US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel

X ^ | Sal Mercogliano

[hardspunned]

Cue the Yakety Sax theme music again for the Pentagon idiots. $20 Billion worth of equipment and there was one ship to fuel it all?

[dpetty121263]

Government planning planning for you.

[Brian Griffin]

The weakest point in a system is usually the best place to attack.

Perhaps the navy should even consider submarine tankers.

[central_va]

Why did it run aground?

[SMARTY]

AND give up on DEI favored status

[bk1000]

But you have trans admirals and tons of DEI. What more do they need?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Piloting and navigation are becoming lost arts in the New Navy.

[z3n]

In other words, if you can get to the tanker, you’ve crippled the strike group, and perhaps even made them sitting ducks.

[dfwgator]

“I’ve got those yellow stain blues....”

[wally_bert]

Didn’t the Germans do that in WW II to refuel the U Boats?

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Why did it run aground?”

Water shortage?

[dynachrome]

Depending on DEI people to run the ship?

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Why did it run aground?

My best guess is a female captain tried to parallel park it.

[clintonh8r]

My friend and neighbor is a retired rear admiral. He tells me about things. The Navy is a wreck.

[RoosterRedux]

Add typical bureaucratic/government planning with DEI and what do you get?

Ships running aground (among many things yet to come).

[HombreSecreto]

Why did it run aground?

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Gilligan?

[tet68]

Why? Climate change!!

[OldHarbor]

The Hootie and BlowUpYourShips gang loves this news. US Fleet crippled !
Biden drooling 🤤
Kamala Cackles ! 🤪
Speaker Johnson snuggles up to Democrats ! 🥰
Ukrainian dwarf invades Pennsylvania !🤡
What Is Taylor Swift up to?😍🤮

[Tell It Right]

To hear the left tell it, sea levels are at unprecedented levels!

I told a teacher the other day, the next time she takes kids to the local science museum, pay attention to the prehistoric exhibit and the work they're doing on marine life fossils scattered all over Alabama because the entire state used to be covered in water. Then think about it the next time the "news" tells us sea levels are the highest they've ever been.

[Stingray51]

If you click through to the gcaptain source link, there’s a picture of the ship with big Ukraine flag-colored stripes painted on its smokestack. Are these colors just a coincidence or is this intentional and authorized? I’d post a picture to show what I mean but that’s too high-tech.