Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   15,000 Miles......... Date:   4/7/2020 3:07:07 PM

I doubt that is the only reason he was there.  Most officials do multiple things when they visit a region - you are just hearing about one thing he did.  Secondly, while I don't think he should have said what he did to such a wide audience, he is right about the Captain.  There is a chain of command and the media is not part of that.  The Navy, on the whole, is very conservative and ship's captains frequently get relieved for lesser offenses.  They are held to an extremely high level of conduct.  You wouldn't even be hearing about his being relieved if it wasn't involving COVID-19.  He did a stupid thing and he is paying the consequence for his actions... Remembe, actions have consequences, even when you do it with the best of intent.