
WASHINGTON (AP) – Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly says the captain of the COVID-stricken aircraft carrier who was fired last week had betrayed his service and may have been “too naive or too stupid” to be commanding officer of the ship. Officials are confirming that Modly made the comments Sunday to the ship’s crew in Guam. The handling of the coronavirus crisis aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt has become an escalating crisis for the Navy. Last week Modly relieved Capt. Brett E. Crozier of command of the ship, saying he had used poor judgment in widely distributing a note pleading for an urgent evacuation of the crew.