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New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier’s command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt

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New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier’s command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt

    Paul Szoldra and Jeff Schogol
    Sep 18, 2020 6:17 PM EDT

The situation was so dire on the USS Theodore Roosevelt that by March 30 leaders on the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier found themselves “inside a tornado fighting a war,” according to emails recently released to Task & Purpose by the Navy.

The Navy handed over 200 pages of email communications this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Task & Purpose in April. More than 1,000 additional pages remain under review, Navy officials said.

The emails shed new light on the unprecedented outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the aircraft carrier following a port visit to Vietnam in early March, while offering a window into the intense pressure placed on the ship’s commanding officer, Capt. Brett Crozier, in the days before he pleaded with Navy officials to get all of his sailors off the ship as the virus continued to spread like wildfire.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-theodore-roosevelt-crozier-emails

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