He was fired for his neglect in forwarding the letter to a large number of people, ensuring it’s leak to the media. Additionally, the memo included information that disclosed actual or proposed reductions in the ship’s combat readiness, and should have been classified. Where was his concern when his ship was scheduled for a port visit in Vietnam during an outbreak of a dangerous infectious disease?
The letter was fine. The leak was a fireable offense, and the actual leaker should be court martialed.
What is supposed to be the connection between the crew liking the Captain and the Captain doing things that got him relieved of command? We keep seeing these threads about the crew cheering the captain as he’s being relieved of command as if they have some sort of relevance, but I don’t get it. Is following the chain of command now only dependent on how popular you are?
It affects your thinking process. Just like a six pack of corona.
Why did he wait until 100+ sailors had the Wu Ho Flu ???
and why did he take the ship to Vietnam ???
The letter from SECNAV that explains why he fired the Captain.
https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112537
So, the captain of a capital ship tells everyone but his immediate change n of command that he is non-mission capable, that 1/10 if our force projection platforms is dead in the water, and he’s a hero? Nah. He’s a pencil pusher now, soon to be retired.
There’s a reason it’s called a “chain” of command. It’s not a suggestion.
I do understand that his ship was in trouble, but he failed in a most obvious manner. What was the Roosevelt doing in the western Pacific, on a pleasure cruise? Or, protecting American interests.
The liberal propaganda machine is in full BS mode.
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.
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.
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
Wasn’t the captain’s immediate superior onboard?
bmp