Monday, April 06, 2020

How did we get here? Rude, depersonalized and radical speech about a captain that sincerely cared about his sailors.

Modly needs to be removed from his ACTING secretary status. He is completely out of control and cared little about the standards the sailors on that vital aircraft carrier. Where was the understanding that the ship was becoming ridiculously dangerous to its crew? 

NOWHERE IS THERE A REASONABLE RESPONSE YET FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!

April 6, 2020
By John Ismay and Geoff Ziezulewicz

Secretary Thomas B. Modly, acting secretary of the Navy, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in December 2019. Modly removed the captain of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt last week.

...Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly (click here) addressed the crew of the aircraft carrier on Monday afternoon via the ship’s internal loudspeaker system. In a profane and defensive address that one crew member described in an interview as “whiny, upset, irritated, condescending,” Modly took repeated shots at the integrity of Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was removed from command last week, and eventually injected partisan political tones into the address by attacking former Vice President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly criticized Crozier’s removal....
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