Former Navy Commander Brett Crozier Returning Home to Santa Rosa

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2020 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew in San Diego, Calif. The dismissed captain knew he was jeopardizing his military career when he broke protocol and sent a now-famous email warning of possible sailor deaths due to a coronavirus breakout on board, but he did so in an urgent effort to help avoid a "larger catastrophe," he wrote in a witness statement obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier commander Brett Crozier will return to his hometown of Santa Rosa on June 16th. He’ll be giving a speech at his alma mater, Santa Rosa High School. Crozier made national headlines in March of 2020, after he was relieved of command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The ship stopped in Guam to offload about 25-hundred sailors because of a coronavirus outbreak. Crozier was fired after an email to his superiors, pleading for help, was leaked to the media.