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  • 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...

  • Ghee Khatam?
    by KitN
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • You right to bitch and moan about (a) your commanding officer and (b) the army/navy/air force as appropriate (but not the marines, they don't complain) has been enshrined in the UCMJ for as long as it's existed.
  • 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.
  • > 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

  • 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.