing Capt. Brett Crozier. 'Not apologizing is a core operating principle for Trump. The basic belief is that you never actually get ‘credit’- from the Left, the media, political opponents, etc.- for apologizing, so why do it?'
What an ass
Good. This is not his first time, and God knows how many people he had thrown under the bus or trampled over to get the “good” work done. He has an “I” in his twisted spelling of team and he has an “me” in his version of Mission
LesBowen Reinstate the brave captain!!
wardreporter I would like to recommend Capt Crozier to be the new NavySecretary. He would immediately elevate the morale of our men and women in the Navy and, indeed, send a positive signal to all our military personnel.
His cash register was always a dollar short.
This development comes much sooner than anticipated.
Good riddance! And now on to the Liar in Chief, Trump!
Good
Simply the best for our country.
Good!
We need more leaders and heroes like Captain Crozier that have the courage to leak to the press where and which ships are understaffed and falling ill. China and other countries have a right to know exactly where to strike to minimize their casualties.
I hope his resignation is accepted by Mark Esper and Donald Trump DeptofDefense
Too bad he didn’t resign before firing Capt. Crozier
He made the right move relieving the captain of his duties. Made the wrong decision to address the crew in the manner that he did. It cost him his job.
Good.
Harvard must be proud ! The Navy isn't a Business MBA boy.
That was the only way
WSJ going to sink the Navy ships?
this wasn't sitting to well with the military and vets, so he had to go under the bus. with the number of folk trump has thrown there, is there enough room for social distancing?
What Modly did in my opinion was wrong if reported correctly by the media because as far as I can see Capt Crozier had a Command position directly responsible for the life of people under his command, he tried to take care of them and was denounced.
ETTD
davidakin Fired by Trump. Said he would correct injustice. Did so.
A complaint has been lodged today in Dakar against the terangagold company and its CEO, Mr. Richard YOUNG for mainly Forgery and Fraud
Wooo hoooo!!! More like pushed!
flew all the way to Guam to lose his job. love it
Trump has a lot of 'Acting' Secretaries because he thinks everything in life is a giant Reality TV entertainment show - even if it kills people
I'm glad they accepted his resignation.
Who was naive and stupid? The guy who tried to save lives, or the guy who fired him for trying?
Good! That guy was garbage. Now let's a real sailor to run the navy
If realDonaldTrump hires the best people, why does his administration have more turnover than a Taco Bell?
The least he coud do
arrogant Modly deserves to be sacked, he doesnt respect the institution of the navy
The only thing he's done correctly. incompetencekills
Yet Trump, and his enablers say he picks the best people.
Right move!
Don’t feel bad for Modly. $2 million book deal, $1 million WSJ Consultant fee, $2 million a year speaker tour. Don’t feel bad. I’ll submit my resignation for a $5 million windfall. Fired Captain Crozier. The new President will reinstate you January 2021.
24 hours too late.
Sailors applaud his decision
Good, cause he was either too stupid or too naive to be in that role....
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