The USS Gerald Ford, one of the largest U.S. aircraft carriers, will be out of service for two years after being struck by Iran.
It’s definitely not a fire in the laundry room...
People are spreading propaganda with this photo. You can clearly see it was a friendly Fire. Iran has no capacity to destroy US Air Force planes. Their power was obliterated. 🤣🤣🤣
Watching the American leftists reaction when they are now being called idiotic and worthless by the Japanese as well is going to be a lawn chair, BBQ, and Busch Latte event. 😂
@ImBreckWorsham Stop blaspheming… Not cool to talk this way about people’s gods. Are you one of those godless atheists? If so, you better repent in the name of Trump the all mighty, for he lives for our sins.
Do you think Trump is intentionally trying to destroy America because he’s evil, because he’s being blackmailed by Israel, or is he just senile and incompetent?
@PhilNvestigates@MalcolmNance Why is it that Ted Nugent who famously shit his pants to avoid the Vietnam war has taken a back seat to Kid Rock ever since the toilet system stopped working properly on the Eisenhower?
A pair of Apaches flew low over Nashville’s No Kings protest today, which created quite a bit of buzz. Now, Kid Rock has posted video of two Apaches paying a visit to his home just north of downtown Nashville. What the heck???
@DeltaJooliet@mjfree People say the ship was already scheduled for repairs. Do you have any idea Why it would be sent to the front lines instead of a ship that was less likely to become an embarrassment
@mjfree I usually agree with almost all of your posts…but I was in the Navy for 21 years and I can tell you first hand that Junior Sailors can’t keep a secret! The ship is currently in Croatia which means they have access to the world. If attacked…we’d know by now.
@VagaBrain@mjfree I seriously doubt the laundry is located in the center of the ship and i also doubt navy lint won’t burn if hit by a missle caused explosion, but I’ve never been on a navy ship in combat so I know nothing
Calling it a 'laundry fire' is the ultimate understatement. A two-year drydock stint means structural or nuclear propulsion damage that can’t be patched at sea. This is the 'Billy Mitchell moment' of 2026—proving that even a $13 billion fortress isn't immune to high-density asymmetric strikes. The Navy's 'Blue Water' strategy just hit a massive, Iranian-made wall
Ford was struck by Iran. Official statements from the U.S. Navy say a fire did occur, but it started in a laundry area and was not combat-related. The ship remained operational after the incident, with only minor injuries reported.
Some reports mention maintenance issues and damage from that fire affecting parts of the ship, but that’s very different from a confirmed missile or attack scenario.
So claims that it was “taken out by Iran” or will be out of service for years are unverified and likely speculation.
Best approach: stick to confirmed information and avoid spreading claims that haven’t been backed by credible sources.
@PNWConservative Why are you folks so stupid that you don’t realize we are saying Trump is merely a wannabe and we are going to keep it that way. Look at the word “preemptive” in a dictionary
In honor of No Kings Day, Id just like to remind everyone that our king was elected President of our constitutional republic.
Therefore, he is …. not a king 😀
@RKzilla9972@BamaSaltyMarine Then why did he declare bankruptcy and force the people who acted in good faith into losing money if he was so successful. You morons have no concept of accountability.
What so many fail to understand is that MAGA is not about Donald Trump.
MAGA is about America.
We the People were searching for someone, "anyone," willing to fight corruption and preserve freedom.
We found that in Donald Trump.
He is our voice.
You see, it's not a cult.
It's a revolution.
Make America Great Again!
@RKzilla9972@BamaSaltyMarine Then why did he declare bankruptcy and force the people who acted in good faith into losing money if he was so successful. You retards have no concept of accountability.
@TX_OKinOH@Anthony22489554@KidStallyn@mjfree Why was the ship sent to the coast of Iran where it would embarrass the United States instead of waiting a week to start the bombing
@Anthony22489554@KidStallyn@mjfree The real news is that it was already in need of a plumbing system upgrade (which does take a long time!) Add to that an 11 month deployment and it’s not hard to see why it could take 12-18 months to get back in service! But go ahead and enjoy your rabbit hole theories! 🤷🏼♂️😂🤣
The claim in the X post is not true. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) was not struck by Iranian drones or missiles. It experienced a non-combat fire that started in its main (aft) laundry room on March 12, 2026, while operating in the Red Sea as part of U.S. operations tied to tensions with Iran (Operation Epic Fury).
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@Microinteracti1@MadTyAgain It sounds like kegsbreth is so focused on lethality that the military no longer has to do PowerPoints on the maintenance history of non warfighters equipment
The USS Abraham Lincoln is one of the most powerful weapons ever built. The Americans built it to park wherever they wanted and dare anyone to object. Iran objected.
The Lincoln started this war sitting 350 kilometres off the Iranian coast. Close enough to smell the place. Then something happened. Nobody agrees on what. Trump says 101 missiles were fired and every single one was knocked down. Iran says they hit it. CENTCOM says nothing came close. Everyone is lying about something, and the ship is now 1,100 kilometres away, tucked behind Oman’s coastal mountains like a man hiding behind a sofa.
That distance matters more than any press release. A carrier at 350 kilometres is terrifying. Its jets can reach Tehran in minutes. Its strike package lands before anyone has time to make a phone call. A carrier at 1,100 kilometres is a different proposition entirely. Longer missions. More tankers. More exposure. More things that can go wrong on the way there and the way back. You don’t move a ninety-thousand-ton symbol of national power three times further from the fight because the laundry room caught fire.
Which brings us to the USS Gerald R. Ford. The world’s largest aircraft carrier caught fire in the Red Sea on March 12. The blaze started in the aft laundry facility, caused a major damage control response, displaced sailors across the ship, and destroyed over 100 beds.  The Navy flew a mattress airlift from a carrier still sitting in Virginia. They also collected nearly 2,000 sweatsuits to distribute to the crew because most of the laundry was out of commission.  Then the Ford left the war zone entirely and sailed to Crete for repairs. 
But the fire was almost a relief from the Ford’s other problem. The $13 billion ship’s vacuum sewage system, borrowed from the cruise ship industry, has been failing throughout the deployment. Out of nearly 650 toilets onboard, most have been non-functional at various points. Sailors have waited up to 45 minutes in line.  The maintenance crew was working 19-hour days trying to keep up with the demand. Everything from t-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope has been pulled from the pipes.  The most powerful warship ever built. Broken toilets.
So here is the full picture.
The Abraham Lincoln, pushed 750 kilometres south by something Iran apparently fired at it, is now launching aircraft on extended missions from behind a mountain range in Oman. The Gerald R. Ford, the carrier sent to replace it as the tip of the spear, caught fire and sailed to Greece. And somewhere in a Virginia shipyard, the USS George H.W. Bush is heading out to join a war that has already humiliated the first two ships sent to fight it.
This is the part the Pentagon doesn’t want to discuss at press conferences. Modern precision missiles, fired in large enough numbers, are doing something that was supposed to be impossible: making American carriers think twice about where they stand. If the Lincoln was actually struck, even once, the implications reach far beyond one ship and one war. They reach into every strategic calculation every American adversary has been running for thirty years.
The United States built its entire post-Cold War foreign policy around the ability to park a carrier strike group off your shore and explain, very politely, that the conversation was now over. That era may not be over. But for the first time in a generation, someone is making it complicated. And the Lincoln, sitting 1,100 kilometres from the action it was sent to dominate, is the clearest evidence yet that something has changed.
Nobody builds a carrier that big just to hide it behind a mountain range in Oman. And nobody sends a second one to Greece to fix the toilets.
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