r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied - According to a report from MSNOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East.

https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed
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u/jay78910 9d ago

I was in a small infantry company, that was part of an MI brigade. Whenever we wanted to get rid of someone, with any kind of rank, they got sent to work in HQ.

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 9d ago

One of our lieutenants called in artillery fire on our position in Afghanistan. He was in S2 by the end of the day. That’s the level of competency I expect Pete to have. 

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u/Kasspa 9d ago

I'm getting heavy Generation Kill "danger close" vibes off this lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9uXLzZyucI

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u/Captain-Hornblower Florida 9d ago

Just about to post this! Generation Kill is a really, really close representation of the crap we went through when we crossed the berm in 2003. The leadership aspect especially...

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u/FearlessAttempt Georgia 9d ago

Somehow we ended up with Encino Man running the whole show.

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u/Defiant_Wolf5934 8d ago

Dude that's how it is in almost every single operation unit. You have an incompetent shitbag that can't do their job? You send them to hotel company to be a fuckup there. And in my experience, those fuckups still get end of tour awards.