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re: Extended Military Deployments Are Neither Unexpected nor Unprecedented
Posted on 8/15/26 at 7:41 am to PorkSammich
Posted on 8/15/26 at 7:41 am to PorkSammich
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Spoken like a wet noodle that was too scared to too dumb to serve.
Sure thing skippy. Tags are hanging with my 4 VAVOOM.
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Being deployed for a Truth Social war isn’t going to make troops happy. You wouldn’t be either.
Cry me a river.
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Posted on 8/15/26 at 8:15 am to RFK
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I’m embarrassed at our Navy for complaining so loudly about extending for 2 months max. It’s a bad look to our enemies IMO.
Weak and coddled
Posted on 8/15/26 at 8:28 am to RFK
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ship is very well air conditioned
Air conditioners, as well as human beings, tend to get stressed out in the 140° heat indexes which are commonplace in the Persian Gulf during July and August.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 9:22 am to tarzana
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Air conditioners, as well as human beings, tend to get stressed out in the 140° heat indexes which are commonplace in the Persian Gulf during July and August.
Imagine this weak and coddled generation in the Pacific in WW2, no AC, kamikazes killing thousands, crappy rations, wouldnt have had a chance.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 9:44 am to wookalar1013
quote:Sorry if mom Karen's tofu cookies aren't high priority ATM. Have to eat midrats.
Or one that isn’t from 2020
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Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:00 am to tarzana
Send them a mini fan for their helmets.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:06 am to RFK
Navy personnel crying and making a social media spectacle out of an extended deployment is the definition of ridiculous. They should admin sep the personnel responsible and plaster their mugs for all the world to see. What an embarrassment.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:50 am to RFK
The longest deployment was Hiroo Onoda. He was deployed to the Phillipines in 1944 and stayed on duty till 1974.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 11:38 am to Zach
Have you bought a keurig or nespresso machine yet? Or is starbucks your cheers bar?
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:07 pm to cajunangelle
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Have you bought a keurig or nespresso machine yet? Or is starbucks your cheers bar?
Home machines don't have the high pressure needed for Arabica flavor. And my wife doesn't drink coffee at all. She drinks very expensive tea at home delivered by Amazon because the stores don't sell it. It makes you stay thin and young looking.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:27 pm to RFK
It was even worse than that. In 2004, 2ID, 2nd Brigade was already in Korea, where its soldiers were serving 12-month unaccompanied tours. Many were near DEROS when the Army hit them with stop-loss and stop-move orders and sent them directly from Korea to Ramadi and Fallujah for another year.
These were soldiers who had already spent a year separated from their families, only to be involuntarily held past their rotation dates and sent straight from one forward-deployed area into combat in another.
Soldiers went more than two years before reuniting with their families. I knew one guy that went three. His son was just starting to walk when he left and getting ready for kindergarten when he finally came home.
In short, some guys left home expecting a one-year Korea tour and, just as it was supposed to end, got stop-lossed into a full year of combat in Iraq.
These were soldiers who had already spent a year separated from their families, only to be involuntarily held past their rotation dates and sent straight from one forward-deployed area into combat in another.
Soldiers went more than two years before reuniting with their families. I knew one guy that went three. His son was just starting to walk when he left and getting ready for kindergarten when he finally came home.
In short, some guys left home expecting a one-year Korea tour and, just as it was supposed to end, got stop-lossed into a full year of combat in Iraq.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 1:35 pm to northshorebamaman
Anytime there’s gonna be an extention the wives facebook group is always the first ones to know.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 1:46 pm to RFK
We never should have gone from 13 to 11 carriers.
4 in extensive repairs and maintenance
4 in work ups and qualifications
3 available..... i
4 in extensive repairs and maintenance
4 in work ups and qualifications
3 available..... i
Posted on 8/15/26 at 3:21 pm to OchoDedos
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Sailing around in circles in the Arabian Sea in 120+ degree temps royally sucks arse especially for flight crews, flght deck personnel, Handlers, Paddles, and Shooters. Hanger deck felt like an oven. Had that unfortunate pleasure in GW1.
Hangar Deck? shite, it was roasty down in the berthing spaces too, with air handlers going full blast. That's what happens when a giant steel tub goes in circles on hot water in an area where days are regularly 115-120 degrees. On Enterprise, the most treasured possession was little electric clip-on fans that sailors would plug into the outlet in their rack, and affix it to the towel bar overhead. Then guys would strip butt naked, open the curtains for maximum airflow, and drift off to sleep. I didn't have one at first, and there were some nights it was so hot that is was just plain hard to sleep. Literally the heat and stuffy air would wake you up. I hated the Gulf. I hated going in circles in the North Arabian sea.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 5:10 pm to DesScorp
quote:lol not even going to make a joke
Then guys would strip butt naked, open the curtains for maximum airflow, and drift off to sleep. I didn't have one at first, and there were some nights it was so hot that is was just plain hard to sleep.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 5:28 pm to Zach
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The longest deployment was Hiroo Onoda. He was deployed to the Phillipines in 1944 and stayed on duty till 1974.
I’ve got Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle next up in my Tubi watch list.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 7:34 am to Strannix
Complaints making it into media come mostly from spouses and parents. Sailors and troops know that taking gripes out of chain of command is risky business under military law.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 8:15 am to Tree_Fall
They don't seem to care sending the photos to the spouse. It is being said one of them put a cement rock and took the photos.
Most partisan woke sailors, men and women, don't seem to know or care about the chain of command or the UCMJ. Because the media used an AI to write Bunky 's article. They are in the clear.
Whatever Karen spouses, moms, contacted the media...SHOULD see captain masts results of a cut in rank/pay in the family allotment and confinement of their sailor. The media would play jury to the captains mast and twist it to say Orange man CIC bad...
Most partisan woke sailors, men and women, don't seem to know or care about the chain of command or the UCMJ. Because the media used an AI to write Bunky 's article. They are in the clear.
Whatever Karen spouses, moms, contacted the media...SHOULD see captain masts results of a cut in rank/pay in the family allotment and confinement of their sailor. The media would play jury to the captains mast and twist it to say Orange man CIC bad...
This post was edited on 8/16/26 at 8:47 am
Posted on 8/16/26 at 8:30 am to RFK
The Navy was soft and mostly nasty when I served in USMC.
Bunch of sissies...I once did a 6 month pump (deployment), came back to duty Station, then a month later, back out for another 6 month pump, then came back for 2 months, then back out for 6 months.
The married grunts had it tough without their family, but single grunts, it was awesome to see the World.
Bunch of sissies...I once did a 6 month pump (deployment), came back to duty Station, then a month later, back out for another 6 month pump, then came back for 2 months, then back out for 6 months.
The married grunts had it tough without their family, but single grunts, it was awesome to see the World.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 8:43 am to cajunangelle
This was a really good interview. Aguilar said he did an 18 month deployment, so he normally wouldn't play 
over 8 or 9 months. He said the problem is with like 5,800 people, the Lincoln is a massive logistics nightmare (and stressful place to live). The issue is they haven't been able to get ships in there to supply it, so after 6 months, conditions become difficult. NYT separately said the other day that when the Bahrain base got hit, that hurt the Navy's ability to supply.
He paints a vivid picture about the stress on all of the ships. He got into a lot of details, just about things like medication and physicians. They have to send veterinarians to some as there aren't enough other medical providers. He said suicides are common, but when a deployment gets extended, it is a gut punch and that most suicides are in the last 90 days.
Also, he had a piece of bad news prior to where I queued it up that deputy NSA Andy Baker in the Tulsi/Joe Kent wing of intelligence resigned.
over 8 or 9 months. He said the problem is with like 5,800 people, the Lincoln is a massive logistics nightmare (and stressful place to live). The issue is they haven't been able to get ships in there to supply it, so after 6 months, conditions become difficult. NYT separately said the other day that when the Bahrain base got hit, that hurt the Navy's ability to supply. He paints a vivid picture about the stress on all of the ships. He got into a lot of details, just about things like medication and physicians. They have to send veterinarians to some as there aren't enough other medical providers. He said suicides are common, but when a deployment gets extended, it is a gut punch and that most suicides are in the last 90 days.
Also, he had a piece of bad news prior to where I queued it up that deputy NSA Andy Baker in the Tulsi/Joe Kent wing of intelligence resigned.
This post was edited on 8/16/26 at 8:54 am
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