Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced Thursday that the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, now docked in Guam, was relieved 'at my direction.'
Modly said: "This decision is not one of retribution."
Modly said it "created panic on the ship" and "misrepresented the facts," adding that Americans back home were "panicked." The ship, with a crew of nearly 5,000, is docked in Guam, and the Navy has said as many as 3,000 will be taken off the ship and quarantined by Friday. More than 100 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the virus, but none are hospitalized at this point.
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