Navy leaders recommend reinstating Capt. Brett Crozier, who was relieved of his command after he raised concerns about a coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Capt. Brett Crozier, who was relieved of his command after he raised concerns about a coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, should be reinstated, the Navy's top officials recommended Friday.
According to a U.S. defense official, a source familiar with the matter and a former defense official, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Acting Secretary of the Navy Jim McPherson both laid out a series of options to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper this afternoon, including the recommendation that Capt. Brett Crozier be reinstated as commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Esper asked for more time to think about it.
"This afternoon, Secretary Esper received a verbal update from the acting Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations on the Navy’s preliminary inquiry into the COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt," Jonathan Rath Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said in a statement.
"He remains focused on and committed to restoring the full health of the crew and getting the ship at sea again soon," Hoffman said.Sign Up
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