Acting Navy Secretary Resigns after Suggesting Ousted Captain Was ‘Stupid’
2020-04-08
[NATIONALREVIEW] Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after calling an ousted aircraft carrier captain “stupid” and “naïve.”
Modly had apologized for the comments on Monday evening.
“I want to apologize to the Navy for my recent comments to the crew of the” USS Theodore Roosevelt, Modly said in a statement. “Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naïve nor stupid. I think, and always believed him to be the opposite.”