Navy relieves CO of USS Harry S. Truman following collision
Capt. Dave Snowden's relief comes one week after the carrier collided with a merchant vessel while operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
By Beth Sullivan
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USS Harry S. Truman collides with merchant vessel in Mediterranean
The collision “did not endanger” the carrier, as no injuries or flooding were reported, officials said.
By Beth Sullivan
SECNAV: Roosevelt skipper either ‘too naïve or too stupid’ to command aircraft carrier
Modly said Crozier sent the letter either on purpose, or because he was "too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this."
In speaking truth to power, Captain Crozier made us proud
The aircraft carrier commander will likely never be promoted to rear admiral because he put the welfare of his sailors above his career.
By Lawrence J. Korb
Fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper tests positive for COVID-19
The commander began exhibiting symptoms before he was removed from the warship on Thursday, two of his classmates told the New York Times.
Defense Secretary insists Trump didn’t order firing of Theodore Roosevelt commander
Secretary Mark Esper called the dismissal reasonable but said a full investigation is underway.
Dispatch from Rome: Former Theodore Roosevelt skipper should be praised, not pilloried
I was twice fired by the United Nations from senior supervisory positions: Both times for insisting that there are occasions when my first loyalty is to staff and mission ahead of allegiance to superiors.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
Theodore Roosevelt captain followed in footsteps of ship’s namesake by writing bombshell letter
The aircraft carrier’s namesake was once entangled in a similar conundrum.
Watch the hero’s farewell sailors gave their fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper
“Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!” the sailors chanted amid claps and cheers as their skipper walked along the gangway, leaving his ship of nealy 5,000 sailors.
By Military Times staff
Mom of Theodore Roosevelt sailor ‘devastated’ by firing of Crozier
"Not a lot of people out there who would do that for others.”
By Howard Altman
Navy fires Theodore Roosevelt skipper following leaked letter pleading for COVID-19 assistance
"He did not take care, and what that did is it created panic on the ship."
By J.D. Simkins
Navy says it will still do urinalysis tests ‘to the greatest extent possible’ amid COVID-19 concerns
Individuals teleworking, feeling sick, or in quarantine will be exempt.
By J.D. Simkins