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[–] 62 points 2 months ago (4 children)

He described the lot of the crew on X as “moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas. No soap, deodorant, or toothpaste.”

Sounds like an ICE detention center, almost.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    Can't speak for the conditions of an ICE center, but I can confirm this is standard treatment for a carrier.

    And carriers get it good too, theyre much more supplied and maintained than the small boys in the surrounding defensive fleet. After all, thats where any visiting admiral stays.

    I remember weeks of dried up old sausages (rat turds) for meals. My LPO was salty af guy, brought his own rice cooker aboard for our shop. Very illegal. But we turned those shitty sausages into something decent with some rice and curry mixes. Other times youre eating unfrotsted cinnamon pop tarts every day. Surviving on sugar carb pastries and spearmint skoal.

    Throw in all the other problems, broken heads, dirty clothes...

    oh, and youre working ~10-14 hour days, 7 days a week. When they say they haven't hit a shore leave in 250 days, they mean they've been working for 250 days straight, 12 hours a day, no days off. There's no weekends when youre deployed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    small boys usually get to hit port more often. my six month deployment on an aircraft carrier got 4 of which i got 2 days each limited liberty. the very water poisoned us at one point. and they never let me sleep

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The official said that the health and wellbeing of every Lincoln sailor was a priority: “Based on information available to the command, we have not identified an increase in reported suicidal ideation or suicide attempts aboard the ship.”

    Lol, the Navy just said that this amount of suicides is a normal occurrence for them

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  • Moldy showers? Can't they just clean them?

    Like, what else do they have to do all day besides play cards and suck cock?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    this is uh, bad. If you cant feed your soldiers, they cant & wont be fighting for you. I hate that shit is this bad for them.

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  • Annabelle Loma told the outlet that her husband had tried to jump overboard after his spell at sea kept being extended.

    Annabelle, honey, you just gotta be more supportive.

    Tell him it's OK for him to get his dick sucked by another dude.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Must have been a resurrected steak and lobster that scared them off.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The responsible soldiers. Hopefully they can resign and move on from this stupid war.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    If you are still on this ship after US army killed 150 kids first day of iran war you are scum, you are the terrorist.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    That's just a typical Navy deployment... 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    They should all literally kill themselves

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    [–] 61 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I worked onboard an out-of-service cruise ship during COVID and was stuck onboard for 195 days at sea in a row. There were only 95 other crew members, and only 3 women onboard. I am still fucked up from all the isolation i went through.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    As someone who truly enjoys being alone and left alone, I think it was a lost opportunity not trying to be a ligh house keeper or something of the like.

    I find extremely interesting your underlining of that were only three women on board. It shouts how much humans crave for closeness when isolated.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    What makes you think they weren't one of the women onboard and through that were effectively even more isolated?

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  • [–] 41 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Not trying to be a dick, but this is what can happen when you join the military. That's why they say you're signing your life away for five years, it's not all partying and sitting around. I mean it blows, but you also get free college, free healthcare, everything is paid besides personal spending.... Just saying.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    To a point, yeah. Short on supplies when you're deep in the Ardennes forest pushing towards Berlin in 1944, sure. In a carrier group in the Arabian Sea doing fuck all, there's no excuse for it not to be ice cream and Xbox all the time. There are a number of nearby bases and friendly countries to resupply, even while underway. There are no threats that would prevent them from rotating out with another carrier group to give everyone some leave.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Transporting resupply of everything from weapons to people to bags of mail into the carrier from other ships, all while still sailing at regular speed, is something bosuns do and practice doing all the damn time. It should be ice cream and Xbox but they’re being dragged around like a show pony who’s about to die of heat stroke

    Or, you make another great point, we have a dozen of the goddamn things, send another group. Literally no one on earth beside France have the sea to air capability we do so it’s all just dick wagging anyway

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    sure but you are expecting you'd be put under duress when your country is in peril… not when the pedophile that stumbled into the presidency because he was openly racists and turns out your country is full of hateful or careless people, needs a distraction from his kiddy raping days becoming public… just saying

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    lol “free college” the MGIB would like a word. “Free health care?” Yeah, you get what you pay for.

    Btw these chuds haven’t even been out for 9 months yet. Wait until the Dear John’s start really coming in at the 12 month mark. They’ll have to wait in line for their turn to jump over.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago

    Joining the military in a corrupt capitalistic country is about as dumb as it gets. I got more patriotism for those fighting the fascists here than the ones doing the racists bidding abroad (or here for that matter, looking at you ICE)

    Healthcare, housing, education, a steady income, a promise that you too can become a billionaire from nothing is the modern day smoke and mirrors that make people think they are soldiers with free will as opposed to what they really are slaves to the system.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    There was also reports of 7 dead during a mutiny attempt on the AC. Not sure if posted here or mainstream. Epstein-Netanyahu mossad regime did not prepare for this war at all. Killing pope and school girls in surprise attack during negotiations is next level dumb, guaranteed loser, move.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    At this point they are prisoners and slaves to a cruel and uncaring master in chief.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Does the Pentagon remotely control the ship? You can take the helmsman I'm sure.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    petey is to busy investigating men's testosterone levels.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Can't wait to see all the future studies showing that (forcibly?) administering synthetic testosterone to all these guys permanently FUBARd their hearts and likely killed a good number of them.

    Naturally, brought to us by the anti-vaccine party. Of course. Consistency is overrated when they can be chaotic batshit instead.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    The October Revolution in Russia famously started with the sailors taking action. Just saying.

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    [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Quick! Someone remind them to have a warrior mentality!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    they gotta start fragging inside ship

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