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The USS Gerald R. Ford has been at sea since June last year. The Republican leader's decision to extend its deployment for a second time has snowballed into a growing list of problems, such as blocked toilets and sewage troubles.

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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 months ago

Thankfully, the ship is surrounded by emergency toilet

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

As is the US isn’t figuratively shitting on the world, now they’re doing it literally.

[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Support the troops (with thoughts and prayers).

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

Gleefully send them off to a pointless war and then tell them we can't afford to take care of them. The Republican way.

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

That's nothing. Wait for them to come back disabled from the war and be called welfare-queens for the miserable rest of their life.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Man, I wish it were one-sided.

If Joe Biden had his way we'd still be in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya. (The 7 countries where Obama was making war at the end of his presidency all at the same time.)

[-] becausechemistry@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

The Biden administration, in a move that infuriated trumpies, withdrew US forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, following through on a withdrawal negotiated by the Donald Administration.

But it probably did infuriate Donald supporters, just like how Dems supported the genocide in Gaza until the presidency changed hands and it was no longer convenient. Partisans have no real political convictions. It's all a matter of convenience or just repeating whatever their algorithm tells them to think on a given day.

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 19 points 2 months ago
[-] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 7 points 2 months ago

These would be more useful.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

"An army marches on its stomach", meaning the troops need a steady supply of food.

I think that also means "An army marches on its butthole", because the waste gotta go somewhere.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 23 points 2 months ago

A sailor on board told the Journal that the crew members are angry and upset and wish to leave the Navy as soon as the deployment ends.

A competent president takes this into account and doesn’t run their people into the ground needlessly.

[-] rimu@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

It's weird because USA has 11 aircraft carriers, easily enough to rotate their usage.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Yes, but the Ford is new, shiny, and most importantly for Great Leader, bigger.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

To be clear, we should all be glad the US doesn't have a competent president in this case.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Only if they have any interest in people's long term well being. Which if they really had, they would send them to war.

[-] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Time to open up the poop deck

[-] 20cello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

But at least bidets work...they work, right?

[-] king_comrade@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

'the republican leader' do they mean the president? Trump? What a weird way to reference them.

[-] join@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

some iranian: why do I hear entrance of the gladiator playing from the persian gulf?

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Release the Epstein files.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Very happy for them.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

What a shitty situation all around

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Don't have to fix the ship if it gets sunk

this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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