The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day of the war with Tehran.
The carrier, America’s newest and the world’s largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said.
The warship has been deployed for nine months, including taking part in operations against Venezuela in the Caribbean prior to arriving in the Middle East. The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.
A lint fire. And honestly, I believe it - there’s been a pattern of maintenance issues and sloppiness causing problems this year
Plus she was supposed to be in port for scheduled maintenance ages ago, but then someone started moving carriers around to feed their ego. Deferred maintenance is never a good thing.
maybe the firing of competent leadership by hesgeth might have something to do with it
For sure… Also creating an environment of distrust isn’t great for morale or performance
Not to mention reenlistment rates are way down. Hard to overstate the importance of institutional knowledge
they seem to have recovered somewhat in 2024, due to the top gun maverick movie, yes the militaryganda movie boosted enlistment, i dont know about re-enlisting though.
It probably has a lot more to do with the job market, the military is always hiring. The poverty to grunt pipeline has basically always been a cornerstone of military recruitment
And reenlistment rates have been consistently falling, especially with MAGA at the helm. Especially among more skilled roles…I mean it’s one thing to want to fly planes or be a tech when the US was untouchable, now planes are falling out of the sky