brett e. crozier is an american naval officer. when he was captain of the aircraft carrier "theodore roosevelt", he noticed that some of his crew had caught covid-19, a disease that affects the lungs and breathing. late in march, 2020, he wrote letters asking for permission to send his sick sailors off his ship to guam. these letters were found and printed in a newspaper. a few days later, the navy fired crozier as the captain of the "theodore roosevelt" but did not fire him from the navy entirely.