CO of USS Theodore Roosevelt makes quite the statement.

[PhrogLoop]

Teddy Roosevelt captain says he knowingly risked career with virus warning

In a witness statement, Capt. Brett Crozier said he wrote the now-famous email in an urgent effort to help avoid a “larger catastrophe.”

www.navytimes.com

“From my perspective, even just one more week of routine planning would have resulted in another week of exponential growth in positive cases and greater risk to more Sailors. We wanted to stop the administrative bureaucracy … so I sent up a red flare.”

We call it “pulling the andon cord.” It works, but only in an organization that values radical transparency. The organizational culture needs to be one where you would get in more trouble for NOT communicating urgent bad news than you would for covering up the mess to save face.

 

[HSMPBR]

“Vice Adm. William Merz, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, told investigators that Crozier either did not understand military efforts underway to evacuate the crowded ship or wanted to undermine those efforts. Merz hypothesized that Crozier screwed up and panicked, or wanted to play hero.

“Either way, he surrendered, and brings into question his resiliency and toughness in command,” Merz said.”
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Blame someone under your command. Avoid ownership and accountability wherever possible. That’s the flag playbook.

 

[HSMPBR]

T&P FOIAed all of the emails to/from TR CO from the onset of the problem until his relief.

“In total, the emails demolish the Navy’s official rationales for firing and then not reinstating Crozier. For the sake of transparency, Task & Purpose is making these communications available so the American public has a full understanding of the how the crisis aboard the Theodore Roosevelt unfolded.”

Read the emails that reveal how Capt. Brett Crozier fought both COVID-19 and the Navy

"They are America’s records, and Americans have a legal right to them."

taskandpurpose.com

 

[snake020]

T&P FOIAed all of the emails to/from TR CO from the onset of the problem until his relief.

“In total, the emails demolish the Navy’s official rationales for firing and then not reinstating Crozier. For the sake of transparency, Task & Purpose is making these communications available so the American public has a full understanding of the how the crisis aboard the Theodore Roosevelt unfolded.”

Read the emails that reveal how Capt. Brett Crozier fought both COVID-19 and the Navy

"They are America’s records, and Americans have a legal right to them."

taskandpurpose.com

Anyone have a .pdf copy of this link since Scribd wants to scam me into a subscription to download?

 

[ea6bflyr]

Anyone have a .pdf copy of this link since Scribd wants to scam me into a subscription to download?

Have you tried incognito mode of your browser? That sometimes gets around pay walls…

 

[Hair Warrior]

Have you tried incognito mode of your browser? That sometimes gets around pay walls…

Brave browser, then turn on “block scripts”

 

[nittany03]

We call it “pulling the andon cord.” It works, but only in an organization that values radical transparency. The organizational culture needs to be one where you would get in more trouble for NOT communicating urgent bad news than you would for covering up the mess to save face.

Tell me your employer without telling me your employer.

 

[PhrogLoop]

Tell me your employer without telling me your employer.

Just being vocally self-critical here…?

 

[Hair Warrior]

These emails are fascinating.

• What’s Jdial?
• Guy “Bus” Snodgrass felt 01 Apr was a good time to invite the CO on his podcast (CAPT Crozier was relieved on 03 Apr); Bus ended up doing 3 podcasts on Crozier before the podcast ceased putting out new episodes in 2021
• If you work for AT&T, General Atomics, or another private sector employer and you feel the need to put “CDR, USN-Ret.” in your email signature block… please don’t.

 

[UInavy]

What’s Jdial?

Something you have to make a call on to start your sea time counter.

 

[nittany03]

Something you have to make a call on to start your sea time counter.

I hear they process that paperwork faster if you dial the boat's hull number twice.

 

[nittany03]

• Guy “Bus” Snodgrass felt 01 Apr was a good time to invite the CO on his podcast (CAPT Crozier was relieved on 03 Apr); Bus ended up doing 3 podcasts on Crozier before the podcast ceased putting out new episodes in 2021.

I'm not close enough to the situation to know for sure, but it would not in the least surprise me if Bus has become persona non grata to anyone with a lick of upward mobility after he wrote that book basically throwing Mattis under the bus. I work for a sitting flag who's made two things clear to his staff in no uncertain terms. First, he wants the right brains in the room to help him solve the problem, and if that means he's getting personally briefed by an O-3 or E-7, do it. Second, those conversations are confidential in the ethical sense, if not the classification marking. And if he hears of those conversations getting shared on email or social media about "I got to talk to the Admiral about this cool thing and here's what he's thinking," the perpetrator's career is going to be ruthlessly taken out back and shot.

• If you work for AT&T, General Atomics, or another private sector employer and you feel the need to put “CDR, USN-Ret.” in your email signature block… please don’t.

Seriously. I work with a retired former Commodore and CNO fellow. He uses his first name like everyone else.

 

[Hair Warrior]

I'm not close enough to the situation to know for sure, but it would not in the least surprise me if Bus has become persona non grata to anyone with a lick of upward mobility after he wrote that book basically throwing Mattis under the bus.

I see it now

 

[Brett327]

I'm not close enough to the situation to know for sure, but it would not in the least surprise me if Bus has become persona non grata to anyone with a lick of upward mobility after he wrote that book basically throwing Mattis under the bus. I work for a sitting flag who's made two things clear to his staff in no uncertain terms. First, he wants the right brains in the room to help him solve the problem, and if that means he's getting personally briefed by an O-3 or E-7, do it. Second, those conversations are confidential in the ethical sense, if not the classification marking. And if he hears of those conversations getting shared on email or social media about "I got to talk to the Admiral about this cool thing and here's what he's thinking," the perpetrator's career is going to be ruthlessly taken out back and shot.

Seriously. I work with a retired former Commodore and CNO fellow. He uses his first name like everyone else.

I don’t know him personally, but it seems like Bus turned real douchey right about the time he screened AVN and turned it down because he somehow thought he deserved to be a CAG. Then the book, then a failed podcast ( surprise, surprise). That guy can fuck all the way off, IMO.