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DoD inspector general finds ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers
The release of the report comes as the Defense Department continues to struggle with efforts to curtail sexual assault and harassment across the force.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Senate confirms Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite
The U.S. Senate confirmed a new Navy secretary, Kenneth “K.J.” Braithwaite, by voice vote on Thursday.
‘Tarnished’ culture within Navy must be fixed, secretary nominee warns
Kenneth Braithwaite, the White House pick to lead the service, said he worries sailors have lost trust in their commanders.
Roosevelt sailors begin moving out of quarantine, back on board aircraft carrier
Incoming sailors will take buses — which are cleaned “before, between, and after each transit” — from quarantine locations to the TR.
By Jon Simkins
Acting SECNAV orders reinvestigation of carrier Roosevelt COVID-19 outbreak
"I have unanswered questions that the preliminary inquiry has identified and that can only be answered by a deeper review.”
By Diana Stancy
20 percent of Theodore Roosevelt crew test positive for COVID-19
Just one sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier is currently receiving treatment at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam.
By Jon Simkins
Navy’s top brass reportedly want fired Theodore Roosevelt CO restored to command
Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper has requested more time to review recommendations
By Jon Simkins
Navy puts surgical mask on its logo & social media responses go about as expected
A Facebook comment thread is seldom a destination where one arrives for venerable commentary.
By Jon Simkins
Frameworks for dissent and principled resignation in the US military: A primer
The military should commission internal reviews to determine how senior officers understand obedience, dissent and principled resignation when faced with civilian orders of questionable morality, says the author of this commentary.
By Steven Katz
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired aircraft carrier captain
The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
The Theodore Roosevelt episode was no isolated incident, but a portent of worse to come
Unfortunately, this astonishing episode was no isolated incident, but rather another disturbing manifestation of the current administration’s drive to politicize the military.
By Andrew Milburn