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USS Roosevelt commander relieved after COVID outbreak letter leaked

By Abraham Mahshie

Published April 2, 2020 10:17pm ET

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USS Roosevelt commander relieved after COVID outbreak letter leaked — Sailors man the rails as the USS Theodore Roosevelt is manuvered into it's berth at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., Thursday May 29, 2003. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier returned from a five month deployment during which it took part in the war in Iraq. | (STEVE HELBER/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Four days after a leaked letter by USS Roosevelt commander Capt. Brett Crozier warned of death and contagion on a carrier at sea, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly relieved him of his duties.

“The letter was sent over not-secure, unclassified email even though the ship possesses some of the most sophisticated equipment in the fleet,” Modly said at an abruptly called Pentagon press conference Thursday.

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