Acting Navy Sec'y insults ship, Captain over intercom

By PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 2:12pm |

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/acting-navy-secretary-upbraids-aircraft-carriers-captain-over-ships-intercom-11586186541

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The irony of this, if such a quality still exists, is that to the degree the Captain violated the need to protect the chain of command by making his letter public, the Acting Secretary violates that very same code by denigrating an Officer outside the context of a judicial review.

by moat on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 3:42pm

Audio of Modly's remarks about Crozier here, via @PaulSzoldra https://t.co/PQV0vm8HPc
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 6, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 4:17pm

The chorus of What the Fuck in the background give it a Greek Tragedy quality.

by moat on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 4:41pm

All the King's Men...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the controversial celebrity doctor, has been advising senior Trump admin officials on coronavirus-related matters. Oz has even caught Trump's attention with his appearances on Fox News, The Daily Beast has learned. https://t.co/gSDcFcMX9k
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 6, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 4:45pm

loose lips sink finks' ships

The captain was a fool if he wrote a letter and thought it wouldn't leak, said the acting secretary, to thousands of sailors who loved the captain, in a speech, which leaked. https://t.co/9poybgRi6I
— Ted Mann (@TMannWSJ) April 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 6:07pm

Methinks the Drumpf just saw the video of the sailors cheering Crozier and it was like "ratings!"

Trump just hinted he may intervene to reinstate Capt Crozier to command of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

"His career prior to that was very good. So I'm going to get involved and see exactly what's going on there because I don't want to destroy somebody for having a bad day."
— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 6:22pm

Would be happy if Crozier told him to go fuck himself in a very torturous, physically improbable way.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 6:46pm

The acting SecNav flew 8K miles in the middle of a pandemic to publicly criticize a ship captain, calling the captain stupid for making a statement that went public.

by rmrd0000 on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 8:42pm

A ruckus! "MUST RESIGN!": Vets are livid over Navy Secretary's insult of fired captain of virus-laden ship https://t.co/hpDLViVKgL
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) April 7, 2020

I believe the term some of us old soldiers call this is a “cluster fuck”. But that’s me. I’m old. https://t.co/3j29waOX4D
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) April 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:02am

the statement:

BREAKING: Acting Secnav apologizes for comments amid calls for his resignation. pic.twitter.com/SroHrLUYIP
— David B. Larter (@DavidLarter) April 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:07am

Oh that made it better

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:51am

In 1898, Colonel Teddy Roosevelt wrote a letter to his superiors warning of how yellow fever & malaria outbreaks were endangering US troops in Cuba. It leaked to the press, and McKinley was furious but the troops were sent home likely saving their lives https://t.co/RbXlOF4sDH
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) April 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 1:13am

veteran Pentagon reporter Barbara Starr is obviously digging through old coverage in attempt to add support to Crozier's good reputation:

A picture of what leadership looks like. This helps illustrate why Capt. Crozier is so beloved by his (former) crew. https://t.co/ZuJT5rGnAX
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) April 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/08/2020 - 1:56am

Acting Navy Sec'y insults ship, Captain over intercom

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