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JDPON Don is starving the fleet - US Navy sailors are emaciated (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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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.

peekaboo GO HOME GI

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[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

I feel like the Navy could get a cargo vessel and move shipping containers between boats with cranes.

edit: seems we've got fourteen of these guys, and here's a wikipedia image of a carrier getting replenished by two of them at once

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    Yeah I think if they wanted to do that they probably don't want to be in range of a missile that could hit them in the middle of doing cargo stuff, so I believe they'd got to pull back far enough they nor the Iranians can strike each other

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