WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Even as he is hailed as a hero by his crew, the fired commander of a coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier is being reassigned while investigators consider whether he should face disciplinary action, acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday (April 3).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Even as he is hailed as a hero by his crew, the fired commander of a coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier is being reassigned while investigators consider whether he should face disciplinary action, acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday .
"And that's how you send out one of the greatest captains you ever had," exclaimed one sailor in a video post, amid thunderous applause and cheering for Crozier as he left the carrier and its 5,000 crew members in Guam. Crozier's firing has become a lightning-rod political issue at a time when the Trump administration is facing intense criticism over its handling of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 6,000 people across the country, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Reuters first reported last week that the US armed forces would start keeping from the public some data about infections within its ranks.
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