Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly backed the decision to fire Captain Brett Crozier in a blistering speech to sailors of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Sunday. Crozier, who lead the ...

Thomas B. Modly addressed the crew of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt in a speech that one crew member described as “whiny, upset, irritated, condescending.” By John Ismay and Geoff Ziezulewicz The U.S.

Editor's note: Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly apologized for his comments on Monday night. Read the latest update here. The original story appears below. Washington — The acting secretary of the ...

The House Armed Services Committee chairman called for Modly to be removed. The acting secretary of the Navy is apologizing for his tough words to the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore ...

U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) have sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper asking him to fire Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly for his insults towards ...

WASHINGTON -- Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, according to two officials, just hours after he had publicly apologized for a profanity-laced upbraiding of the officer he fired as ...

There were two major developments in the saga of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which saw its captain relieved of command after an email leaked in which he argued that he needed more assistance in ...

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly reportedly made an unhinged speech to the crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, in which he lashed out at former Capt. Brett E. Crozier and told sailors to ...