Looks like I need to shed further light on the issues surrounding the USS Theodore Roosevelt...
Due to the very nature of its mission our naval services have been strategically placed as the nation's front line force in readiness. These forces are usually the first to react to international crises and provide aid in natural disasters. In no small way they are our defacto ambassadors at large... Making countless good will stops at ports of call... Our sailors and Marines being good will ambassadors while on shore leave, interacting with the locals of the host nation... They go a long way cementing the good relationships needed to expand commercial relationships.
This was the instance when The Big Stick and its battle group recently docked at Danang, Vietnam. It is reasonable to assume that crew member's contracted covid-19 while ashore...
The most dangerous working environment on planet earth is on an aircraft carrier flight deck... We ask these men and women to stand in harms way, doing the nation's bidding... To do so demand split second timing in a very well choreographed atmosphere, fraught with danger... Therefore they must remain mentally and physically sharp.
For those who have held a command position, either commissioned or NCO, you understand your responsibility to see to the welfare of your command... The evidence is reasonably clear that once the disease raised its ugly head Captain Crozier did just that... His requests for immediate test kits and assistance in quarantining those infected went unanswered... This ship has since seen over 600 testing positive... 8 with the disease and now one death...
In no small way, the reason why our military has performed so well in combat is that our command procedures encourage field commanders to take the initiative... Vary from plans to meet the existing conditions... It is obvious that Captain Crozier did just that... He is now tested positive with the disease, contracted while on his ship... Wishing him a speedy recovery...
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