https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/navy-families-denounce-trump-hegseth
Iranian missiles have already destroyed significant capacity for the US military's paper thin logistics network in the middle east, leading to severe food and sanitation shortages throughout the Navy. Sailors are losing their minds, posting borderline mutinous language on social media, and self harming. Some have lost 20-30 lbs due to their meagre diet.
GO HOME GI
it actually is crazy long I'd think as someone who's been on a cruise before (with an unlimited alcohol pass btw) and also has toured the Intrepid (although that's like a WW2/Vietnam era aircraft carrier so a lot worse than the Lincoln which was built the same year the Intrepid was decomissioned as a museum. You think 'oh well they have ice cream and internet it can't be that bad' but ships/aircraft carriers are as tiny inside as they are huge outside. I wouldn't wanna spend 9 months hot-cotting with 1-2 other people while the showers are broken and we're eating slop food because Iran's fucked up all our logistics.
Its also a grueling fucking job, you're often doing a full 16 hour days during combat operations for 6-7 days a week. Doing that without enough food for so fucking long will destroy you. Let alone youre also in the middle of the indian ocean around heavy machinery and salt water spray.