SEATTLE: United States Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) over his mishandling of an outbreak of the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced.
Modly stepped down five days after removing the Roosevelt's captain, Brett Crozier, for writing a letter — that was leaked to the media — describing the virus-struck vessel's dire situation and alleging the Pentagon was not paying adequate attention to it.
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