Thomas Modly wants you to know that he cared. His five months as acting Navy secretary ended in April 2020, after he fired the captain of the COVID-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, Capt.

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 Modly, the acting Navy secretary who fired USS Theodore Roosevelt Captain Brett Crozier, resigned on Tuesday, one day after reports surfaced that he called Crozier "stupid." CNN reported ...

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 ...

The Navy could benefit from more military faculty at the Naval Academy, but only if there’s a culture shift in the service, one former Navy official argues, as the discussion over civilian faculty at ...

Kenneth J. Braithwaite, a retired admiral nominated to be the Navy secretary, cited poor leadership in the service’s handling of recent scandals and accidents. By Eric Schmitt Adm. Michael M. Gilday ...

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly blasted the now-ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. Brett Crozier, as "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew Monday morning. Acting ...