Navy leader calls fired carrier captain 'naive' or 'stupid'

[Vivienne235729]

The Navy is better than this. When you fuck up, man up, admit it, and turn that ship around. This bullshit of discrediting someone doing their job bc you think it embarrassed your organization bc you didn't step up is crap. The Navy failed this captain who stuck his neck out for his crew.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/navy-leader-calls-fired-carrier-captain-naive-stupid-70003547

[TxVietVet]

1. The tRump regime

Will never look at what happened. They will blame the OIC of the ship. I believe he reported the issue and was told to wait for instructions. Basically, Dept of Navy couldn’t get the balls to tell the tRump regime for it would make the look as incompetent as they are.

[ck4829]

2. Navy's rage is building up

[zipplewrath]

3. I suspect

That captain knew what professional risk he took and thought it was his duty. I'd guess the chain of command was unresponsive to his plees and he knew he had little choice. Quite honestly he probably understood that no matter what, he'd take the fall for what was going on. Those in this kind of command understand that advancement is capricious and at some point you have to "fall on your sword " before someone rams it through you.

[Skittles]

4. performing for Trump

what a dick

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Modly is a RumpKisser first class...

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Modly, a 1983 Naval Academy graduate, became the acting Navy secretary last November after Richard Spencer was ousted from the position. Spencer got entangled in a struggle over the war crimes case of a Navy SEAL, Eddie Gallagher, whose bid to restore his SEAL status became an issue championed by Trump.

In his remarks aboard the Roosevelt, Modly raised issues likely to please Trump. He accused the news media, for example, of manipulating a political agenda to divide the country and embarrass the Navy. He said China “was not forthcoming” about coronavirus when it began spreading there months ago, echoing Trump's oft-repeated statement that China could have done more to prevent a pandemic.

And Modly invoked the name of Trump's chief Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, noting that the former vice president had said Modly's decision to fire Crozier was almost criminal. “I assure you it was not,” Modly said.

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