removal of modly, with luria, a navy veteran, saying he was "in no way fit" to lead the navy. representative jackie speier, chairperson of the armed services committee's panel on military personnel, also criticized the trip. in the evening, the same day as he made the speech, modly apologized for the comment. the next day, 7 april, he resigned his position. on 24 april, gilday and acting navy secretary james mcpherson recommended to secretary esper that crozier be reinstated. however, defense secretary esper delayed a decision pending a "deeper review" of the situation. a navy inquiry, whose results were announced on 19 june, concluded that crozier and baker made poor decisions regarding the coronavirus outbreak, so that crozier will not be restored to command of the ship, and baker's scheduled promotion will be put on hold. in june 2020, adm r. burke, chief of naval operations at the department of the navy, released the results of his investigation concerning the chain of command actions with regard to covid-19 onboard uss theodore roosevelt. as a review of the investigation results, burke determined that "reassigning capt crozier as the commanding officer (co) of the uss theodore roosevelt (cvn 71) is not in the best interest of navy." burke continues his preliminary statement, stating, "it is clear to me following this investigation, capt crozier did not act according to the standards i expect of our commanding officers-to adapt in the face of adversity, exercise ingenuity and creativity in crisis, demonstrate resilience, communicate effectively up the chain of command, and to take bold and appropriate action early and often. his actions and inactions in the timeframe before sending the email fell well short of what i expect from our officers in command." fatality on 13 april, the death of a 41-year-old chief petty officer, was announced. charles thacker jr. was the first active-duty member of the u.s. military to die of covid-19. number of confirmed cases in total, 1271 crew members tested positive for sars-cov-2 and an additional 60 had suspected covid-19 but did not test positive; 76.9% of those who tested positive were asymptomatic at testing and only 55% developed any symptoms.