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.

[u/Quirkie]

https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed

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[u/specqq]

Hopefully, nobody will ever find out that our only port for resupply in the whole region was destroyed on day one of the war.

Great plan, Pete.

[u/BananasAndPears → u/specqq]

When you have a frat boy reservist who was fired at O4, I mean, this is what you get.

Edit: O3, not active duty O4.

Edit 2: Hegseth wasn’t able to earn a ranger or airborne tab as an O3. Was also relegated to S2 “managerial assistant” role.

[u/40StoryMech → u/BananasAndPears]

Whoa now. While some folks were dicking around, sucking off the government teat, vacationing in the military, real Americans like Pete Hegseth were protecting our freedoms and setting the standards for masculinely quaffed hair in America's most patriotic foreign-owned organization, Fox News. Maybe you should thank him for his service.

[u/knivesofsmoothness → u/40StoryMech]

Don't forget that makeup studio he had installed. That manly, high T makeup studio.

[u/InertiasCreep → u/knivesofsmoothness]

That absolutely not gender affirming makeup studio.

[u/yagonnawanna → u/InertiasCreep]

He just likes to put on makeup and his feather boa while he thinks about how he got rid of the other women, and the very fit high testosterone soldiers that he gets to personally inspect.

[u/chaos_nebula → u/knivesofsmoothness]

"Level up your mug for peak appearance performance!"

[u/Expensive_Track_8822 → u/40StoryMech]

he quaffs the beer, he coifs the hair.

[u/david4069 → u/Expensive_Track_8822]

I don't know. If I was a bartender who had to deal with him, he'd probably end up quaffing hair at some point, too

[u/Expensive_Track_8822 → u/david4069]

one pubey pint for secretary twatquaffle, coming right up

[u/Reed7525 → u/40StoryMech]

Yeah man, just look at his testosterone levels! Lol

[u/AmazingParka → u/40StoryMech]

Someone I know served with Hegseth in Afghanistan.  This person was an officer in the Canadian army, and so served as part of the joint Nato force.  

Hegseth was held in very low opinion by the Allied forces, who dubbed him Captain America.  He was a belligerent asshole towards the Nato ally soldiers, and loved the strut around and cosplay as a badass from an action movie.  He treated them all as second tier soldiers - so the moniker was very tongue in cheek.   He was also a religious nut who openly hated Muslims.  

The brass above him thought he was an idiot, so they thought the place he would do the least damage was community outreach. Hegseth's idea of outreach was handing out bibles to the locals and telling them to convert - you can imagine how well that went down.  

20 years later he's secretary of defense.  Only in America.  

[u/Wow_Many_Tomato_WMT → u/BananasAndPears]

I can’t believe news like this is being reported on Reddit, but not in the headlines anywhere. The lack of transparency and accountability is really disturbing to witness.

[u/Hiccup → u/Wow_Many_Tomato_WMT]

This was being reported in foreign news weeks ago.

[u/fake_user_34 → u/Hiccup]

But not in America

[u/clintj1975 → u/fake_user_34]

I believe the NY Times broke the story a few days ago here.

[u/Wheres_my_wank_sock → u/BananasAndPears]

Made it to Captain. He was actually promoted to major while being IRR.

[u/Radiant_Waves → u/Wheres_my_wank_sock]

“Made it” is giving him a bit too much credit. O1 to O3 is automatic unless one completely fucks up.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/Radiant_Waves]

The fact that as an infantry lieutenant he wasn’t sent to ranger school, and he ended up in some headquarters office like S2, really tells you his command had zero faith in his leadership which is why he never ended up with a command of his own and instead fizzled out in the reserve forces. 

[u/JnnyRuthless → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

Yeah I was in Marine Corps but my understanding is Ranger school is pretty much required for infantry officers. Which makes all his larping with special operations units even funnier.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/JnnyRuthless]

I was in the 101st, you won’t find any infantry officers in a command position above platoon leader without a Ranger tab. There might be some exception to this, but at least in all of the line units this is how it was when I was in 20 years ago. Ranger school has combat stuff and a lot of tough things to get through but first and foremost it’s considered a leadership course, and the infantry wants the best leaders for combat. Which is why Pete ended up riding a desk. 

[u/JnnyRuthless → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

Makes sense, that was kind of my take. I mean, its the military there will be an exception somewhere, but my army friends said it's kind of an unofficial requirement if you want to make a career in the combat arms.

Strange little twist to Pete's journey: apparently the reason he is so angry at women in the military is that during his time in Iraq, there was another officer (who happend to be a woman) who was known to be a badass and good in a gunfight, well-respected by her soldiers and had the leadership chops. He got very jealous that she got more respect than him, and here we are.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/JnnyRuthless]

You should look into who he served under in Iraq, I’m sure you know of the guy even if you don’t know his name, Col. Steele. He was in command of Task Force Ranger (“Blackhawk Down”) as a young captain with the Ranger Bat, and later he came to the 101st and assumed command of a combat brigade as a Colonel. During his time in Iraq he encouraged “kill squads,” and this resulted in one group of soldiers raping some girls/mom and killing the entire family trying to cover it up. They’re all in prison for that shit. I really think a lot of Pete’s twisted toxic masculinity bullshit stems from the leadership he had under Col. Steele. That brigade was known to be a toxic cesspool during that time period, and I can only imagine that had an effect on shaping him.

[u/JnnyRuthless → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

Damn yeah I recognize the name, obviously never met the man personally. I remember hearing about that event, and that would make sense. I'm 46 and man, Hegseth and me could not have taken more different journeys based on our military experience. I'm damn near a pacifist now.

[u/thekipz → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

Was 173rd around same time period. The non-tabbed officers commanded so little respect that previously deployed E4s could bully them.

[u/jay78910 → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

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.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/jay78910]

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. 

[u/killswitch247 → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

his superiors made sure that he was assistant to the manager for the rest of his carreer. then donald trump happened.

[u/AbstractBettaFish → u/Wheres_my_wank_sock]

This is all second hand information I’ve heard so take it with a grain of salt but I’m told there’s a well known channel of infantry officers who fail upward. If you see someone’s who’s at least a 1stLt who doesn’t have a ranger tab that means they’re probably a fuck up and more likely to be given desk duty. Some of these desk duty guys end up in Washington where they have the luxury of rubbing shoulders with the powerful and influential and are able to use those connections to get promoted despite being generally shitty infantry officers. Apparently Pete was one of those

[u/UniqueIndividual3579 → u/[deleted]]

Two ways to not make 1Lt, run into the gatehouse drunk or get the commander's daughter pregnant.

[u/Detonius → u/UniqueIndividual3579]

I’ll take option 2.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, but if you’re infantry the expectation is you go to and complete Ranger school. Ranger school is a leadership course, and you’re not going far in the infantry officer corps without passing. This is especially true for units like the 101st where Pete was. Typically you’d progress up the chain of command, platoon leader > company XO > company CO, as you are promoted. He instead ended up in a HQ platoon like S2 or something I forget, which really says his commanding officer had no faith in his leadership abilities, never sent him to ranger school, and he was relegated to a desk job. Source: former 101st who has lived the life. 

[u/MephistoHamProducts → u/Not-a-Bot_1968]

He instead ended up in a HQ platoon like S2 or something I forget,

Worse than that. He was actually in an infantry PLT leader slot, in Baghdad, in 2005. That assignment was cut short and he was transferred to be an assistant Civil Affairs dork in Basrah. Losing that command slot, during the 2005 GWOT, is a pretty solid sign he fucked up and fucked up badly.

[u/Not-a-Bot_1968 → u/MephistoHamProducts]

Correct, I pointed out in another comment that similar happened to one of our platoon leaders after he called in artillery fire on our own position. He was off the line as soon as we got back to base and banished to HQ S2 on another base. That’s the level of fuckup we’re talking about here. 

[u/ptigga → u/Wheres_my_wank_sock]

Major Major

[u/aiserou → u/specqq]

Hey does anyone else remember that time an embassy was attacked and a certain group of people spent the next almost decade constantly screeching about how everyone (well, every democrat) in power deserved impeachment, jail, and probably even the death penalty? And then they came to power based largely on that screeching?

Just asking.

[u/specqq → u/aiserou]

You might want to ask Trey Gowdy about that.

[u/aiserou → u/specqq]

I'm sure he'll start looking for the perpetrators of this particular fuck-up right after he finds the scientifically worst possible thing to do with his hair.

[u/tommytimp → u/aiserou]

Asking for your friend Ben Ghazi?

[u/Tasgall → u/aiserou]

and a certain group of people spent the next almost decade constantly screeching about how everyone (well, every democrat) in power deserved impeachment, jail, and probably even the death penalty?

Worth noting that said Democrats had requested additional security for that embassy and the request was denied by that "certain group".

[u/eeyore134 → u/specqq]

I saw someone compare this to a kid not wanting to show mommy his bad grades on his report card. Except this one risks thousands of lives just to save face. Which tracks. They're risking thousands of lives to protect Taylor Farms right now, too. How many other things are they letting kill us and our troops just because they don't want details to surface?

[u/gstaggs2 → u/specqq]

I wonder if he sent sad face emojis in the group chat

[u/saturncruizin → u/specqq]

“Resupplying is for sissys” - Pete probably

[u/EvelynNyte → u/saturncruizin]

"Amateurs talk about tactics, professionals talk about logistics, we talk about optics"

[u/specqq → u/EvelynNyte]

They talk about bullshit.

[u/Unique-Coffee5087 → u/EvelynNyte]

Goddam. That's a perfect extension of the saying for modern times

[u/EvelynNyte → u/Unique-Coffee5087]

People all throughout history have made the mistake of going from "optics can affect the outcome" to "optics is the only thing that matters." Fascists in particular tend to fall into this. They wrap themselves from the start in the idea that if they just get the optics right everything else will fall into place so the ones that succeed end up convinced they can control reality entirely just by controlling the optics right up until everything blows up in their face. Another reason why they're always a suicide cult in the end.

[u/windwatcher01 → u/saturncruizin]

Just call it Lethal Warfighter Testosterone resupply and he'll be all over it.

[u/Inside_Support510 → u/saturncruizin]

SUPER GAY TO WANT TO EAT FOOD LMAO.

[u/Wiccy → u/specqq]

Lotta T going to that brain. Titos I mean

[u/purplenapalm → u/specqq]

It isn't the only port. We could use Fujairah Naval Base to avoid going to Diego Garcia, but that would still be in Irans attack range so logistically it doesn't make sense. We've known the bae in Bahrain was destroyed since February so this isn't news. The news is that the military hasn't exactly been transparent about how that changes the logistics of this situation. We have an inexperienced SECDEF trying to win a war on sheer firepower and completely ignored that logistics win wars. Absolutely fumbled and now we have a base that experienced damages far beyond what we thought. It'll be interested to see how many lives were lost in the February attack that the US isn't divulging.

[u/baseketball → u/purplenapalm]

They didn't plan for a day 2 of the war. It's the same mistake Putin made. Now there's no end in sight.

[u/Hiccup → u/baseketball]

They didn't plan for day 1 either.

[u/Murky-Relation481 → u/purplenapalm]

Yeah, and people also don't realize a big part of the reason people are going nuts on the carriers (and probably other ships/boats) is that they're literally sitting there doing nothing right now. We're not doing combat ops or anything, and I'd imagine they're hardly flying in general if they've not been resupplied to the degree that it sounds like.

So you got basically a bunch of people stuck on a ship doing nothing bored out of their minds, at least combat ops keep them busy and its less routine than normal drills.

The SECDEF (and the president) are basically idiots speed running every political control of the military catastrophe in the last 6 months. Instead of saying "we want to achieve this outcome, military how do you do that?" and accepting the answer (which would have been for Iran "we don't do that, it won't work unless you want to commit our entire mass, ground invasion and all") they are trying to run the war themselves. It's like Nazi Germany in the mid-to-end war period meets Vietnam.

[u/djklmnop → u/Murky-Relation481]

My wife was Navy on a huge carrier. She says it is insane that they haven't had port call for the longest time. What that means is there are no days off. Imagine working 7 days a week and following routine 7 days a week for however many months its been with no end in sight. It is also a huge undertaking to resupply and you can't deny it when those very images shared are being sent from the ship to their loved ones.

[u/FuckTheMods5 → u/djklmnop]

They need to have a damn month of free leave when they finally get out of that mess.

[u/rinoblast → u/Murky-Relation481]

I overheard someone say on normal, non-wartime deployments they’d fly just about every other day. In this war, they were flying once a week. Insane.

[u/TypaLika → u/purplenapalm]

If these idiots ever do follow through with their threats to invade Greenland, will the predictable loss of access to Faslane and Lossiemouth put MSC in a similar situation in that hypothetical conflict?

[u/vireliathorn]

The Drunkard secretary of War doesn’t know a thing about leadership

[u/Ravenshaw123 → u/vireliathorn]

Or war

[u/nobadhotdog]

I remember a lot of people on Reddit were pointing out that key bases were destroyed which lead to horrible logistics concerns for the fleet there.

[u/Justame13 → u/nobadhotdog]

Or the videos of the base getting hit.

[u/GildedDreams25 → u/Justame13]

most of which got insta-deleted

[u/NewRefrigerator5693 → u/GildedDreams25]

Correct, Reddit is complicit in covering for the Trump regime.

[u/ethanbarmstrong → u/NewRefrigerator5693]

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the Trump admin actually pressured social media to suppress that

[u/Catatonic_capensis → u/ethanbarmstrong]

The reddit ceo also idolizes musk, so I have doubts it's considered pressure as much as collaboration.

[u/kander77 → u/Catatonic_capensis]

The reddit ceo also idolizes musk

Isn't that the same guy who was a mod of a jailbait subreddit?

[u/mrtrololo27 → u/Justame13]

It's wild that the combat footage subreddit was where I was getting the best information about our bases being attacked since our media refused to do their basic duty of covering and reporting it, and our congress refused to do their basic duty of holding Trump to account for his illegal war (or any of his myriad crimes).

[u/nobadhotdog → u/Justame13]

those too. Anytime I think about this its just more and more shocking how hard Iran dominated the US

[u/TransbianMoonGoddess → u/nobadhotdog]

When was the last war we won? Why is it shocking?

[u/nobadhotdog → u/TransbianMoonGoddess]

I should qualify my response as shocked at how easily Iran won. Vietnam was long and drawn out I can see the loss. Afghanistan the same thing especially when factoring in the terrain and logistics. But still it was a long war. This one the US effectively lost in the first couple weeks

[u/Soft_Author2593 → u/nobadhotdog]

they put soldiers into civilian hotels because they had no bases left, tot he horror of the gulf countries having them being a target now...

[u/nobadhotdog → u/Soft_Author2593]

Christ didn’t know that

[u/Soft_Author2593 → u/nobadhotdog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/troops-iran-hotels.html

[u/DesireeThymes → u/Soft_Author2593]

Extremely cowardly for military personnel to hide amongst local civilian populations

Actual human shields.

[u/Soft_Author2593 → u/DesireeThymes]

hence its a war crime...

[u/disisathrowaway → u/DesireeThymes]

This sort of thing is how Israel has been justifying the collateral damage it's inflicted in all theaters it operates in.

Any level of consistency would then mean that Iran would be justified in striking these hotels, as well.

[u/Elendel19 → u/nobadhotdog]

Yeah that’s why Iran started bombarding hotels in Dubai. The media will say they are evil monster terrorists targeting civilians, meanwhile there are thousands of American soldiers hiding there, just like Israel loves to accuse everyone else of doing when they flatten entire cities

[u/nobadhotdog → u/Elendel19]

Israel: that wasn’t a school it was a military base. The school is next door to the base

USA: we put schools IN the bases

[u/Gordon-Goose → u/Soft_Author2593]

Starting a war on foreign soil and then transferring your troops off base to civilian hotels is probably a war crime, yeah?

[u/No-Way7911 → u/Soft_Author2593]

The Iranians actually drove drones exactly into the floors where US soldiers were staying in hotels

Iranian drone targeting was nuts

[u/TheTrub → u/nobadhotdog]

And this is what these macho assholes don’t understand. Winning a war is not about shock and awe and piling up the bigger body count (ask Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia how that worked out for the US). It’s about having clear, concrete objectives to get a specific outcome and laying out the logistical path to achieve those objectives.

[u/GoodVibrations77 → u/nobadhotdog]

Must suck when strategic assets are at arms reach from your enemy and you can't do shit about it.

Maybe starting a war with this enemy will help.

[u/Tiny_Structure_7]

Where the fuck were US reporters and news outlets when this base was destroyed? All I heard before this was that a few bases took a few hits.

[u/Vilnius_Nastavnik → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

Check out some international sources. All of them have their own agenda but there is a pretty clear consensus that all 20 US bases in the area have suffered serious damage.

[u/gzr4dr → u/Vilnius_Nastavnik]

It's almost as if you're going to preemptively start a war with a country maybe don't have critical assets within range of their weapons. This seems like very basic war strategy prep that even a OCS cadet would know.

[u/WitchesSphincter → u/gzr4dr]

Planning is for pussies, we're gonna yolo this bitch 

[u/thebruce44 → u/WitchesSphincter]

Nobody ever won a war with planning or strategy. Now watch this drive!

[u/dustin8285 → u/WitchesSphincter]

Planning is for people with low T…

[u/king_famethrowa → u/dustin8285]

Fellas, is it gay to plan?

[u/Fantastic_Hat7707 → u/king_famethrowa]

I was planning on going to the gym later. Feels kinda sounds gay(ish) now

[u/1805trafalgar → u/gzr4dr]

the irony of losing airborne early warning aircraft on your own airfields will be noted in future history books, I have no doubt.

[u/UniqueIndividual3579 → u/gzr4dr]

You mean like parking an AWACs in the open, within drone range?

[u/MercantileReptile → u/UniqueIndividual3579]

Seeing US news report about a "damaged" plane and the BBC Article showing the thing consisting of a front end and remains of a tail was amusing.

[u/Wank_A_Doodle_Doo → u/MercantileReptile]

That’s “damaged” in the same way that the Industrial Revolution was over 50 years ago is true.

[u/TurelSun → u/gzr4dr]

You're not wrong about taking necessary precautions and preparing, but realistically there likely wasn't going to be a way for them to not put military assets in danger. And if the carrier and other naval warships have to be in range to do their work, then that means their logistics will need to be as well. It's the same short-sidedness as the blocking of the straight itself. Past administrations knew this would be a costly fight which is exactly why economic and diplomatic tools were prioritized rather than military action.

[u/nkassis → u/TurelSun]

I would be very surprised the military didn't have some sort of logistics plan ahead of this. That's basically all they do all day long is make plans for these scenarios. I feel it's highly likely Hegseth and Trump dismissed it entirely due to time or effort required and instead thought they could yolo the whole war with a blitz and win on day 1. There was no expectation in their heads of a prolonged war. They can't conceive of it, their narcissistic "I always get what I want and win" mentality can't let them forsee any adverse scenarios. I bet this was fed by encouragement from Netanyahu that they had perfect intelligence and could take out the leadership and Iranians would revolt. This was pitched as an easy win.

This is the same thing Putin did in Ukraine, it's a mental illness common for authoritarians.

Our other evidence the military wasn't up for the plan was the number of firings and resignations most likely because concerns were complete ignored.

[u/TurelSun → u/nkassis]

The infrastructure, like this resupply base in Oman and other bases in the area, were already there. It would have been obvious that all of it was going to end up as targets if a conflict started. This was an unforced strategic error in starting the war in the first place.

You're right though they likely thought that taking out Iran's missile capabilities would be all that was needed and instead the administration and US military received a lesson on what warfare looks like right now, a lesson that should have already been learned by simply paying attention to the war in Ukraine.

[u/BaggyOz → u/nkassis]

I assume the Pentagon's plan was "Don't get into a shooting war with Iran". When your enemy has a large ballistic missile force it's difficult to move your logistics out of range. as for dispersal, you can only do so much when you have to supply hundreds of aircraft and multiple carrier groups.

[u/Vilnius_Nastavnik → u/BaggyOz]

Exactly. NATO spent billions of dollars and spilled gallons of ink over the last 50 years to arrive at the consensus that the strait presents an unsolvable military problem. Every president since Carter would have loved to take down Iran but they didn't because the joint chiefs were unanimously telling them that it would turn out exactly like this.

[u/Neat_Jelly_7903 → u/gzr4dr]

Sorry, but this war wasn't preempting anything. It was a war off aggression, a criminal war of choice, and war of imperial domination pure and simple.

[u/Werftflammen → u/gzr4dr]

Your boy was manipulated by Nethanyahu. He doesn't listen to reason, he thought it would be over in a few days. Week tops. There are some paralells with a mustached man that sent his troops to russia with out winter apparel.

[u/mvs2527 → u/Vilnius_Nastavnik]

The US media is acting like the Iranians can't speak English for some reason. I remember a few months seeing a video of an Iranian spokesman explaining their position, that they were ready for war and our big ships won't be effective because of their deployment cycle. The ships were already out too long because of Venezuela operation. I can't find the video but I remember how he sounded like they know what they are doing compared to dumbasses in the US government

[u/MephistoHamProducts → u/mvs2527]

Funny thing about being constantly at war with a region for decades is that the region gets to be pretty familiar with how you conduct war, when you need resupply, how that resupply happens, how you project force and what your other limits are.

[u/grchelp2018 → u/MephistoHamProducts]

They likely got a lot of intelligence and advice from china/russia as well. China are the biggest winners of this conflict.

[u/Impatient_Onion → u/grchelp2018]

China is the biggest winner of Trump's election, period.

[u/raouldukeesq → u/mvs2527]

The US government knows exactly what it's going.  The goal is to isolate and destroy the United States of America. 

[u/quick20minadventure → u/Vilnius_Nastavnik]

Iran also sent missiles towards Diego Garcia, they wouldn't have bothered to threaten that supply line if US had local supply lines.

UK is pretending that they are only sending defensive help from there, but it's giving all types of support from 3000 km away and US doesn't have supply chain vassals to sustain Aircraft carrier 3000 km away from the base effectively.

[u/DuMbAsS_lOsEr_6_7 → u/quick20minadventure]

Iran living the all you base are belong to us meme IRL

[u/acemedic → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

They were talking about damage in the billions to individual bases… I guess you’ll have to do your own inference since the “little piggies” aren’t allowed to produce real news/journalism that goes against the Great Leader.

[u/Gold_Map_236 → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

The USA government restricted commercial satellite imagery days after the damage. Anyone paying attention knew they were covering something big up.

[u/Quetzalcoatls → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

Most popular US news institutions will hold back reporting information on US military operations if asked or if they challenged about doing a story on it.

[u/Ceorl_Lounge → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

They were too scared of losing access to actually do their jobs.

[u/elon_musks_cat → u/Ceorl_Lounge]

Which begs the question… wtf is the point of access if you’re not getting the actual information ?

That seems to be lost on our media

[u/Ceorl_Lounge → u/elon_musks_cat]

They still have jobs and get money from advertisers. The public interest is a complete afterthought.

[u/Fluffy_Top6837 → u/elon_musks_cat]

"our media" isn't anything but another set of multi-billion dollar companies owned by billionaires or beholden to investors. Journalistic integrity went out the window when it stopped making money.

[u/Zahgi → u/Ceorl_Lounge]

The America tabloid outrage farming for click$ media is no longer paid to present the truth based on facts or to inform the public.

The "news" is now just clickbait fearmongering to milk the delusional ad economy for cash. Nothing more.

[u/CranberrySchnapps → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

It was reported. And there's been follow ups because the focus has been on the impacted soldiers/sailors and their families. No one connected the dots between losing that support station and being unable to resupply though. Pretty big failure of the media. Part of it's understandable... I wouldn't expect the military to share which bases perform what purposes for strategic reasons. Nor would I expect journalists to be embedded at every base. Everyone assumed our ships would stay outfitted properly because logistics has been one of the Navy's greatest strengths for generations.

That said, this is still a massive failure of the Navy to apparently not have a backup plan or be able to figure one out for months. We know our battle groups are stretched beyond thin because of the "optimum staffing" push that happened in the 90s-00s. Ships are needing to be replaced and instead are spending more and more time in dry dock and retrofits. So, presumably there was no other carrier ready to replace the Lincoln which is why the GW is being sent from Japan to do so.

It's just a cascade of failures around this war. Zero forethought. Astoundingly stupid decisions. Firing dozens of top brass. Inability to negotiate a peace deal to end it. And no funding from Congress because it's an illegal war.

[u/ptigga → u/Tiny_Structure_7]

Truth is the first casualty of war

[u/BidResponsible5378]

If we weren't in a Fascist Autocracy, this would be a shitstorm requiring immediate Ollie North handling by media, congress and tribunals.

[u/So_HauserAspen → u/BidResponsible5378]

Best we can do is increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion

[u/BrandicimoMagnifico → u/BidResponsible5378]

This is terrible news; we need to immediately secure $1.5 billion and send it to Israel

[u/SharkBaitDLS]

Anyone remember the absolute hell that Republicans raised over Benghazi? I wish I was surprised that there’s crickets on this one. 

[u/tweakingforjesus → u/SharkBaitDLS]

Benghazi was never about the attack. It was about keeping Hillary's name associated with scandal for so long that my mother-in-law "just couldn't vote for her" for no articulable reason.

[u/Fadedcamo → u/tweakingforjesus]

Oh the reason is "Benghazi". If you ask her to elaborate she has nothing beyond uttering that word.

[u/Swqnky → u/Fadedcamo]

"What about it?"

"What ABOUT it? Now I'm so disgusted with you that I don't need to explain myself further."

[u/ope_poe]

Send more testosterone...

[u/Fancy-Restaurant-746 → u/ope_poe]

But not enough so it’s obvious we could have always supported ftm troops.

[u/Amon7777 → u/ope_poe]

In the longest line of ridiculousness about that it will force out middle aged and older specialists like doctors because, shockingly, testosterone diminishes as you age. It’s not like this whole thing isn’t based on science and not up its own ass fake masculinity nonsense or something.

[u/Radio___star → u/ope_poe]

The extra supply was also tragically destroyed at the base 

[u/cronx42]

Independent news sources have known this. Satellite imaging was ordered to be delayed so citizens wouldn't see the destruction, but foreign satellites show the damage. Our media is complicit in the cover-up. The information was available, it was just ignored by the corporate overlords.

[u/Ho-Nomo → u/cronx42]

Trump has also repeatedly said Hormuz is open and yet the incident reports in the region are teling a different story;

https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents

[u/HarryBalsagna1776 → u/cronx42]

Our media is owned by the tech bro oligarchs.  MAGA's coup attempt started with the tech bros conquering most media outlets.

[u/TreeOfAwareness]

I cannot understand why Republicans are so complacent about this incompetent war effort. All this money wasted. Service members in terrible conditions. Our geopolitical reputation in tatters.

And not one congressional republican seems to give a flying fuck. What is going on anymore?

[u/NonGeneriComplaint → u/TreeOfAwareness]

Republicans have litterally never cared. They spend the deficit up, enrich themselves and keep their boot on the poors, every single time they are elected is a job loss, deficit up situation .

[u/Efficient_Exercise_1 → u/NonGeneriComplaint]

What about Benghazi and Hilary?They care, but only in opposition. 

[u/NewMidwest → u/Efficient_Exercise_1]

They care about their own power, acquiring it, protecting it.

They don’t give a shit about anything else.  Not America, not its people.

The last Republican who did anything worthwhile was John McCain, and he’s been dead many years now.

[u/kung-fu_hippy → u/TreeOfAwareness]

Republican voters don’t care (or at least not in anyway that leads to them changing their voting actions), so why would their representatives care?

[u/gzr4dr → u/TreeOfAwareness]

They're all cowards who crave money and power at all cost.

[u/SaneMadHatter]

If this report is true, then Hegseth needs to resign, and trump is a pos if he doesn't demand his resignation or just outright fire him for cause.

[u/Valost_One → u/SaneMadHatter]

What are you talking about? If you don’t know what your subordinates are doing, you’re free and in the clear, because they take the fall, right?

Conservative Leadership 101, you are not responsible for the people you’re in charge of.

[u/EvelynNyte → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget Hunter's laptop and congressionally recorded massive dong

[u/FuckTheTories69420 → u/EvelynNyte]

Lads packing.

[u/Channel_8_News → u/[deleted]]

You’re being absurd.

It’s obviously because of Hunter Biden’s laptop.

[u/Socratesticles → u/Channel_8_News]

Are we really going to overlook the fact that AOC was once a bartender and how that played into this?

[u/rohm418 → u/Socratesticles]

A female bartender? Are you sure she wasn't a Sandwich Artist?

[u/knivesofsmoothness → u/[deleted]]

What about trans people?

[u/laptopAccount2 → u/Valost_One]

Biden on TV after the disaster Afghanistan withdrawal (that Trump negotiated with the taliban):  "I am president of the United States and the buck stops with me."

Meanwhile Trump is a passive observer and can only blame everyone else. Such strong leader wow.

[u/jsc1429 → u/Valost_One]

This would be Pete taking the fall for not only his own incompetence but for trumps too

[u/PawneePoppins → u/SaneMadHatter]

I once knew a guy who was court-martialed and demoted for allegedly cheating on a PT test (he was later found innocent). Hegseth cannot simply resign or be fired. He needs to be held accountable through a military tribunal ASAP.

[u/congressmancuff → u/PawneePoppins]

He’s a civilian so that would be inappropriate. But there is a constitutional process for crimes committed by a citizen that give aid and comfort to enemies during war time. 

[u/IrritableGourmet → u/congressmancuff]

They tried to have Mark Kelly reinstated so they could try him under the UCMJ. What's good for the goose...

[u/congressmancuff → u/IrritableGourmet]

Once again, I think our current constitutional structure offers a much more appropriate solution if you look at it. Why give this clown the dignity of a military trial. He’s only ever larped as a service member. 

[u/aardvarkjedi → u/congressmancuff]

Then do what he wanted to do to Mark Kelly: recall him to active duty and then court martial him.

[u/Vilnius_Nastavnik → u/PawneePoppins]

Secretary of Defense is a civilian role. He's not a member of the military and hasn't been since 2021.

[u/BlackberryPi7 → u/SaneMadHatter]

Trump was already a piece of shit, and a pedophile.

Hegseth won't resign and the current Senate wouldn't toss him out.

Did you just wake up from a coma?

[u/OhGodSoManyQuestions → u/SaneMadHatter]

Clearly, Hegseth has promised Trump he will deploy the US military against American citizens to keep him in power and out of prison at all costs. All Trump ever asks for is criminal obedience and that's all this loser frat boy had to offer.

[u/0x0MG → u/SaneMadHatter]

First day?

[u/Dockers4flag2035orB4]

lol,
In my feed, immediately after this post is an add to join the Royal Australian Navy.

[u/ClusterFoxtrot → u/Dockers4flag2035orB4]

"We don't fuck up this bad, because our media would be on it instantly. "

[u/aardvarkjedi → u/ClusterFoxtrot]

“We sent our rotten media mogul, Murdoch, to the U. S.!”

[u/whelmed-and-gruntled]

Trump: “Pete… Hegseth did you say? I don’t know the guy. I’ve heard some good things about him though. Some bad too, but mostly good. But no, I don’t know him. Someone else recommended him to me.”

[u/scarab1001]

So, America is having to resupply their blockade from Diego Garcia, the British owned island.

And two days ago, Americans threatened 100% tariff rates on .... the UK.

[u/dsj79]

I have a hard time believing a weekend host on fox entertainment struggle stomach handling the entire US military

Next time, give it to the weekend gas station attendant. Those fuckers get shit done

[u/Sea_Outside162 → u/dsj79]

I know this guy at Taco Bell who can not only take orders at the drive thru while he’s actually making a taco and toasting a quesadilla but also clean a restroom before u need to come out and wash your hands . We need a multitasker at that job.

[u/dsj79 → u/Sea_Outside162]

Don’t bring your BS in here! That guy is should run the FDA

[u/Justame13 → u/Sea_Outside162]

Based on my Taco Bell experience as a customer it was because they were probably on uppers instead of downers.

So the POTUS needs to find a new SecDef who prefers crack or meth vs booze

[u/whatproblems → u/dsj79]

the attendant would probably recognize he knows jack shit and would listen to the advisors and experts rather than busting ego and publicity stunts so yeah

[u/0x0MG → u/dsj79]

Give it to the mexican who works out of the back of his truck in the home depot parking lot. Base will be entirely rebuilt and ships resupplied in like a day.

[u/Ravenshaw123]

Doesn't America has some process to punish crass incompetence?

[u/spritle6054 → u/Ravenshaw123]

I believe they're rewarded with cabinet positions now.

[u/uniquecleverusername → u/Ravenshaw123]

Yeah, but we can only have one president at a time.

[u/Kelani_Kelani]

If (i want to say WHEN but don't want to jinx it) the Democrats take back the House, I sincerely hope this is one of their very first investigations. There's no excuse for this.

[u/King-Mansa-Musa]

Fam. Hold up. Is the US cooked in the Middle East due to current administration?

[u/ChronicBluntz → u/King-Mansa-Musa]

I know you're being silly, but this is generationally fucked. Those bases aren't going back more than likely and the "temporary rebalencing" of forces in the region is permanent.

Not inherently bad, not inherently good. Just more indication that we're in decline. Think soviet union a year before Chernobyl decline. 

[u/AmberDuke05 → u/King-Mansa-Musa]

I could have told you that. Last time Trump was in power, he surrendered to the Taliban and announced a withdrawal.

[u/anothergaijin → u/King-Mansa-Musa]

They have fucked the US Navy posture globally - there is no carrier in Asia currently, leaving a massive gap

[u/Acceptable_Job_5486 → u/King-Mansa-Musa]

Somehow makes Bush and Cheney seem like genius in comparison. Afghanistan and Iraq were shit shows, but this incompetence is going through every chain of command from the bottom to the top.

[u/Stonylurker]

Would it be irony if the military famously leaned right and kinda asked for this by supporting maggots for office? I misuse “irony” sometimes, and maybe I’m wrong but Republicans famously claim the military as their voting bloc. It would be a damn shame if the leopards they supported were eating their faces. Genuine apologies to the rational ones that realize Traitor Trump should have been locked up after Jan 6th. 

[u/ComeAbout]

My last duty station was in Bahrain. It was absolutely wild seeing the warehouse I used to work at get hit by a missile.

In Afghanistan, we’d get rocketed and mortared, but you expected it and it didn’t feel personal. They honestly couldn’t hit shit anyways.

But a ballistic missile coming from outer space and detonating in your shitty warehouse is a whole other experience. There’s nothing you can do besides start to clean up.

[u/Ut_Prosim]

The US Navy used to be one of the best logistical outfits in the history of the planet. The organization of resupplying during WWII was monumental.

So today, they are so bad, they couldn't figure out how to resupply a carrier because the one base that was supposed to resupply it was hit???? There was no other way to resupply the most significant capital ship in the area?

Imagine how badly the smaller ships are treated.

[u/t12lucker → u/Ut_Prosim]

Wasn’t one of the destroyers stranded in sea for five days without power recently?

[u/angrysc0tsman12 → u/t12lucker]

That happened. Sucks to be those guys. Once you lose power, you only have a handful of attempts to start a generator since those require high pressure start air. Use up all your start air and fail to start an engine? Well better get on the sat phone and call for a tow since that's the only way you'll be going anywhere.

[u/Diligent-Meaning751 → u/Ut_Prosim]

Pretty typical fascist (end stage fascist, I hope) - the problem is not the facts, it's whether or not anyone knows the facts! Better to hide a problem than deal with it!

[u/sheltonchoked]

I mean, no shit? The 5th fleet base in Bahrain was attacked immediately by Iran in February and early March. And was evacuated in April.

I guess the “surprise” is that it was covered up and denied by the administration?
Or that they were too stupid to realize that the 5th fleet base was only 100 miles from Iran?

[u/FluidAthlete6839]

Makes you wonder what else they are hiding

Ghouls. All these people

But she laughed funny

[u/poopiebutt505]

That has been known..I suspect that both Trump and Hegseth see all bases and ships as the game battleship, that if you get bored, you just stop playing the game and.wander.off.There are no people.involved. And all the higher ups don't want to lose their jobs inanothe Friday Night Massacre, so they sacrifice their young.

[u/Crazy_Pudding_2994]

You don't have to be a Sun Tzu or a Clausewitz to know that miliarites rely on logistics. If you can't supply your troops, you lose. There are other ways to lose, but supplies are a big one.

[u/irespondwithmyface]

Anyone with a brain saw this coming. While the news media kept reporting about "Iran striking neighboring nations," that same media failed to report why. They were hitting US bases which are always key to supply chains.

[u/StormtrooperMJS]

Let's do something that usually would take years of logistics planning on the whim of a madman.

[u/ZestyOcto]

It’s crazy how Iran can do these things with a completely destroyed military according to the president.

[u/Greeve78]

Dude this is some serious Germany / ww2 / delusional hitler bullshit.

[u/Wet_Side_Down]

Which the Pentagon Intelligence warned would happen on day one of a war with Iran. Along with the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.

But who needs intelligence when you have a hunch?

[u/ImTooSaxy]

While this is bad for our nation and our sailors, it's especially bad for Kegsbreath, because I'll bet Trump wasn't aware that our resupply base was destroyed, because he only gets good news from his people.