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submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The US Navy has denied reports of food shortages on board two major vessels participating in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Yesterday USA Today reported crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli were not getting enough to eat.

One photo taken by a Marine showed a mostly empty lunch tray with a single scoop of shredded meat and one tortilla.

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[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The writing was on the wall when the navy couldn't even build a deck to off load cargo in Gaza.

The military has been hollowed out and all that is left is a slick looking facade.

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

They managed to do it. However they had to keep repairing it because of bad weather. In the end it wasn’t as efficient as simply driving trucks in through the border.

The pier was only really useful for a while where internal distribution inside the Gaza Strip was a big issue. At times the aid was stacking up inside the border, but local truck drivers didn’t want to or couldn’t deliver to some areas because of truck robberies, ongoing fighting and rubble blocking streets.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You mean the private maritime company that the navy contracted managed to do it. Might as well privatize the whole navy. Half the damn crews on ships are corporate civilians who have to be there to service their new enshitified systems because they won't let the navy teach their proprietary trade secrets to sailors,

The pier was only really useful for a while where internal distribution inside the Gaza Strip was a big issue. At times the aid was stacking up inside the border, but local truck drivers didn’t want to or couldn’t deliver to some areas because of truck robberies, ongoing fighting and rubble blocking streets.

What do you mean by robbed? There was no fighting at those crossings. The aid trucks were 100% being attacked by hooting subhuman Israeli psychopaths. Not that it did them any good because the food trucks that did make it in were used as bait to lure starving people in before blowing them away. Absolute demonic shit.

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Yes, the US Navy is understaffed.

What do you mean by robbed? There was no fighting at those crossings.

The aid trucks were robbed inside of Gaza when trying to deliver aid. Here is an example report by the United Nations. It was a regular occurrence as is to be expected in any war zone flush with weapons.

[-] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Well atleast one good thing happening

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is nice seeing the US getting it's ass kicked. Unfortunately I think a good chunk of the ripped out copper wire, missiles and equipment has been sent to Israel.

[-] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Kind of like that "fish" slab!

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