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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com

curious how I haven't see a paint blistering media freakout about Trump STARVING THE TROOPS anywhere close to comparable as when Biden ripped off the bandaid in Afghanistan www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

independent.co.ukExhaustion, low morale plague USS Lincoln crew outside Iran, family members say‘Apparently, the ship’s doctor or therapist said they need to hit port soon or people are going to start, you know, losing their minds,’ says Bonnie York, whose stepson serves on the carrier
Great Popeye's Ghost!
@grumpyoldme.bsky.social

Most carrier battle groups when I was in were deployed 6 months, before returning to home port. but we spent a significant time in the gulf Iran Hostage Crisis - 144 days on station (Nimitz) Escorting Kuwaiti tankers (1987) 108 days on station. Over 250 days deployed is one thing (1/2)

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Great Popeye's Ghost!
@grumpyoldme.bsky.social

but going over 250 days deployed puts us into WW2 battle group territory. Unsure if that is "on station" or not. But if they aren't getting personal supplies, that implies they aren't getting essential stores either, a logistical breakdown, and our military runs on logistics. 2/2