Posted on 04/18/2024 7:59:53 PM PDT by Reverend Wright
The Navy revealed that one of the ships it deployed to support the mission of building a pier to deliver aid to starving residents in Gaza was forced to turn back last week after it suffered a fire in its engine room.
The incident comes as the Pentagon's self-imposed deadline of having the pier operational and delivering the needed aid by May rapidly approaches, and experts say there are other delays and problems cropping up with the mission.
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A retired Army chief warrant officer who has significant experience in the Army's watercraft community also told Military.com in an interview Wednesday that "if those boats don't have multiple major mechanical failures -- I mean 'dead in the water' mechanical failures -- I will be shocked."
"They're horrendously maintained. I've got videos of these things falling apart," the retired officer added.
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But isn’t this the sort of ship that would be immediately deployed in a military emergency that a Marine Task Force would respond to ?
Enemies don’t always give advanced notice.
Glad they aren’t building the landing port... may the delays go on.
The new WOKE Navy.
There’s plenty of friggin’ in the riggin’ but ships are falling apart, colliding with each other and running aground.
It isn’t just the ships.
A lack of a comprehensive maritime strategy has decimated the US Maritime Industry. The US has an insufficient number of capable shipyards, very few commercial ships and now lacks a pool of qualified labor - Officers and unlicensed. China is kicking our @ss in this industry.
DEI strikes again.
Brandon shouldn’t be helping Hamas
Wonder how much of these engine problems are due to being forced to use “green bio fuel”?
CANNOT HAVE A US NAVY-—HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE INVADERS.
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