A trip to Guam that led to the resignation of former acting Navy Sec. Modly cost $243,000, a Navy official says.
, saying the captain's letter"unnecessarily raised the alarm of the families of our sailors and Marines." On Monday, in an expletive-laden comment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Modly excoriated the captain, suggesting that he was"stupid or naïve" for writing the letter and accusing him of a"betrayal of trust."Initially, Modly stood by his comments, but after President Donald Trump offered support to Crozier, Modly issued an apology.
"Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naïve nor stupid," Modly said."I think, and always believed him to be the opposite." On Tuesday, Modly offered his resignation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who said Modly had quit on his own accord,"putting the Navy and the sailors above self so that the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and the Navy as an institution, can move forward."
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Acting secretary of the Navy resigns after calling ousted aircraft carrier captain 'stupid'Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday, a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt 'stupid' in an address to the ship's crew, according to a US official and a former senior military official.
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Embattled Navy secretary resignsActing Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, a day after his inflammatory speech to sailors aboard a Coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier brought calls for him to be fired.
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