Navy Capt. Brett E. Crozier has tested positive for coronavirus just days after losing command of the U. S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, the New York Times reports, citing two of his Naval Academy classmates.
Why it matters: The ship has seen more than 100 cases of coronavirus on board, and all sailors remaining on the ship must test negative for the disease before being evacuated.
* The captain's letter — in which he pleaded for more resources and space to quarantine crew members offshore — was leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle last week.
* He was subsequently relieved of duty.
* Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly has argued that Crozier evaded the chain of command and "at no time relayed" the urgency that he wrote in his letter. Modly said Crozier "allo... (Read more)
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