Absolutely no one in Crozier’s chain of command is going to get a Bravo Zulu out of this mess. The first rule of supervision is ‘don’t make your boss look bad’. This situation is totally FUBAR. The government of Guam is mandating that anyone off base must test negative for COVID-19, and you still need nuke ratings watching the fission furnace. The vessel needs to be decontaminated and is either going to require a lot of people or some UV-C robots to sterilize everything.
How do you make sure it doesn’t happen on other vessels? They are going to have to test crews and then quarantine them before deployment. No more port visits or shore leave. That is really going to help recruitment and retention.
We really need a vaccine…
]]>I wish Rear Admiral Crozier well in his retirement. π
]]>What they should have done is start an investigation which would last longer than Trump’s attention span. The current COVID-19 count is 10+% of the crew with the majority asymptomatic. As Crozier has the virus they could have removed him for medical reasons and provided the option of a medical retirement as a Rear Admiral – no harm, no foul. Modly created a major problem with his address to the crew. He wasn’t a Chief, so he isn’t allowed to talked like a Chief. He was an Academy grad and SAR chopper pilot before the Navy sent him to teach at the Air Force Academy. I don’t know how he annoyed the Navy, but he must have, to have been assigned to an Air Force installation for his final tour.
Crozier went from rotary wing to fixed wing, which is rare, and then to a deep water vessel command & nuclear school. He was destined for a star. Retirement is a good move for everyone if Trump doesn’t get involved again.
]]>My guess is that we’re going to see nothing more regarding Crozier until he quietly retires in two months time, five minutes after his promotion to admiral. That’s the time-honored Pentagon way of doing things when Hair Twitler is not involved, quietly have someone retire and to get him to voluntarily do so promise him a promotion to the next pay grade so his retirement pay will be sweeter. Probably for the best, I don’t think Crozier is cut out to be a perfumed prince anyhow.
]]>The worst thing you can do in government service is to tell the truth when it conflicts with your superiors. The problem with getting hit with an asteroid is that conservatives will probably survive with the cockroaches, a related species. π
]]>Anyway, I tweeted this post. This was once (before Trump/GOP) unbelievable. Sadly, it is now what passes for *normal*. Me, I’m really hoping for a huge asteroid! That will solve all the problems! ππΏπ€¬
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