President trump has strongly criticized the former captain of the U.S. Navy Crozier Brett, who commanded the aircraft carrier «Theodore Roosevelt» during the outbreak of coronavirus.
The captain wrote a letter to the Pentagon with a request to allow his ship to go into an American Harbor on the island of GUAM in the Pacific ocean that the sailors could get treatment. Command of the Navy was given a permit only after a public leak of the text of the report in the form of e-mail and publish it in the media.
In the report, the captain calls for the need to evacuate the crew of the aircraft carrier, because it had an outbreak Covid-19. «Theodore Roosevelt» dropped anchor on the island of GUAM, where the us military base after 25 crew members received a positive test result for coronavirus.
According to Crozier, the carrier is not possible to comply with the necessary quarantine measures, the sailors working and living in direct contact with each other.
«We’re not at war. Sailors must not die, — I wrote to Crozier. — If nothing is done now, we will not be able to properly look after our main asset — our sailors.»
The captain of the «Theodore Roosevelt» was proposed to evacuate the crew, leaving on Board about 50 people to support the operation of a nuclear reactor, disinfection and safety of the carrier.
The acting Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Monti said at a press conference in Washington that the Crozier «raised the alarm for no reason», but later the U.S. Navy announced that on Board the «Theodore Roosevelt» 1000 sailors evacuated, and the evacuation continues.
Trump blasts ex-Navy captain Brett Crozier, agrees ‘100%’ with when ousting https://t.co/WVEyqh5II9 pic.twitter.com/p8WrlBqwVD
— New York Post (@nypost) January 4, 2020
As reported Saturday by Reuters, the number of crew members of the aircraft carrier, which was detected positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours increased by 13% to 155.
Naval forces reported that 44% of the crew, consisting of nearly 5,000 people were tested, and 1548 sailors of the crew went ashore. None of the infected sailors were not hospitalized, the statement said.
«He wrote the letter. A five-page letter from the captain. And that letter was everywhere. It is not appropriate. I don’t think that’s appropriate, said trump during his daily press conference at COVID-19. — What he did looked terrible. To write a letter. I mean that this is not a literature class. This is the captain of a huge ship… they don’t write letters».
According to the New York Post, the President said that he agreed «100%» with the decision of the Navy of resignation Crozier.
“Navy whistle blower», Captain Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt was relieved of his command for trying to protect his sailors from COVID-19.
«He exercised extremely poor judgement», they said.
As he left, this is how the crew responded. pic.twitter.com/YmF4meG41n
— M 2020 (@Mav15605229) April 3, 2020
Earlier video in which the crew of the aircraft carrier USS «Theodore Roosevelt» saying goodbye to his captain, watching him with applause and loud chants of «Captain Crozier!», became viral.
