{"id":36022,"date":"2020-04-03T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T13:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/03\/watch-the-heros-farewell-sailors-gave-their-fired-theodore-roosevelt-skipper\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:32:32","slug":"watch-the-heros-farewell-sailors-gave-their-fired-theodore-roosevelt-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/home\/left-column\/2020\/04\/03\/watch-the-heros-farewell-sailors-gave-their-fired-theodore-roosevelt-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the hero\u2019s farewell sailors gave their fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of sailors aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt applauded as their commanding officer left the ship Thursday because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/04\/02\/navy-fires-theodore-roosevelt-skipper-following-leaked-letter-pleading-for-covid-19-assistance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Navy fired him<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCaptain Crozier! Captain Crozier!\u201d the sailors chanted amid claps and cheers as their skipper walked along the gangway, leaving his ship of nealy 5,000 sailors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s how you send off one of the greatest captains you ever had,\u201d one sailor said one of several cell phone videos posted online Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the sidelined aircraft carrier in port in Guam, was abruptly relieved of duty Thursday after copy of writing a letter describing the COVID-19 outbreak on the 4,800-person ship and pleaded for help from his senior officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, nearly 70,000 people signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/usn-istandwithcaptcrozier-captcrozier-cvn71-reinstate-captain-crozier-as-commanding-officer?recruiter=1069999511&amp;recruited_by_id=72053ef0-753e-11ea-a9bd-3db7f282bda0&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=copylink&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_message&amp;utm_term=psf_combo_share_message&amp;share_bandit_exp=message-21296307-en-US&amp;share_bandit_var=v0\" target=\"_blank\">an online petition<\/a> calling for the skipper to be reinstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cozier\u2019s letter, which was first published by the San Francisco Chronicle, was reportedly sent up the captain\u2019s immediate chain of command in a \u201cnon-secure, unclassified\u201d email that included \u201c20 or 30\u201d additional recipients, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told reporters Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[The letter] misrepresented the facts of what was going on,\u201d Modly said. \u201cOkay, that\u2019s just not acceptable. \u2026 When I have a commanding officer who\u2019s responsible for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, with all that lethality and all that responsibility \u2026 that demonstrated extremely poor judgement in the middle of a crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quite the send off for the dismissed skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n15Dvbx9kZ\">pic.twitter.com\/n15Dvbx9kZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Observation Post (@militarytimesop) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/militarytimesop\/status\/1246097205984817157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v14.0\" nonce=\"fmp45REh\"><\/script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1093930141\/videos\/10216506735516262\/\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.washington.5458\/videos\/10216506735516262\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.washington.5458\/videos\/10216506735516262\/\"><\/a><p>Farwell Sir it&#039;s been a pleasure #WEARETRSTRONG #MYCO #TR<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"#\" role=\"button\">Michael Washington<\/a> on Friday, April 3, 2020<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v14.0\" nonce=\"RRjczNkD\"><\/script><div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100000149406883\/posts\/3321547991193482\/?d=n\" data-width=\"552\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100000149406883\/posts\/3321547991193482\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>the whole ship came out to say goodbye to Captain  Crozier \ud83d\ude2d #keepyourheadonaswivel #andaneyeonashipmate #crozierforpresident\n\nvideo credit to Victoria Williams (screaming is still me tho)<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"#\" role=\"button\">Maddie Blanco<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100000149406883\/posts\/3321547991193482\/\">Friday, April 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCaptain Crozier! 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