perestroika5d ago

Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say

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Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say - SLRPNK

NYT reports that one of the US aircraft carriers has to withdraw to port due to a laundry room fire. About 600 sailors lost access to their bunks. > The fire, according to two officials, began in the vent of a dryer in the ship’s laundry facilities and quickly spread. Sailors battled the blaze for more than 30 hours, officials and sailors said. > The Navy did not respond to a request for comment. Central Command said in its statement that the fire caused “no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational.”

Show threadBarneyPiccolo
There have also been reports of sailors flushing all sorts of things down toilets to clog them. These guys are doing everything they can to sabotage their ships and get out of there.
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Show threadpostmateDumbass5d ago

They have been on the boat for 260 some odd days.

They tie the post vietnam record on april 15.

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Carrier Ford’s Extension to the Middle East Could Break Recent Deployment Records - USNI News

This post has been updated to include details of the 2020 Nimitz Strike Group deployment. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), its escorts and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 have been tasked from their current position in the Caribbean to the Middle East to support a U.S. naval buildup in the region, USNI News has learned. Ford, currently in the Caribbean Sea, will join the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group against the backdrop of the Iranian government’s lethal crackdown against protestors and nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and leadership in Tehran, a U.S. official confirmed to USNI News. The

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Show threadM0oP0o4d ago

Well the good thing is they at least have a clear goal to achieve then they can go home… right… I mean it would be a form of hell to serve endlessly in a conflict no one wants running missions that are just as likely warcrimes than not while your likely being told that everyone will be home soon.

Gee its almost like this was not well planed.