Posted on 04/06/2020 12:46:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Unfortunately he looks like that and he is an Annapolis grad too.
I’ve been reading this item and agree with President Trump.
He wrote a 5 page letter and sent copies to 20 people?
With his next in command right on the ship with him?
He should be fired.
What an idiot.
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I could not agree more with your assessment!
+100!!!!!!
As I figured
( OK conspiracy territory.....Someone should check if this captain recently received a large amount of money in his bank account)
He knew he was throwing away his career
He knew help was on the way
He deliberately let soldiers come in contact in Vietnam Nam
Hope this is thoroughly investigated!
Being captain of a naval vessel ain’t a popularity contest. The dude used a hostile press to leverage the Navy. He deserved to get fired.
“He caught it, too”
I don’t care how sick he is, he broke the chain of command and blabbed to the media about the sickness on the ship. This is giving the enemy intelligence about deployed ships.
He deserves to be in prison.
First thing an officer is supposed to learn is not to let the enemy know your strength or lack of it.
The fact that the crew cheered him just shows how liberalism has invaded our country and perverted our people through communist teachings in school.
The crew needs to be repremanded for cheering on this poor excuse for an officer. They are no better than he is. This speaks volumes for the lack of battle readiness within the fleet.
There are small cities with vastly less resources than this CO had.
Had he done those things and then asked for help with additional resources he needed he would have been a hero.
As vast as the powers of a CO are, he doesn't self-select his deployment schedule.
So is that carrier completely sidelined right now? What’s the SOP for decontamination and removal of the pathogen?
“Why did he take the ship to Vietnam?
Retired Navy Officer here. The Navy decides on port visits. He was required to make the port call.The other ships of the Strike Group also stopped in Vietnam. They likely also had infected sailors. They still have their commands because they handled the situation appropriately.
“Why did he wait?”
He didn’t. According to a statement from the Pentagon yesterday, he had contacted higher authority and they were sending help.
re: “What is supposed to be the connection between the crew liking the Captain and the Captain doing things that got him relieved of command?”
Giving the crew liberty in Vietnam AFTER Covid-19 had been identified as a pandemic threat?
What he did, by going public through the press, was put our naval forces at risk by announcing to our enemies that our ships were weakened by this virus.
He’s lucky he wasn’t court marshaled.
Loose lips sink ships.
If the captain had done this as by the book. He could have had the whole ship thoroughly deconned and wiped down in a matter of a few days. Now it will take a few weeks just to be thorough.
I’ll bet the Chinese Navy is laughing their asses off.
When you fire a ship’s captain, do it onshore and do not let him back on the ship where he can be the subject of a pep rally. Duh
OK thanks!
When he allowed them to leave the ship there he should have known by then an epidemic was spreading
Again, as others have noted, this is the one thing that isn't on him as port visits are arranged by the Navy in conjunction with the State Department as part of "show the flag" exercises. The spending of money by sailors in the local port is part of that. If the sailors should not have been on liberty then it was for the local diplomatic mission to inform the CO of such.
I am not a fan of this CO, but this charge against him is unfair and is not one that Modley cited in justifying relieving him of command.
The intelligence officers associated with the local diplomatic mission should have provided that information and recommended that as a consequence the port visit be cancelled.
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