Full Interview | Former Navy Captain Brett Crozier talks leadership and loyalty
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2023
- Brett Crozier was the captain of the USS Roosevelt, one of only two ships to go through a COVID-19 outbreak while at sea.
Crozier made headlines when an email he sent to his superiors was leaked, calling on the Navy to do more to save lives as the virus spread on the ship in late March 2020.
Crozier said with a warm smile, "I was in the best job in the world. I was the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. My background in the military was flying helicopters, flying fighters, driving ships. So it was a culmination in a great job and I swear until this day is the best job I've ever had or will have."
Now retired Navy Captain Brett Crozier says at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, "We ran into the same problem the rest of the world was going thru as COVID was spreading around the world and we were trying to figure out how to deal with that. Anytime someone tested positive we had to get them off the ship. We tried to quarantine those that had been exposed from close contact. But by that time everyone had been exposed. Everybody on a ship that size had been in close contact. We were doing all we could to stop the spread of the virus which is hard to do on a ship."
Crozier’s now infamous email to his superiors cost him his job effectively, ending his decades-long service to the Navy.
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This man can get up in the morning and look into the mirror with absolute pride and a clear conscience. Many others with no morals involved in this will never be able to do this.
Nor they will ever understand it.....
I couldn’t agree more 👍🏼
A rare thing, a Captain who put his people before politics. A true leader!
This man was the greatest CO I ever had. I knew him on the Theodore Roosevelt, and he always had our best interests at heart.
This guy is a great leader. Period. The crew let him know it as he departed the ship. He had the courage to do what he needed to do in that moment. Enjoy the surf. You earned it.
As a marine I’ve been on navy boats and coastguard cutters….the video of the crew gave me chills….strength in numbers Sir
or lack of numbers permanently. Which he fought. Covid gets real on a ship. Don't forget this garbage came from WUHAN CHINA. So, fuck the CCP.
What a great Commander
By the Crews Departure chants I would say this is a Sailors Captain, all the way... I had 2 Captains a lot like him, ( Crew Came First )... even loved and appreciated by crew, on many levels. It wasn't always easy going but Great Captains saved our asses... 2 of em. 2 Ships and crew. This guy should be retained in our NAVY.
As far as I am concerned the Navy was 100% wrong in their handling of this. To me the whole thing reeks of what they did to Captain Mc Vay of the Indianapolis. If it was up to me all Captain Crozier would have got was an informal reprimand, and stayed in command of the TR. This man did what any good CO does take care of his troops. We all were in uncharted ground with this whole pandemic but he put his troops first, and should be commended. FLY NAVY!!!
I have not watched a 22-minute video in a while. I come here for a quick fix. This man is captivating. Glory to him and the United States Navy.
the world was scared and we had an authoritarian presidency, this man against that backdrop, put his sailors lives before his career, THAT IS A LEADER. I SALUTE YOU CAPTAIN
Desert Storm era Aegis Firecontrolman here (CG-53 and CG-57). I would have proudly served under your command, Sir. My absolute and utmost respect!
Imagine how small the percentage of the population could command a nuclear aircraft carrier. This is a floating town. This guy made it and was great at it. Dumped by some easy replaceable politico. What a tragedy for the US. Best wishes captain from the UK!
Such a tragedy what they have done to this Captain! It got so blown out of control as it went up the chain of command! Secretary of the Navy let his ego get in the way making his decision to fire this Captain, who was just doing his job of taking care of his men and women under his Command. Very sad
We live, we learn. I sympathize with the captain. Fuck the Federal government. They better not test us.
This guy was on his way to make Admiral and he put his crew before his career. I believe his email was purposely leaked by the Trump administration so they could show what happens to commanders that had covid on their ships and what would happen. That backfired on them with thousands of the crew giving him a send off never seen before. Technically it was a mutiny when those sailors were backing a commander relieved of duty and made the Acting Secretary of the Navy look like a douchebag. We need more commanders like Captain Brett Crozier putting truth to power and caring about his crew not himself.
There should be a movie about this!
A great captain takes care of his crew before he indulges in politics.
Thank you, sir.
This guy could be president. I wish he hopes for real leadership.
If you want to see a 2 hour interview that proves what a quality leader the Captain is, watch the Fighter Pilot podcast and buy his book. Fascinating stuff.
Hero
Future SECNAV
Best damn skipper out there 🥳
Rest in peace to Chief Petty Officer
Charles Robert Thacker Jr.
My continued best wishes to the Chiefs family.
Just for context, this is when 45 was playing down covid.
What an American hero
He knew that bypassing his immediate superior and complaining openly to a 3-star Admiral was going to get him fired. Wasn't a brave move. He decided to get himself fired, which didn't help anyone. Could have handled it discreetly and gotten the same result.
This lady keeps asking questions he has already answered. WTF
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maybe aircraft carriers should employ a conspiracy theorist so they dont fall for psychological operations
specifically the weak-boned pussies from RUclips.
This guy is no hero.
Okay. Care to expand?
@@jakedaly7906 a number of reasons, but number one is that he used unsecured email to broadcast the readiness on a deployed high level asset (aircraft carrier). He made excuses for not using secure channel in another video which are total BS. He had an admiral (senior officer) embarked on the ship with him who seemed to have a difference of opinion. I have no problem jumping the chain of command (this is frowned upon and he could be reprimanded, but in rare situations this may be warranted), but allowing the spat, and the status of the ship to become international news is a huge failure on his part. Leadership was correct in relieving him of Command. Odds are there were other ships that have had outbreaks of Covid during this time, but none of them made international news because they did not break OPSEC or COMSEC. If you believe either Hillary or Trump were traitors (lot of people have an opinion) for the way they handled classified information, then this guy is there too. Even worse, military members are “beat over the head” about information security (more than public officials). Lastly, Naval Aviation is freaking dangerous and we are expected to project power ashore under the worst of conditions, including chemical, biological, and radiological attacks. A, he and his crew were unprepared, and B, at the time this occurred, data was proving that this was predominantly affecting the elderly and those in bad health. Military are predominantly young and health, otherwise they wouldn’t be deployed. Out of 5000 sailors, one died. Sad as it is, it is not uncommon on a deployment, refer to what I said about Naval Aviation. The day I got winged, one of my classmates and the Commanding Officer of our sister squadron were killed at the ship in a midair.
av8rgrip - You are wrong. The only way he could get any action was to do what he did. For all intents and purposes, that ship was being abandoned by military higher ups. One does not need to be an admiral to figure out the ship's readiness status would have obviously been completely compromised had the entire crew gotten sick, and many more lives might have been lost. That egregious fact would have been impossible to hide in any eventuality.
The only way for things to be changed fast for that ship was for it to hit the news so the powers that existed at the time could be held accountable. Capt. Crozier was not responsible for that.
There were a few cruise ships in the news that were having all kinds of problems. One was stuck at sea for a few months, completely disabled. The Diamond Princess had a 2% casualty rate.
And who th' H was prepared for Covid? The entire country was caught short. I personally donated face masks I happened to have to clean out my cat's box to our local fire dept. b/c there were none to be had anywhere. They needed them. Hospital staff had to cut holes in garbage bags to serve as makeshift PPE to try to protect against this ghastly disease when it first hit. In many cities refrigerator trucks piled up loaded with dead bodies b/c so many people were dying, they couldn't bury them fast enough. It was against this backdrop that Capt. Crozier chose to protect the people on that ship. Quite frankly, as I do support our military, it makes me wonder what could possibly be going on with our Navy that they would have let him go, given all the years of blood, sweat and tears that he put into the Navy, and his overall experience. Competent captains of aircraft carriers do not grow on trees.
@@av8rgripyet that what makes him a hero
Yah fk what his crew says….your assessment matters most….fn politician type