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China appears to be taking advantage of the USS Theodore Roosevelt being crippled by the coronavirus by sending an aircraft carrier and fighter jets close to Taiwan over the weekend. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the Liaoning, China’s first operational aircraft carrier, and five accompanying warships passed first through the Miyako Strait, located between Japan’s islands … Read more
A sailor who tested positive for coronavirus on board USS Theodore Roosevelt has died. The unidentified sailor had tested positive for the virus on March 30 and was taken off the ship and moved into isolation accommodation with four others. On Thursday he was found unresponsive during a medical check and sailors who found him attempted … Read more
Sailor from USS Roosevelt is found unresponsive in isolation on Guam base after testing positive for coronavirus – a week after the ship’s captain was fired for sounding the alarm The sailor was found unresponsive in their room on the base on Thursday morning and has since been taken to the hospital in Guam where … Read more
The top US military commander and the most senior naval officer were reportedly against firing the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt over his letter warning of a coronavirus outbreak on board, but they were overruled by the Trump administration. General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Michael Gilday, … Read more
The ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt will be ‘reassigned’ and could face ‘disciplinary action’, according to his bosses, despite the US Navy facing a huge backlash over his firing and him receiving thunderous applause from his former crew. Investigators are considering whether Captain Brett Crozier should face disciplinary action after his letter demanding … Read more
Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of the coronavirus-stricken nuclear aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt on Thursday, four days after his plea for help from Navy leaders went public The US Navy has relieved the captain of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt days after his plea for help for his sailors went public. … Read more
At least 23 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, forcing the warship to port in Guam to test all 5,000 on board. On Tuesday three sailors tested positive for COVID-19. By Wednesday that number jumped to eight and half of those infected were airlifted to a military medical … Read more
The UK could be in the grip of a deadly painkiller addiction crisis in the next five years, a doctor has warned. Opioids, which include codeine, morphine and tramadol, should only be available on prescription in Britain but investigators have managed to buy them with ease over-the-counter. Pharmacies are not being hard enough on people … Read more