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This show is unlike any of my previous episodes in that I get to talk to a Navy senior officer who paid the ultimate price for speaking up when he felt lives were at stake. You may remember his story playing out in the news two years ago. 

As Theodore Roosevelt's Commanding Officer during the onslaught of the Covid epidemic, he made a plea in the form of an email and four-page letter to help his 5,000 Sailors. The virus was rapidly spreading and information at that time indicated at least 10 deaths could happen. As a result of his leaked email to senior military leaders urgently requesting hotel rooms to safely social distance while the carrier was pierside in Guam, he was fired, and two years later retired from his 30-year career. 

His book Surf When You Can discusses the unique stories and heartfelt lessons learned gathered throughout a career spanning three decades and several continents. Brett Crozier grew up in California, graduated from the United States Naval Academy, and embarked on a thirty-year career in the Navy, flying dozens of combat missions over Iraq and leading at the highest levels of operational command. He was the commanding officer of a combat F/A-18 strike fighter squadron, the world’s largest and most advanced communications ship, and ultimately the USS Theodore Roosevelt before retiring from the Navy in 2022. 

https://surfwhenyoucan.com/

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