re: Modly SHOULD get the full time job as Navy Secretary

Doubt it was Modly, the acting SecNav. If you mean the carrier commander that Modly removed, his name is Capt. Brett Crozier, a career Naval Officer with much command experience who had risen to one of the most trusted and respected positions in the U.S. Navy as Captain of a Carrier with over 5000 crew members. Apparently Crozier sent the letter to superior officers, but inadvertently copied the letter to other recipients, and a copy of it eventually reached the media.

Crozier was concerned that he had several crew on his ship who were sick with COVID-19. He was seeking assistance from his superiors - he had a small number of sailors infected with the virus, but testing was irrelevant and quarantine methods were useless with the entire crew embarked on a warship that does not allow for social distancing or isolation.

So Capt. Crozier watched as the virus ripped through his crew. Around 150+ became ill with COVID-19, including the Captain himself.

One thing that confuses me, is that Crozier's superior was on the TR with him at the time he sent out the letter. There hasn't been any reports in the media about that man's thoughts on the issue, or how he and Crozier interacted over the ordeal.

This is what his crew thought of him, as he left the carrier:

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