Acting Navy secretary stands by tough criticism of fired captain of aircraft carrier

In his remarks to the crew, Modly blasted Capt. Brett Crozier for his handling of the distribution of the letter that was leaked to the press and criticized media coverage of the whole situation.

Commanding Officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, Captain Brett E. Crozier, in an official photo from the U.S. Navy.According to the transcript and the recording, Modly described Crozier as being"either too naive or too stupid to command a ship like this" for not anticipating that the letter could get leaked since it was sent to so many people outside of his chain of command.

Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis. "Being angry is not your duty," he told the crew."Your duty is to each other, to this ship, and to the nation that built it for you to protect them."Modly then told the ship's crew to never take any concerns to the press.

A person that reaches the rank of Captain in the US Navy n commander of a Nuclear Power vessel. Is not stupid, the person who calls him stupid for all to hear, is the one stupid cause he can’t think of anything smarter to say.

You Know..However these replacements conduct themselves is ok,as long as they are nasty,rude,obstinate,dirty,filthy liars, you know, names that POTUS calls newsreporters!

💩 Thomas Modly 💩 Navy Disgrace

a bunch of 3rd graders who are running our gov at the White House.

Yall notice that most of the people who downplayed the virus ended up sick? 10 days from now this ship will be covered in Corona l.

45 likes his officials n acting roles b/c it keeps them subservient. They don't contradict him or they will be replaced.

Does he really have the authority to do this if he is unconfirmed by senate?

Putz

Wow 😯 does this mean The Captain requested help and did not receive it?

When you get to achieve what he has achieved as a navy officer then you have the right to criticize him. Otherwise keep your mouth shut.

A genuine Moron clone😡😡😡

I'm sure the mother's of the service people on the boat do not feel that way since apparently the crew were not your first responsibility

Leaked! His own words came back to bite him. Acting Secretary too ‘naive or stupid’ to think this wouldn’t come back to haunt him.

ModlyResign

Tough? They were inflammatory.

Fuck him. Captain is a hero.

HE DID N0THING WR0NG

Is he a look-alike for BradleyWhitford?

What a nerd

His ass needs to be removed after talking bad about the Captain to the crew. As a former Naval Officer he should know you don’t do that and that it is unbecoming.

They are right. We are at war, with an invisible enemy. We still have our enemies throughout the world. The Captain told our enemies that the 🇺🇸 has a weakened nuclear ship due to sick sailors. He saved lives but risked attacks.

This asshole couldn't stand up to the ankle of the Captain. Saving his men from further sickness was the common sense thing to do. This acting idiot of the navy would rather have men die instead of possibly making Trump look bad for his incompetence.

Karma will take care of all the bad in the USA government.

I wish they would let him wear tin foil hat in these pictures,,,,

Good for him....Bravo

He’s a coward

FireModly

Is this Agenda 21 from the united nations going to brought up in court anytime soon?

Yeah, pretty stupid guy. But then for 60 years, the public schools/universities... have been corrupted by Marxist Feminists. So it's not surprising many of these messed up kids, are now in charge of important things.

“Too stupid to command a ship” lol if so why the heck was he promoted as captain of a Carrier?

That is one bad wig he's wearing.

OF COURSE he does .... *ugh* He's ANOTHER bought and paid for RepubliCON™. *hangs head* Lord help us ALL ....

seems like a good time to kneel in front of the flag in protest of the government's disregard for lives, this time sailors' lives

If SECNAV really wants to see stupidity he should look in the mirror.

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