The captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, who was dismissed by the Navy after sounding the alarm about an outbreak of Covid-19, got a dramatic sendoff from sailors, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

The Navy announced it has relieved the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

A former defense intelligence analyst called the Captain a hero for speaking up for his sailors.

The Commanding Officer of the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members. NBC 7’s military reporter Bridget Naso has more.

The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore.

Deployed San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is now pier side in Guam after at least two dozen sailors have tested positive for COVID-19 and it is not the only U.S. Navy ship with coronavirus cases.

The military is protecting the country while also protecting its members from contracting the coronavirus — NBC7’s military reporter Bridget Naso takes a look at that complex challenge.

The Navy is the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis

The Navy says an outbreak of coronavirus aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific has forced it to divert to Guam, where all 5,000 aboard will undergo testing. The USS Theodore Roosevelt remains “operationally capable,” according to the acting secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly. The carrier is the first U.S. Navy ship to have a reported an outbreak while at...

Three U.S. Navy sailors on San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19 and will be flown off the aircraft carrier, the Navy said Tuesday. “These are our first three cases of COVID-19 on a ship that is deployed,” Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said. The quarantined sailors will be flown off the ship, which...