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A US Navy guided-missile destroyer spent four days last month without working toilets, galley services and air conditioning in the blistering heat of the South China Sea after the warship lost power.

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer spent four days last month without working toilets, galley services and air conditioning in the blistering heat of the South China Sea after the warship lost power.

The incident was due to an engineering failure aboard the warship, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement to CNN, another setback as concerns mount over the heavy strain on the US Navy due to the Iran war and global commitments.

The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was on routine operations in the Indo-Pacific on July 24 when an “engineering casualty involving its generators” occurred, Navy Cmdr. Matthew Comer, spokesperson for the 7th Fleet, said.

  • iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That limitation is the point.

    The Peter Principle says that people keep getting promoted as long as they are doing a good job. Once they stop being good, they are stuc, and remain doing a job… poorly. So hierarchical organizations always end up with leadership being mostly shit.

    Having a cap which says that enlisted men can never get promoted beyond a certain point means that good enlisted troops are “stuck”, and therefore remain at a job they are good at.