“We are not at war. There is no reason for sailors to die. The words of the commander of the US nuclear carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Brett Crozier, angered the Pentagon. In a four-page letter that leaked to the press on March 31, he asked for the evacuation of his crew, after the detection of several cases of coronavirus on board.
Accused of lacking "leadership" and "judgment", Brett Crozier was sacked two days later. When he left, hundreds of sailors accompanied him to the deck, applauding the dismissed commander and chanting his name.
