Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro
A fire onboard the USS Gerald R Ford, injuring sailors and destroying 100 beds, is the latest mishap to plague the world’s largest aircraft carrier on a marathon deployment some argue has sapped crew morale.
At sea for almost nine months, and currently stationed in the Red Sea to support the war on Iran, the carrier will reportedly set sail for Crete for repairs.
The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.
Did the fire really start in laundry, or was it hit with something? They always lie if they can, blame pilot error for plane crashes and helicoptor crashes when they are shot down. Seems a little harder to hide if a drone or missile got through though, but maybe some other kind of sabotage?
Pissed off sailors that don’t want to be part of one illegal war after another, maybe they are plugging the toilets and causing small fires to take themselves away from the action.