"Ford" Ship's Sailor Burned the Laundry Room for a Week Off?
The protest of "Ford" ship's sailor worked.
On the 17th, the U.S. "Naval Association" website cited statements from U.S. officials that the U.S. aircraft carrier "Ford" will leave the Red Sea and go to the base on Crete Island for more than a week of repairs.
On March 12, a fire broke out in the laundry room of the "Ford," causing two sailors to be injured and over 200 people inhale smoke. Now, the report by the U.S. "Naval Association" website confirms that the fire also affected the crew's quarters, actually burning 1,000 beds, rather than the previously reported 600 by The New York Times, and the laundry room was also severely damaged.
Therefore, in an emergency, the U.S. Navy once again "took from the east wall to patch the west one," taking 1,000 mattresses from the "Kennedy" and collecting over 2,000 sets of clothes, urgently transporting them to the "Ford."
Recently, the "Ford" has been exposed to toilet damage and a laundry room fire. It is obvious to everyone that this is not a simple equipment failure, but rather the expression of strong dissatisfaction by U.S. sailors against the long deployment period - so far, the "Ford" has been deployed for 266 days, and if it continues until mid-April, it will break the record of the longest deployment time of U.S. aircraft carriers after the Vietnam War.
However, facing such clear morale issues and equipment wear, the Pentagon still insists on denying it, insisting that the U.S. sailors have shown "indomitable spirit," which is nothing short of a great irony.
Although there is currently no information confirming that the "Ford" will return to the Red Sea after the maintenance, this brief withdrawal itself reveals the fatigue of the U.S. military after two weeks of bombing Iran.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859980195704004/
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