Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Bye bye Acting SECNAV Modly

Both Captain Cozier and Secretary Modly were both out of line. The Captain certainly had the right to question the support he was being given but he didn’t have the right to send those concerns widely over an unsecured email that he knew very well could be leaked. Up the chain in a secure fashion and then execute orders to the best of his ability. He didn’t need to agree with or like his orders but he did need to execute them without undermining the chain of command.
Modly was an unprofessional prick who injected himself loudly where the chain of command should have handled the problem professionally and quietly. Modly’s petty public insults were a disgrace to himself and the Navy and his interference in the CoC were just as disruptive if not more so than Captain Cozier’s actions.
The question I have is how was the professional relationship between Captain Cozier and his direct superior so bad that the Captain felt a widely disseminated letter was the appropriate action ? There was a problem long before this incident.