A cheering and applauding crowd of sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt chanted a hero’s farewell to Captain Brett Crozier Friday. Crozier sent a letter to his superiors raising concerns about the spreading coronavirus on his ship. The letter was leaked to the media and Crozier was removed from his job for not being more discrete. Later, however, as many came to Crozier’s defense, the navy said he had merely been reassigned. Hundreds are seen in the gathering in the ship’s hangar deck at the US base at Guam. “Captain Crozier, Captain Crozier,” is the shout. Another video shows the career naval officer walk to the brow of the ship. He waves to the crowd, salutes and waves again before turning and walking down the gangway — alone — to the pier. Stars and Stripes
