Capt. Brett Crozier addresses the crew of the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2019. US Navy via Reuters file
The Navy’s top admiral also determined that Capt. Brett Crozier should not be recommended for further command, effectively ending his career.
The decision by Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, amounts to a reversal of an earlier recommendation to restore Crozier as commander of the aircraft carrier.
At the Friday press briefing, Gilday said the expanded probe led him to conclude that “Capt. Crozier and Adm. Baker fell well short of what we expect of those in command.”
The memo Crozier sent was “unnecessary,” Gilday added, because officials had already taken action to secure hotel rooms for sailors infected with the virus.
Gilday announced that he was delaying the promotion of Baker, who was in charge of the strike group that included the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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