Navy Recommends Reinstating Ousted Captain Of USS Roosevelt
Three weeks after Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of a coronavirus-infected aircraft carrier by a Navy official who has since resigned, top Navy brass want him back on his ship.
In what could amount to a stunning about-face for the Pentagon, congressional sources have confirmed to NPR that top Navy leaders have recommended that Capt. Brett Crozier be put back in command of the coronavirus-plagued aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
After Crozier's for a more decisive response to his ship's COVID-19 outbreak leaked to the news as the ship's skipper on April 2 by then-acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.
