Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, ending a controversy involving sailors contracting the novel coronavirus aboard an aircraft carrier in a harbor in Guam.
Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, was dismissed from duty by Modly on April 2 for alerting Navy officials about the spreading COVID-19 and calling for the quick evacuation of sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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