Tag: Thomas Modly

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 11:13 UTC

  US Navy secretary resigns after ridiculing a commander of an aircraft carrier

  

  Acting United States Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a US aircraft carrier who pleaded for the help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  US aircraft carrier captain relieved for leaking info of Covid-19 cases in the Navy

  

  The U.S. Navy relieved the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard his warship.