Ship Captain's letter to Pacific Fleet commanders asks Navy to move crew off ship to save lives
by the San Francisco Chronicle, Capt. Brett Crozier said there were two possible outcomes for the ship and its crew: remove the crew from the ship and disinfect it, or “maximize warfighting readiness” to redeploy as quickly as possible.If the Navy chooses the second option, “there will be losses to the virus,” Crozier wrote in his letter, which was sent Sunday to Pacific Fleet commanders.
“We’ve been working actually the last several days to move those sailors off the ship and to get them into accommodations on Guam,” Modly said. “The problem is that Guam doesn’t have enough beds right now, and so we’re having to talk to the government there to see if we can get some hotel space [or] create some tent-type facilities.Later Tuesday, Mark Esper, the secretary of defense, and Adm. J.C. Aquilino, the Pacific Fleet commander, contradicted Modly.
It is unclear if there are other ships similarly affected by the coronavirus. The Navy recently stopped reporting the number of COVID-19 cases on its ships. “Navy leadership is moving quickly to take all necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt,” a Navy official said in an emailed statement.Since COVID-19 began to spread among the military community, leaders have repeatedly emphasized that their ships and crews are mission-ready, even as they moved to curtail the virus.
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