Sailors cheer sacked US navy captain

By By Lolita C. Baldor
Updated April 4 2020 - 9:48am, first published 9:46am
US Navy Captain Brett Crozier was cheered off his ship after being fired by the Pentagon.
US Navy Captain Brett Crozier was cheered off his ship after being fired by the Pentagon.

US defence leaders are backing the Navy's decision to fire the ship captain who sought help for his cornonavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, even as videos showed sailors cheering him as he walked off the vessel.

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