Acting US Navy secretary Thomas Modly resigns

04:26, April 08, 2020

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  US Navy chief who fired captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier resigns: report

  19, 2020 shows the Pentagon seen from an airplane over Washington D. Navy Thomas Modly has been under mounting pressure from Democrats to step down, after he made profanity-laced comments on Brett Crozier, captain of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt who was recently dismissed. Navy Thomas Mod

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  US Navy removes captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier

  Captain Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the ship's flight deck in the eastern Pacific Ocean, in this December 19, 2019 file photo.WASHINGTON - The US Navy on Thursday relieved Captain Brett Crozi

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  General says coronavirus may affect more US Navy ships

  The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is docked along Kilo Wharf of Naval Base Guam in Sumay, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Photo: AP)Pentagon leaders anticipate that thecoronavirusmay strike more Navy ships at sea after an outbreak aboard anaircraft carrierin the Pacific infected more than 400 sailors, a top general said Thursday.Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said one member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt was hospitalized Thursday in intensive care on Guam, where the carrier has been docked for more than a week. He said 416 crew members are now infected and that 1,164 test results are pending.“It’s not a good idea to think that the Teddy Roosevelt is a one-of-a-kind issue,” Hyten told a Pentagon news conference. “We have too many ships at sea. ... To think that it will never happen again is not a good way to plan.”The Navy’s top officer, meanwhile, said the biggest problem is the inability to test enough people quickly, including those aboard the USS Nimitz, the next U.S.-based aircraft carrier due to deploy out to sea.“The challenge that we have now, is having that type of capability where we can test in volume and at speed,” Adm. Mike Gilday told a small number of reporters Thursday. “I really don’t have a good estimate right now on when that testing capability might be available in the kinds of quantities we would like to see.”He said sailors on the USS Nimitz, which is in port preparing for a deployment, will have all movement restricted for two weeks before the ship leaves.One sailor was taken off the Nimitz more than a week ago after showing symptoms, but the test was not conclusive, the Navy said. Hyten suggested a small number of sailors were ill, but the Navy said Thursday that no sailors currently on the carrier have tested positive for COVID-19 or are showing symptoms.A retired Navy admiral and former top NATO commander in Europe, James Stavridis, said he s...