94

Snip:

Sailors on a US aircraft carrier operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations, several news outlets have reported, citing crew members’ families.

Families have expressed concern over living conditions and mental health on the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose deployment began in late November and was expected to end in May but has since been extended indefinitely. The ship reportedly went long periods without regular port visits for replenishment, maintenance and rest.

Annabelle Loma told Military Times on Tuesday that the ship’s ombudsman had informed her that her husband had tried to jump off the carrier. “He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out,” she said.

Maria Rodriguez, the wife of another sailor, said her husband had intervened in a separate incident, preventing a shipmate from going overboard.

top 36 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] BettercallMao@hexbear.net 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Seven people were killed according some sources that somehow do not reach Reddit despite subs like conspiracy and many others do not following msm exist

Is there censorship in Reddit, comrades? Only pedo official US gov narrative is allowed?

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 11 points 2 hours ago

burned-out US carrier... dean-smile

Sailors buggy-disappointed

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 13 points 3 hours ago

Comrade shark, please, PLEASE! It's your time! IT'S YOUR TIME!

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 15 points 3 hours ago

Amazing how they don't have another carrier ready to relieve them. But then make them have such fuck morale no one reenlists. critical-support to the Stinkin' Lincoln for eroding morale to the point service members self deport and abort.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 4 hours ago

Fun fact: Carriers have safety nets, so it's yet another case of always projection, always.

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 28 points 5 hours ago

Modern imperial soldier can't kill anyone who isn't a civilian, not even themselves

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 10 points 5 hours ago
[-] AF_R@hexbear.net 49 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

best funded, least dangerous to be in, most coddled military in the world starts jumping overboard after a 250 day paid leisure cruise

Chinese peasant who is malnourished, can’t read, and has never had a day of leisure in their life fights nonstop for 12 months with a 92% casualty rate in the Long March and then fights two hellish mind shattering unimaginable wars back to back immediately after that and then deploys to the Korean War for dessert and goes on to build communism

And no, the modern western leftist could never either

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 32 points 7 hours ago

It probably helps when youre not fighting for the Epstein class in some esoteric geopolitical clusterfuck

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 14 points 3 hours ago

Couldn't hurt, but let's not kid ourselves; these losers joined for the payout and because they believe America should get to do what it wants in the global South; Trump could have a literal 2 month old infant wife and if they were solely deployed to some poorly defended country, they wouldn't think twice

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 29 points 7 hours ago

I spent two weeks with 12-hour days digging my way through a muddy swamp so I could reinvigorate the original river layout (it had been straightened out to help farmers) and I loved every second of it.
I dont think I'd had the same motivation if I was doing the digging to build a data center.

[-] SwagliacciTheBadClown@hexbear.net 15 points 5 hours ago

Hexbear conservation corps when? Cool to see another ditch-digger :) literally was the best job I've had.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 3 hours ago

There would often be small frogs sitting by the stream, watching me work. I'd feed them worms and they'd always manage to fuck up swallowing them. Incredible that they manage to survive

[-] scrungus@hexbear.net 13 points 4 hours ago

Checking in to say I also miss digging holes for a living, there are dozens of us!

[-] SwagliacciTheBadClown@hexbear.net 13 points 4 hours ago

Are our necks, backs and shoulders a bit fucked up? Were we exposed to too much glyphosate? Sure. But the camaraderie and satisfaction was nice

[-] scrungus@hexbear.net 7 points 3 hours ago

Very much agreed, I've been disappointed by every job since haha

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 13 points 5 hours ago

If you were building a datacenter, you’d be obliged to find a way to turn it into a swamp. Yes, even in the desert

[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 57 points 11 hours ago

The US is utterly unprepared for the privation and sacrifice that a real war would entail.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 11 points 3 hours ago

They'll just get Boston Pissnomics bots to fight it.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago

All 30 of them

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 20 points 9 hours ago

two oceans baby

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 26 points 10 hours ago

introducing salmonella in the officer canteen seem easier but idk about advanced monkey wrenching

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 39 points 12 hours ago

So disappointed they meant burnt out figuratively

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeah I read this as they were on fire from the dryer fire and jumping overboard.

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 14 points 9 hours ago

no but then jumping overboard into the water would possibly save them and nobody wants that

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 36 points 12 hours ago

The funniest part to me about all this is the possibility exists of an even specialer "cool-zone" that may arise.

everyone's got limits

[-] no_pretext@hexbear.net 34 points 12 hours ago
[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 7 points 3 hours ago

tasty treats for our orca fleets

[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago

Privileged draft dodgers using and treating the military like morons who trash a cheap rental car.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 11 points 2 hours ago
[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 16 points 3 hours ago

Based and based

Draft dodger - based

Using the military like the pieces of trash they are - also based

But as real life is stranger than fiction, it's paradoxically being done by a genuinely lousy human being

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 10 points 2 hours ago

there's a correct position that he just slipped right by, and that's being a chickenhawk is bad in some unique ways but if you find a chill boomer they'll have some fun stories about things they did or young men around them did to try to get out of the draft.

one of my favorites is the hippie who popularized "earthship" houses made out of old tires and bottles says he got into dirtbike racing with the intent of injuring himself enough to become undraftable.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 17 points 3 hours ago

Imagine being proud to fight for the Epstein Corporate Military

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 45 points 9 hours ago

dodging the draft is good, actually.

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
94 points (100.0% liked)

news

24856 readers
614 users here now

Welcome to c/news! We aim to foster a book-club type environment for discussion and critical analysis of the news. Our policy objectives are:

We ask community members to appreciate the uncertainty inherent in critical analysis of current events, the need to constantly learn, and take part in the community with humility. None of us are the One True Leftist, not even you, the reader.

Newcomm and Newsmega Rules:

The Hexbear Code of Conduct and Terms of Service apply here.

  1. Link titles: Please use informative link titles. Overly editorialized titles, particularly if they link to opinion pieces, may get your post removed.

  2. Content warnings: Posts on the newscomm and top-level replies on the newsmega should use content warnings appropriately. Please be thoughtful about wording and triggers when describing awful things in post titles.

  3. Fake news: No fake news posts ever, including April 1st. Deliberate fake news posting is a bannable offense. If you mistakenly post fake news the mod team may ask you to delete/modify the post or we may delete it ourselves.

  4. Link sources: All posts must include a link to their source. Screenshots are fine IF you include the link in the post body. If you are citing a Twitter post as news, please include the Xcancel.com (or another Nitter instance) or at least strip out identifier information from the twitter link. There is also a Firefox extension that can redirect Twitter links to a Nitter instance, such as Libredirect or archive them as you would any other reactionary source.

  5. Archive sites: We highly encourage use of non-paywalled archive sites (i.e. archive.is, web.archive.org, ghostarchive.org) so that links are widely accessible to the community and so that reactionary sources don’t derive data/ad revenue from Hexbear users. If you see a link without an archive link, please archive it yourself and add it to the thread, ask the OP to fix it, or report to mods. Including text of articles in threads is welcome.

  6. Low effort material: Avoid memes/jokes/shitposts in newscomm posts and top-level replies to the newsmega. This kind of content is OK in post replies and in newsmega sub-threads. We encourage the community to balance their contribution of low effort material with effort posts, links to real news/analysis, and meaningful engagement with material posted in the community.

  7. American politics: Discussion and effort posts on the (potential) material impacts of American electoral politics is welcome, but the never-ending circus of American Politics© Brought to You by Mountain Dew™ is not welcome. This refers to polling, pundit reactions, electoral horse races, rumors of who might run, etc.

  8. Electoralism: Please try to avoid struggle sessions about the value of voting/taking part in the electoral system in the West. c/electoralism is right over there.

  9. AI Slop: Don't post AI generated content. Posts about AI race/chip wars/data centers are fine.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS