Daily Mail: Navy leaders recommend REINSTATING USS Roosevelt captain who was fired after sending a letter pleading for help to fight coronavirus on the carrier where more than 800 sailors have now tested positive
* Navy officials have recommended USS Roosevelt Captain Crozier be reinstated to his role of commander of the virus-stricken ship
* Defense Secretary Mark Esper was handed the recommendations Friday but has asked for more time to decide on an outcome
* He was expected to announce results of the Navy's investigation Friday afternoon but officials said the press conference has been moved to next week
* Crozier was fired last month after he sent a letter to Navy leaders exposing an outbreak on board the aircraft carrier which was then leaked
* 840 crew members have been infected with coronavirus and one sailor has died
Top Navy officials have called for ousted USS Roosevelt Captain Brett Crozier to be reinstated, in the latest saga for the coronavirus-stricken ship.
The chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael M. Gilday, and the acting Navy secretary, James McPherson, pushed Defense Secretary Mark Esper to reinstate Crozier to his position Friday in a shock turnaround, after the commander was controversially fired last month for sending a letter exposing an outbreak on board the aircraft carrier.
Esper has not immediately accepted the recommendations but has instead asked for more time to review the decision.
This comes as 840 crew members on board the Roosevelt have now been infected by coronavirus and one sailor has died.
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WNU Editor: The final decision will rest with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and he has yet to sign off on accepting the recommendations of the US Navy to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier .... Navy Recommends Reinstatement of USS Roosevelt Commander; Defense Chief Won't Sign Off (WSJ).
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