To get more specific this often means 'suicide' which absolutely is a casualty of war given the strain of war conditions, especially given the logistics concerns and duration of tours that they are forcing right now.

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mitxela an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Did it end up being true that the troops on that aircraft carrier had to catch rats and cook them to survive?

	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Are you, uh, mixing up the term "midrats" with something? I've not seen this claim. The fact that they sent it immediately home for a port call (and had SecNavy visit for a pep talk) when the news of conditions on the Lincoln broke is probably indicative.

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Freedom2 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What logistics concerns are there? Isn't the US supposed to be one of the best at managing wartime logistics, which is why they have bases all around the world?

	▲	solid_fuel an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They put an alcoholic fox news host in charge of the military and he fired or otherwise forced out a ton of experienced leaders in the name of "the warrior ethos" and "high testosterone soldiers". In a completely unrelated development the "worlds best logistics organization" is now having trouble with logistics.
	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The fleet's HQ got wiped. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-naval-base-bah...