History, Politics And Current Affairs

...According to Twix, 'people' are reporting finding jellyfish in the showers.

("I'll take 'Things That Couldn't POSSIBLY FUCKING HAPPEN' for $500, Alex!")

And there IS a video that does honestly appear to be for real, taken by a sailor showing some heads and showers on LINCOLN that look to be - in all honesty - kinda rough.

Now.

I have never spent minute ONE aboard a CVN except as a guest. I do know from my friends here, FB, and the Friends of Lex, that even on a peacetime cruise it is a brutal, grueling, exhausting experience that starts with sleep deprivation and goes downhill from there. Sleep, hell, REST of any kind is priceless. But couldn't some of the junior petty officers (or the seniors, for that matter) organize a detail and spend even just a few minutes trying to scrub the worst of it out?

Respectfully,

Mike

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2026 8:44 pm ...According to Twix, 'people' are reporting finding jellyfish in the showers.

("I'll take 'Things That Couldn't POSSIBLY FUCKING HAPPEN' for $500, Alex!")

And there IS a video that does honestly appear to be for real, taken by a sailor showing some heads and showers on LINCOLN that look to be - in all honesty - kinda rough.

Now.

I have never spent minute ONE aboard a CVN except as a guest. I do know from my friends here, FB, and the Friends of Lex, that even on a peacetime cruise it is a brutal, grueling, exhausting experience that starts with sleep deprivation and goes downhill from there. Sleep, hell, REST of any kind is priceless. But couldn't some of the junior petty officers (or the seniors, for that matter) organize a detail and spend even just a few minutes trying to scrub the worst of it out?

Respectfully,

Mike

On the Independence (CV-62) we could light our drinking water.

“No Smoking” in the showers, when we weren’t on Water Hours.

And no, i am not kidding or exaggerating in the least.

Yes, a long cruise can be rough especially at the end of a looooonnnnngggg supply chain.

Several of us here have been there, done that, didn’t get the T-shirt (back ordered)

Yes, they’ve had an usually long time without a break and a port call. Yes, it’s rough and hard on the crews of ALL of the ships and squadrons deployed.

As I noted elsewhere here, the primary supply base and liberty port is in range of the opposition and got the Hell shot out of it. Can’t go there!

This is not a record.

The Propaganda Press is shoveling out Bull Stuffing - again!!

Jellyfish in the showers (shakes head that ANYONE no matter their biases would fall for that)

Carriers are in short supply and long demand.

There’s a war on.

This is no where a record. See WWII

Follow up

No, its not cinder blocks, trust! Its a textural overlay affixed to the steel to make people think they're ashore, eating in the mess deck, and therefore close to home!

Along with the drop ceiling.


Belushi TD

There’s this thing:

A U.S. Navy destroyer experienced a complete loss of power while deployed in the South China Sea last month, leaving sailors without drinkable water, meals, running toilets or air conditioning for four days.

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ium=social

Engineering failures happen.

Engineering failures like that which take FOUR DAYS to deal with and leave a warship helpless are utterly unacceptable.

Context matters. It was under tow for 4 days getting it to Subic Bay. She was supported by the USS Robert Smalls for meals while under tow by contracted tugs. Arrived at Subic on the 28th and power was restored in 2 days.

I guess they could have abandoned and torpedoed her.

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/uss- ... destroyer/
https://news.usni.org/2026/08/17/uss-be ... re-repairs

Paul

Latest news from the Lincoln is that the airwing has run out of propwash.

New shipment in the next mail buoy drop

USS Abraham Lincoln headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea

Crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln spent months without a port call. Texts shared by family members show that's about to change.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... 442505007/

I'm reminded of the USS Stennis, USS Port Royal, and USS Bridge visit to Fremantle, Australia May 2002 after an extended period in the Indian Ocean in combat operations. It made a few headlines if I recall.....

"Sudden Beer Shortage"

"Hooker Prices Exploding"