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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 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thankfully, the ship is surrounded by emergency toilet

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

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

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Support the troops (with thoughts and prayers).

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 1 week 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.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 7 points 1 week ago

These would be more useful.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

i mean humans need a steady supply of food

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

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

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 11 points 1 week ago

Time to open up the poop deck

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] king_comrade@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] join@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

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

Release the Epstein files.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Very happy for them.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

What a shitty situation all around

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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