Acting Navy secretary blasts ousted aircraft carrier captain as 'stupid' in address to ship's crew

[Javaman]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/politics/uss-tr-crozier-modly/index.html

(CNN)The Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly blasted the now ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew Monday morning, in remarks obtained by CNN.

Modly told the crew that their former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, was either "too naive or too stupid" to be in command or that he intentionally leaked to the media a memo in which he warned about coronavirus spreading aboard the aircraft carrier and urged action to save his sailors.
While Modly has publicly refrained from accusing Crozier of leaking the letter to the media in his address to the ship's crew, the acting secretary accused Crozier of committing a "betrayal" and creating a "big controversy" in Washington by disseminating the warning so widely.
"It was a betrayal. And I can tell you one other thing: because he did that he put it in the public's forum and it is now a big controversy in Washington, DC," Modly said, according to a transcript of remarks Modly made to the crew, copies of which have been provided to CNN by multiple Navy officials.

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the orange asshole getting his pound of flesh at the expense of someone basically asking for help. it was the pleas of help by this commander that embarrassed the orange asshole because the orange asshole is incompetent. so now the pile on happens to "condemn" the commander for trying to help his crew.

the insufferable stupidity and down right despicable death cult of the orange asshole.

[SheltieLover]

1. I don't even think that guy is milutary, is he?

Big mistake, imo. Those sailors ADORE Captain Crozier!

Vote Blue, sailors!

[Generic Other]

2. Surprised they didn't keelhaul him!

Shave his belly with a rusty razor....

[MagickMuffin]

14. Yes he has served in the military

Wiki has his bio.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. This is insane. So unprofessional and corrosive.

Edit to add: they're nasty to Crozier, holds up war criminal Gallagher as a hero/martyr. This is what our military has become.

[ck4829]

6. How much longer can it go on? It seems as though a growing number in the Navy at least are...

Remembering they took an oath to defend the United States and the Constitution... not to be little army men for Trump.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. This is another sad example of the politics of the US Navy......

When the Captain of the USS Indianapolis was put on trial for the disaster that surrounded the events in 1945, the US Navy needed a scapegoat. At the Court-Martial trial of Captain McKay, the commander of the Japanese submarine responsible for the torpedo that sunk it, testified that it would not have mattered the position of the Indianapolis because the entire Pacific Ocean was a battlefield. Captain McKay died by his own hand in 1968.

Fast forward to 2020. It appears that the US Navy needs another scapegoat. Disgraceful.

[walkingman]

15. Just saw the movie - A sad testament of our military - people are simply expendable.

[superpatriotman]

5. The hatred for the enlisted is palpable

These appointees better be careful.

[Lowell]

7. The secretary is "acting"

he shouldn't be allowed to execute any orders. He is just a placeholder until a "real" secretary is chosen.

[Arazi]

8. Hope they booed him

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Will be interesting to see

the Transfers Ask file in the coming weeks.

This Crew will be a nightmare to Command for anyone after this stupid stunt.

[The Magistrate]

10. The Crew Is Sure To Love That, Sir

Sailors just hate it when an officer is concerned for their welfare....

[onethatcares]

11. the big controversy in Washington D.C.

is but the orangeanus getting his panties in a wad that someone thought more of their crew than they did of him and the asshole began shouting and yelling at everyone in sight.

I saulute Capt.Crozier.

[MineralMan]

12. Well, given the send-off that crew gave to Capt. Crozier,

I doubt this asshole's comments were well-received.

[jmowreader]

13. You should listen to the "speech" on Soundcloud

When Modly said Crozier was “too stupid to command a ship like this,” some guy in the formation yelled out, “what the fuck?”