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Report from the Chief of Naval Operations reporting on his review of the actions of Captain Brett Crozier when the US Navy aircraft carrier THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) was affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 in summer 2020. In a nutshell, a severe infection began to spread among the crew, and Captain Crozier sent an e-mail above his chain of command asking for addiitonal resources. The email leaked and Crozier was fired, he left the ship supp...

In the summer of 2017 two US Navy destroyers, the USS Fitzgerald and the USS McCain, were severely damaged in separate collisions with commercial vessels operating in busily trafficked waters. Seven sailors died on Fitzgerald and ten on McCain. The US Navy commissioned multiple reports and investigations, some of which were classified and some of which had legal implications and were not suitable for public dissemination. Accordingly, the Chie...

A riveting account of one of the most deadly fires in naval history expressed in the stark terms of an after-accident report. On July 29, 1967, 134 sailors died when a fire aboard the USS Forrestal quickly spread throughout the ship. The cause was an electrical malfunction that created a series of explosions. The high ambient temperature made the fire even more dangerous, and the lack of effective firefighting measures made it all but imposs...