Originally Posted by
Gordie H
If what you’re saying is true, then the FIRST report would have found cause. But it didn’t. It recommended reinstatement…the chief of naval operations was getting ready to have a press conference to announce it when Esper stepped in. Not normal buddy.
At the very least the spineless CNO should have been more attune to the political landscape and had his first investigation board make up reasons to sack Crozier. Thus saving the CAPT from getting nationally disparaged twice. But then again I think people can see what this is and understand Crozier is, in fact, a great American.
What I’m saying IS true. And the CNO made it clear enough on his second time at bat:
"I will not reassign Capt. Brett Crozier as the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, nor will he be eligible for future command," Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, declared Friday at a Pentagon news conference, adding that Crozier would be reassigned.
Also facing sanctions is Rear Adm. Stuart Baker, the commander of the aircraft carrier's strike group, whose Senate-confirmed promotion to a second star has been put on hold.
After having concluded from a preliminary inquiry that Crozier should be returned to his command post, Gilday said his review of a much broader subsequent investigation led him to a judgment that both Crozier and Baker "fell well short of what we expect of those in command."
"Had I known then what I know today, I would have not made that recommendation to reinstate Capt. Crozier," the Navy's highest-ranking officer added. "Moreover, if Capt. Crozier were still in command today, I would be relieving him."
Gilday did not cite as grounds for his decision the anguished email Crozier sent decrying a slow response by the Navy to the outbreak aboard the Roosevelt, a missive that leaked and was published within a day by the San Francisco Chronicle.
"Capt. Crozier hit send once on that email," Gilday said. "Capt. Crozier did not leak that email, or intend for it to be leaked. So at that time, I felt that the facts did not justify relief, based on the narrow scope."
The broader review, which was requested by then-acting Navy Secretary James McPherson, found what Gilday described as actions by Crozier and Baker that put the crew's comfort above their safety.
"They did not do enough soon enough to fulfill their primary obligation, and they did not effectively carry out our guidelines to prevent spread of the virus," Gilday told reporters. "They were slow egressing sailors off the ship, and they failed to move sailors to available, safer environments quickly."
The Navy chief also said Crozier exercised "questionable judgment" by releasing sailors from quarantine on his ship, an action Gilday said put the crew at higher risk "and may have increased the spread of the virus aboard the Theodore Roosevelt."
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/881039090/in-a-reversal-by-navy-sacked-captain-of-uss-roosevelt-will-not-be-reinstated.
But the bottom line is still:
Don’t embarrass the Navy.
It isn’t an easy life:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/12/navy-vice-admiral-former-head-5th-fleet-died-suicide-bahrain.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-25-mn-2849-story.html.
https://www.stripes.com/news/memoria...ficer-1.212749
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...8BN00T20121224
https://www.pilotonline.com/military...af0b45ef2.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...cide/92880986/