That’s a tad short sighted, given it’s the only thing between them and a watery death 🤷♂️
doomlite on
Is this sailors protesting the war? One can hope.
backtotheland76 on
The ship was diverted to Crete just prior to arriving in the middle east due to plumbing issues. Seems that someone flushed a t shirt just before the war started
ficis on
Honestly, this was my first thought when I heard it was in living quarters
wordfiend99 on
the term jingoism comes from an old song lyric: We don’t want to fight but, by Jingo, if we do, we’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, we’ve got the money too
yall we aint got the ships the men or the money for this bullshit right now
copperblood on
Imagine that US sailors don’t want to die for the Epstein child rape gang.
hoffsta on
This is supposed to be a Russian meme, not ours.
Enkir on
So they would rather suggest mutiny rather than admit that the Iranians damaged the carrier.
attillathehoney on
Seems an appropriate name for a carrier, given it’s namesake president’s penchant for stumbling, falling and bumping himself on the head.
Cananbaum on
At this point I’d just go awol, fly home, and go to prison. I’d rather be in prison than going to a war to protect a pedophile and his sycophants
shoulda-known-better on
I can’t lie I wouldn’t be mad
Mediocre-Telephone74 on
Can anyone explain why navy doesn’t just replaces the Ford with a Nimitz one, or just finish the Kennedy sea trials and deploy here asap?
toejampotpourri on
The might of the US Military brought down by a piece of fabric.
An_educated_dig on
People forget: to those serving, for the most part, it’s just a fucking job. That’s it, a steady paycheck.
When you see it like that and wonder how many people have done something at work so they can go home early, it makes a lot more sense.
StretchExtension on
The most expensive carrier ever built is only 13 bil? And we’ve spent double that on the war so far? The Pentagon is asking for another 20?
canniboss on
Sailors rebeling and going on strike is always a good sign, nothing ever happens when soldiers won’t fight the ruling class’s battles for them, oh WHAT IS TO BE DONE?!
WatermeIonMe on
As former Navy this 100% tracks.
McFlyyouBojo on
Lol, as a former sailor, I can tell you first hand that people will do some wild shit to avoid doing what they dont want to do. Im not saying I agree here or not, im just saying, ive seen some shit.
justanotherbrick512 on
Seeing as how the president didn’t get congressional approval to start a war they would be upholding their oath.
Troglodyte_Trump on
Patriots
chromane on
Was the Gerald Ford the one with malfunctioning toilets where they’ve been floating in shit?
chibebe5 on
How long have those sailors been stuck on that ship?
Malinut on
Meanwhile British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth has its own pub.
We don’t expect any trouble
Sartres_Roommate on
TIL- they named a warship after our only unelected president.
CMDR_SHAZAM on
As a former sailor, yes, I’m sure they did.
icuckeddjt on
Educational-Ruin9992 on
Clogging the shitting and setting fires isn’t far down the list from fragging. It’ll start happening soon, I bet.
InclineBeach on
I was totally wondering that, how do you suddenly set a massive ship on fire when doing nothing
Venator2000 on
I heard that they did it accidentally when trying to destroy all the hard copies of the Epstein files.
haroldthehampster on
The Ford has had plumbing issues for a long time
Thunderchief646054 on
Hard to die for someone who dodged the draft
Edit: AND is a pedo, obviously
Own-Opinion-2494 on
The new fragging
ShittyLanding on
Maybe keeping this ship at sea for 10+ months, with no end in sight, to wage an unpopular and unnecessary war, was a bad idea.
Efficient_Sky5173 on
This is technically called “friendly fire”.
mcdadais on
I remember seeing some conservatives saying people in the military are honored to fight, they know what they signed up for. But there are a lot of people who enlist for many other reasons like education, benefits, not sure what to do after they’re done with school. Those people probably don’t want to go to war.
Kahzootoh on
This sort of thing isn’t unprecedented in the Navy, it happened in Vietnam- in 1972 USS Ranger had approximately 22 different attempts at sabotage to keep the ship from being deployed to Vietnam.
Sailors on extended deployments have repeatedly committed suicide, so sabotage is hardly out of bounds. By the US Navy’s own studies, approximately 150 sailors are experiencing suicidal thoughts on an aircraft carrier at any given point in the a deployment, and 30 of them are in an advanced stage of planning a suicide.
The Gerald R Ford has been at sea for over 10 months and will likely be at sea for more than 11 months. That is well within the established range of extended deployments where suicide rates and dangerous accident rates increase considerably.
Most ships don’t deploy for more than 6 months, and ships deployed for 8 months can see a significant increase in disciplinary actions, accident rates, decreased performance, and crew morale issues.
birdpix on
Wonder if Hegseth is gonna give those sailors a firm but patriotic talking too… /s
Templar42_ZH on
The fact remains that the troops have no laundry facilities, hundreds are sleeping on the floor, their fucking bedding, clothes and personal belongings went up in flames.
If you are part of the “well they all deserve it because maybe possibly one troop made a bad decision”, then eff off.
I’ve been there and wiped my ass with a dryer sheet because we were out of anything else resembling paper. Yes, it smelled great. No, it didn’t feel good.
These are human beings, defending your rights. Show some respect. Send sanitary wipes and encouragement instead of hiding behind a keyboard like a coward and slewing insults.
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That’s a tad short sighted, given it’s the only thing between them and a watery death 🤷♂️
Is this sailors protesting the war? One can hope.
The ship was diverted to Crete just prior to arriving in the middle east due to plumbing issues. Seems that someone flushed a t shirt just before the war started
Honestly, this was my first thought when I heard it was in living quarters
the term jingoism comes from an old song lyric: We don’t want to fight but, by Jingo, if we do, we’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, we’ve got the money too
yall we aint got the ships the men or the money for this bullshit right now
Imagine that US sailors don’t want to die for the Epstein child rape gang.
This is supposed to be a Russian meme, not ours.
So they would rather suggest mutiny rather than admit that the Iranians damaged the carrier.
Seems an appropriate name for a carrier, given it’s namesake president’s penchant for stumbling, falling and bumping himself on the head.
At this point I’d just go awol, fly home, and go to prison. I’d rather be in prison than going to a war to protect a pedophile and his sycophants
I can’t lie I wouldn’t be mad
Can anyone explain why navy doesn’t just replaces the Ford with a Nimitz one, or just finish the Kennedy sea trials and deploy here asap?
The might of the US Military brought down by a piece of fabric.
People forget: to those serving, for the most part, it’s just a fucking job. That’s it, a steady paycheck.
When you see it like that and wonder how many people have done something at work so they can go home early, it makes a lot more sense.
The most expensive carrier ever built is only 13 bil? And we’ve spent double that on the war so far? The Pentagon is asking for another 20?
Sailors rebeling and going on strike is always a good sign, nothing ever happens when soldiers won’t fight the ruling class’s battles for them, oh WHAT IS TO BE DONE?!
As former Navy this 100% tracks.
Lol, as a former sailor, I can tell you first hand that people will do some wild shit to avoid doing what they dont want to do. Im not saying I agree here or not, im just saying, ive seen some shit.
Seeing as how the president didn’t get congressional approval to start a war they would be upholding their oath.
Patriots
Was the Gerald Ford the one with malfunctioning toilets where they’ve been floating in shit?
How long have those sailors been stuck on that ship?
Meanwhile British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth has its own pub.
We don’t expect any trouble
TIL- they named a warship after our only unelected president.
As a former sailor, yes, I’m sure they did.
Clogging the shitting and setting fires isn’t far down the list from fragging. It’ll start happening soon, I bet.
I was totally wondering that, how do you suddenly set a massive ship on fire when doing nothing
I heard that they did it accidentally when trying to destroy all the hard copies of the Epstein files.
The Ford has had plumbing issues for a long time
Hard to die for someone who dodged the draft
Edit: AND is a pedo, obviously
The new fragging
Maybe keeping this ship at sea for 10+ months, with no end in sight, to wage an unpopular and unnecessary war, was a bad idea.
This is technically called “friendly fire”.
I remember seeing some conservatives saying people in the military are honored to fight, they know what they signed up for. But there are a lot of people who enlist for many other reasons like education, benefits, not sure what to do after they’re done with school. Those people probably don’t want to go to war.
This sort of thing isn’t unprecedented in the Navy, it happened in Vietnam- in 1972 USS Ranger had approximately 22 different attempts at sabotage to keep the ship from being deployed to Vietnam.
Sailors on extended deployments have repeatedly committed suicide, so sabotage is hardly out of bounds. By the US Navy’s own studies, approximately 150 sailors are experiencing suicidal thoughts on an aircraft carrier at any given point in the a deployment, and 30 of them are in an advanced stage of planning a suicide.
The Gerald R Ford has been at sea for over 10 months and will likely be at sea for more than 11 months. That is well within the established range of extended deployments where suicide rates and dangerous accident rates increase considerably.
Most ships don’t deploy for more than 6 months, and ships deployed for 8 months can see a significant increase in disciplinary actions, accident rates, decreased performance, and crew morale issues.
Wonder if Hegseth is gonna give those sailors a firm but patriotic talking too… /s
The fact remains that the troops have no laundry facilities, hundreds are sleeping on the floor, their fucking bedding, clothes and personal belongings went up in flames.
If you are part of the “well they all deserve it because maybe possibly one troop made a bad decision”, then eff off.
I’ve been there and wiped my ass with a dryer sheet because we were out of anything else resembling paper. Yes, it smelled great. No, it didn’t feel good.
These are human beings, defending your rights. Show some respect. Send sanitary wipes and encouragement instead of hiding behind a keyboard like a coward and slewing insults.