The swap of aircraft carriers in the region comes as U.S. military leaders worry about troop morale with no end in sight to the Iran war. The USS George Washington is set to replace the Lincoln, a U.S. official said.
  • TheJesusaurus@piefed.caEnglish
    91·
    10 days ago

    So what happens if the US has to ever fight an actual near peer adversary in an actual war, I wonder?

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 days ago

      keep in mind morale has a huge part to play in war. these men have been at sea for almost an entire year.

      Imagine that. stuck in the same grey cramped ship with the same 200 assholes for 330 days. eating the same shitty food. taking the same shitty showers. and now you’re being ordered to stay in a dangerous position where you could be killed at any moment all to stroke the ego of a pedophile rapist that has publicly stated he doesn’t give a shit about you.

      what do you think would happen to morale on a ship like that?

      I’d say it’s a god damned miracle that there hadn’t been a mutiny on the ship yet.

  • PaddleMaster@beehaw.org
    2·
    10 days ago

    The USA has never looked weaker. Our Navy is seemingly floating rust buckets. We have no missiles and now one ship is leaving its post in China so this one can finally go home.
    China will probably use this time to instigate Philippines and Taiwan.