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By ANDREW DYER | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: December 24, 2020 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — After leaving its home port of San Diego more than two weeks ago, the Navy announced the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has officially begun its second deployment in less than a year. The ship and its more than 5,500 sailors have been operating off the coast of California since leaving its berth at Naval Air Station North Island Dec. 7. It began sailing west on Wednesday, the Navy said in a statement. "We are at the highest state of readiness to suppor...

Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Eric Monson, observer coach/trainer assigned to 1st Battalion, 383rd Regiment, conducts a demonstration at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on Aug. 21, 2020, of the new Army Individual Weapons Qualification standards that will take effect on Oct. 1, 2020. The Army has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases even as it ramps training back up. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor) 2. COVID-19 Hits the US COVID-19 would halt PT tests, turn recruiting efforts virtual, make more than 100,000 sick and claim the lives of more than 5,000 veterans and 155 DoD-connecte...

Crozier pleaded with navy leadership to get his sailors off the ship due to the rapid spread of covid-19 on board. writing, we are not at war. sailors do not need to die. after the memo leaked, crozier was fired. by thomas modly, for allegedly going outside the chain of command. flying to guam, belittling and criticizing crozier over the p.a. system. >> if he didn't think that going to get out into the public he was either too naive or too stupid to be commanding a ship like this. >> what the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: that audio shared with the media site task and purpose, causing modly himself ...

Night for mocking the captain he had fired but the damage had already been done. the crew of the roosevelt had made no secret of their support for captain brett crozier. but monday, modly flew to guam to tell the crew why he fired their captain. belittling crozier for the letter he had sent, pleading for help for his crew as the coronavirus spread through the ship. a move modly called a "betrayal" in a recording secretly provided to the veteran-focused media outlet task and purpose. >> if he didn't think that information was going to get out into the public, in this information age that we liv...

Some social distancing rules to protect workers going forward. >> reporter: they are. big stores, too, like walmart, which is only allowing 20% of its usual occupancy into stores. other places like whole foods putting up those plastic barriers between customers. but we can do more, like wearing masks. just one more thing. the mother called her daughter her butterfly. david? >> matt, thank you. and you at home should know matt and all of our reporters are wearing masks when not on the air. and news on the acting secretary of the navy who called the navy captain stupid after the captain sounde...