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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Picturing this ship pulling up into the gulf with big brown stains all down the sides

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

they already have them, but it's rust because the navy stopped requiring crew to maintain their ships.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow that looks like shit. I thought "swabbing the deck" was a major part of what navy sailors did all day in basically every navy for as long as there have been navies.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In other navies they do lol, but not in the US Navy. It's an empire on the decline and their military reflects that.

[–] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is one of the most hope-inducing pictures I've ever seen lmao

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Right? If the ship itself looks this bad, hopefully its weapons systems are just as poorly maintained.

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

All ships of the US navy are far behind maintenance schedule but can not catch up because their leadership wants them everywhere all the time. The weapon systems are propably the best maintained part of them, but there are limits what can be done.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hopefully, but that's the dry cargo ship Alan Shepard which isn't armed with offensive weapons systems beyond four pintle mounted 50cals for repelling boarding and disposable Nulka decoy launchers.

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well shit...hypersonics to the carriers it is, then

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] shreditdude0@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

I immediately thought "Rivet City from Fallout 3" lol

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

what the hell

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

hehehe. Non-skid shoes, they are gonna need non skid pants if they get closer to Iran.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

They shat their pants so hard they shot down an airliner.

[–] SouthernCadre@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago
[–] dazaroo@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Does it require shaving? Buddy has a stache in the first panel which vanishes in the second