WASHINGTON - Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly gave a surprise speech to the crew of the coronavirus-stricken carrier Theodore Roosevelt and defended his decision to fire their revered captain, calling him either “stupid” or ill-willed, U.S. officials told Reuters.
President Donald Trump has also been criticized for the decision to relieve Crozier of command. Democrats in Congress have called for an investigation by the Pentagon’s independent Inspector General, while Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden said Modly “shot the messenger.” In an interview with Reuters on Friday, Modly said he did not know if Crozier would face disciplinary action, saying it would be up to a probe that will look into issues surrounding “communications” and the chain of command that led to the incident.
Elect a clown for president, expect a circus.
Yes. Naive. Stupid?
SECNAV ResignModly
Navy captains aren't usually stupid. Politicians on the other hand...
He flew 8,000 miles to address the crew on an crappy intercom system. Then calls their real daddy stupid? Not smart SECNAV NavyMCPON CaptainCrozierAmericanHero USSTheodoreRoosevelt
It means soldiers are not humans, they are tools even in the peace time.
Capt Crozier shd be fired he put his men in harms way by letting them off the ship in Vietnam knowing they had coronavirus infections.Whether it was 1 or 16 infections it was a bad decision. Once the crew returned to the ship they spread it amongst other crew members.
Talking of naive or stupid US Navy acting head tells crew that! Their Captain WASN'T the one who gave his letter to the media; the USA Naval CHAIN OF COMMAND FAILED TheodoreRoosevelt crew, AND Captain Crozier... political f'wit Navy Secretary IDIOT FAIL. Sad
Is Modly a draft dodger like trump? Did he ever serve this country?
'fly away, shitbird'.....
This guy's a piece of 💩
'The 'WTF' heard 'round the world.' Thats some history baby! GoNavy
Your the goof that fired him for doing the right thing. Shame on you.
And theirs was negligent
Mutiny.
and that was unprofessional to speak that way.
Modly is just another symptom of the disease known as Trump.
At no time did US Navy Secretary say the captain leaked the letter sent to his superiors. He says like a skunk that captain should have been more diligent letter doesn't leak. I give high probability to the leak being done by superiors to divert their criminal irresponsibility.
That's true. Get with the program, or get the f*ck out.
Guessing Captain isn’t naive or stupid, so what compelled him to communicate as he did? Given admin has proven its desire to keep people on boats to produce “good” numbers, I’m giving the captain the benefit of the doubt he wasn’t getting a proper response from Modly and others.
Imagine stepping onto a warship and saying this to the crew about their former captain “he was A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this,'
And this secretary is just another wh-re for Trump willing to let sailors die instead of possibly saving their lives. You want stupid? Look in the mirror dude. If a Democrat wins in November he should reinstate this Captain and make him an Admiral and put him in charge of the Nav
Why publicize the status of the crew on a Nuclear Powered Carrier and disclose it's location? I doubt that's allowed under any circumstance.
Like a good captain he stay util the end with his crew unlike these desk fuckers
How dare he. No military family is ok with this. Next time you're being told something like a plague like Corona is spreading DO WHAT EVERY PREVIOS PREDIDENT/ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO! Trump you have nerve. Captain Crozier is an American Hero. He saved our nation's Sons/daughters
What’s Naive and stupid is isolating the military against its own leadership. It’s bad enough this administration has put them in harms way needlessly. Now a TrumpVirusCoverup
Looks like this guy doesn't have any commanding experience or credential of any sort but he's the Secretary of Navy..
Where does the coronavirus come from for CVN71?
.SECNAV is the very definition of a ginger scrote
he should resign
OK, but he seems like an asshole.
What an ass.
Or else he would quickly not be the “acting Navy Head”
I think Modly must have confused Capt. Crozier with Trump.
Leaked audio
?
I still can’t believe China was suppressing coronavirus info.
correct
yeah read that room
Jysr confirms that this acting secretary cares more about his n this administration's image than the wellfare/lives of our sailors.
Acting stupid.
Seems more like the acting Navy Chief is STUPID!
So the ship was taken out of military readiness. Ok. In another week or two when 80% plus of your crew would be sicker then dogs, how military ready would the ship be!? USA USNavy DonaldTrump
He was stupid
GOP wtf? The disrespect towards our military from the Trump Administration is a disgrace. Smh
Modly is a Wanker.
It is urged that a Presidential Pardon be taken into consideration & The Aircraft Carrier Captain be fully reinstated. readiness fairness talentretention Covid_19 WhiteHouse realDonaldTrump POTUS thejointstaff
First the country. Then his men. Then all branches of power. Disgraceful.
Hark who's talking!!, its him for listening to the idiot in the WH!!
Es un héroe, a falta de liderazgo y decisión por parte de sus superiores ante peligro inminente de sus oficiales a su cargo y cuidado, antepuso el interés superior colectivo al interés particular de conservar su carrera profesional y apapachos de sus superiores.
We really need to look at Navy policies in a pandemic. The Navy needs to do better. Pearl Harbor they were sitting on their hands. Again?
Amazing that someone “stupid” rose thru the ranks to Captain the most important ship in the navy. All those who promoted him must be even more stupid then.
That's entirely too generous.
Following the chain of command is as basic as it comes.
kairyssdal What say you, my dude?
Taking care of his ship and sailors and the American people stupid? Eloquent speaking
Look I'm against what he did .but he acted in good will. No need for this kind of words
Resign secnav You have no right or standing to lead men, especially our military.
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