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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:55 PM Apr 2020

Acting U.S. Navy head tells coronavirus-hit crew that commander's action was naive or stupid

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting head of the U.S. Navy, in a surprise speech to the crew of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, castigated their former commander for writing a leaked letter that demanded the Navy take stronger action to halt the spread of the illness.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly stood by his decision to relieve Captain Brett Crozier of his command in a speech to crew members of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt while it was docked in Guam early on Monday.

"If he didn't think that information was going to get out into the public in this information age that we live in, then he was A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this," he said.

"The alternative is that he did it on purpose."

https://news.yahoo.com/acting-u-navy-chief-says-141504937.html

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Acting U.S. Navy head tells coronavirus-hit crew that commander's action was naive or stupid (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
he is performing for Trump Skittles Apr 2020 #1
He called the commander "too naive or too stupid," not his actions. ZZenith Apr 2020 #2

ZZenith

(4,119 posts)
2. He called the commander "too naive or too stupid," not his actions.
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:10 PM
Apr 2020

“Acting” Navy Secretary needs a good keel-hauling.

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