Latest "USS Roosevelt COVID-19" stories

Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), gives remarks during an all-hands call on the ship’s flight deck Dec. 15, 2019.

Officials continue to throw Capt. Brett Crozier under the bus for outbreak on Navy carrier

Unlike Capt. Brett Crozier, other military and civilian officials have not been held accountable for the response to the coronavirus outbreak on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, says the author of this commentary.

By Lawrence J. Korb

3 years ago

Ensign Rocky Bowman, right, checks Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Justin Banks into the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) May 16, 2020, after Banks completed off-base quarantine.

Carrier Theodore Roosevelt, sidelined in Guam by coronavirus, heads back to sea this week

The USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week, nearly two months after the ship was sidelined in Guam with a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak, U.S. officials said as the crew finished final preparations to depart.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago