Modly said the captain did not raise the issue with his superior, who lived down the hall on the ship, or try to alert Modly personally before sending the memo over unsecured and unclassified lines, which ensured its leak. Zinke said it is “black and white” that Crozier violated the chain of command.
Former Interior Secretary and retired Navy SEAL
Commander Ryan Zinke dismissed Joe Biden’s criticism of the
administration for firing Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander of the
aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Zinke said of Crozier:
His actions were wrong. … Looked like he was well-liked, fine. I hope he was. I hope he was. But you know, it’s a swing and a miss for Biden and the other political pundits that try to find wrongdoing in every corner and the wrongdoing in this case was the loss of confidence in the commanding officer that broke the chain of command. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.
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ReplyDeletethe six fleet's decision to abandon the USS Liberty what was
an illegal order by LBJ. The Captain's first obligation is to
his men. I understand the Captain has been diagnosed with
Corona virus.
I believe he was diagnosed after the action.
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