Sailors on USS Lincoln outside Iran are exhausted and suffering from poor morale

Posted by speckx 13 hours ago

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Comment by xlayn 12 hours ago

Assumming it's true, half a cup of rice and tortillas it's a formula for a lot of nutrients deficiency + lack of proteins make the body start pulling it from muscles in order to repair other tissues.

Comment by EA-3167 11 hours ago

The last time dire news about the state of morale and food on board a US Navy ship was paraded around it turned out to be pure fiction. That famous pic of the gray "insole" and pile of ground something with carrots was from years before this conflict and in a totally different context.

There's a war on, and right now it's mostly a war of propaganda.

Comment by plugger 5 hours ago

Food maybe, but morale on the Ford was reportedly quite low and there has been some conjecture that the fire that has knocked it out of service was not accidental.

Comment by EA-3167 1 hour ago

When I consider how highly to value conjecture, I can think about the Mitch McConnell saga and recognize that conjecture is just another word for WAG.

Comment by gruez 11 hours ago

>The last time dire news about the state of morale and food on board a US Navy ship was paraded around it turned out to be pure fiction

source?

Comment by EA-3167 9 hours ago

https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/04/20/us-navy-ships-food/

https://www.ibtimes.com/us-navy-releases-photos-that-refute-...

The bit about it being taken earlier came from an episode of What's Going on With Shipping with Dr. Mercagliano, and frankly I'm not up to finding it.

Setting that specific claim aside nothing ever came of this, and although I despise the current admin I'm disinclined to think that the Navy was lying when they showed what was really being served days later. It comes down to whether or not you buy anonymous pics from a twitter "OSINT" account or not though.

Comment by nukethebay 11 hours ago

> half a cup of rice and tortillas it's a formula for a lot of nutrients deficiency

Maybe some politician should tell them they’re just entitled and that they should be thankful to receive anything. Then they can add a quip about their steak and lobster fest.

Works for the non-military population

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Comment by triceratops 11 hours ago

Loose lips and all that.

"An unidentified father, who's also a Navy veteran, reportedly said his son described seeing holes that have worn through the ship's deck."

If true, it's crazy that sailors can tell their families so much. Doesn't speak well of security. I'm reminded of WW2 censors who read letters being mailed to families.

Comment by 1294786 11 hours ago

If true, Bill Ackman and Miriam Adelson could hire a cruise ship parked next to the carrier for the sailors to rest, eat and enjoy themselves.

Both of them desperately wanted this war.

Comment by netsharc 12 hours ago

God damn, Trump wanted to be like Putin, and as this shows evidently he's quite good at it!

The Russian army is also poorly equipped, poorly trained and in chaos...

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Comment by CrzyLngPwd 12 hours ago

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Comment by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 11 hours ago

No, that's just making a second problem.

Comment by digitalsurgeonz 10 hours ago

Western imperialism is dead and so is the west. Good riddance. Now build a wall around the west let them stay in their own hubris. While the rest of the world can live in peace with out the greedy westerners. Who also caused climate change

Comment by Yizahi 8 hours ago

Ahaha, and Iranian/Russian/Chinese/NK imperialism is suddenly good and peaceful? What a hypocrite.

Comment by digitalsurgeonz 2 hours ago

What a clownish response.