Top Navy Brass Defend Response To Virus-Stricken Carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt
Top U.S. Navy officials on Wednesday defended their response to a coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier, a day after a from the warship's commander that became public, how the health emergency was being handled."I recognize that there've been a lot of questions about the Teddy Roosevelt, particularly over the last 24 hours," Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said at a Pentagon news conference. "We have accelerated testing and areModly said he did not believe leaving only 10% of the crew aboard could work. "Our plan has always been to remove as much of the crew as we can while maintaining for the ship's safety," he said. "This ship has weapons on it, it has munitions on it, it has expensive aircraft, and it has a nuclear power plant. It requires a certain number of people on that ship to maintain the safety and security of the ship."
