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this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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When I was a submariner, the biggest wtf was why they made the temperature adjustment on the dryers just a giant knob that cranked things up to 11, with a piece of tape on it saying DO NOT TOUCH. In the few years I was there I saw three laundry fires, all due to people cranking that thing up and walking away instead of watching their clothes as they're supposed to be doing for just this reason.
The Navy is dumb and full of dumb people doing dummy stuff.
Man is this really the case or is this fire a cover-up?
Imagine the dumbest person you've ever met. Now imagine they couldn't find a job, or have a court ordered decision between jail or military service. That's easily 10-15% of enlisted personnel.
Over time, people with options who want to focus on family life or are sick of the bullshit will leave for greener pastures. This leaves a vacuum where the qualified folks leaving get filled by time in rate lifers. A significant number of folks in leadership positions are there because they've been around longer then anyone else available at the time.
So yeah, it can be pretty bad.