Thread by @eslavin_stripes, I can recall three different times when I received a document from [...]

Erik Slavin

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I can recall three different times when I received a document from Navy officers who thought sailor well-being was jeopardized. Each time it came after they believed their chain of command ignored the risk. https://www.stripes.com/news/us/captain-of-uss-roosevelt-relieved-of-command-after-letter-about-coronavirus-outbreak-was-leaked-1.624691

Captain of USS Roosevelt relieved of command after letter about coronavirus outbreak was leaked

The Navy dismissed the captain of an aircraft carrier crippled by the coronavirus from his job on Thursday, two days after the officer's unusually blunt letter warned that if the service did not...

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/captain-of-uss-roosevelt-relieved-of-command-after-letter-about-coronavirus-outbreak-was-leaked-1.624691

This appears to be a clip of Crozier's sendoff from his sailors. I've never seen anything quite like it. https://www.facebook.com/michael.washington.5458/videos/10216506735516262/?d=n

Here's another angle, appears to be Capt. Crozier leaving the ship: https://www.facebook.com/100006162696918/posts/2529255843956481/?d=n

For more detail, here's @chadgarland and @joshua_karsten's story: https://www.stripes.com/news/us/captain-crozier-captain-crozier-videos-show-sailors-sending-off-ousted-uss-roosevelt-commander-with-cheers-1.624732

'Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!': Videos show sailors sending off ousted USS Roosevelt commander...

Hundreds were pictured in the gathering in the aircraft carrier’s hangar deck and many chanted Capt. Brett Crozier’s name.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/captain-crozier-captain-crozier-videos-show-sailors-sending-off-ousted-uss-roosevelt-commander-with-cheers-1.624732

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