Top Admiral in Pacific Defends Decision to Send Navy Carrier to Vietnam
22 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The top military leader who approved the decision to send an aircraft carrier to Vietnam, resulting in a coronavirus outbreak on the ship, said the move met travel and health recommendations at the time.
Adm. Phil Davidson, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, on Tuesday defended his call to allow the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a second ship to make a four-day port stop in Vietnam in March. Within weeks, sailors on the Roosevelt began testing positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
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