Helo's to Hornets to Headlines with "Chopper" (ep. 169)

Retired #usnavy Captain Brett "Chopper" Crozier describes his career from flying SH-60B Seahawks to returning to flight school to learn the F/A-18 Hornet to nuclear power school and eventually command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, including his very public firing at the beginning of COVID.

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4:19 Early Career
12:20 Rotary to Jets
18:21 1st Trap
23:45 Still Learning
37:46 Nuclear Training
48:50 Japan
54:30 Captain of the Ship
59:58 Managing the Team
1:03:00 COVID 2020
1:20:30 It was MY CALL
1:25:04 Ruffling Feathers
1:38:38 Reinstated?
1:43:50 Patreon Questions
2:07:41 Flying together

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