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US Navy deterioration continues: Bedbugs on Submarine for months |
2021-03-11 |
[NavyTimes] The crew of the fast-attack submarine Connecticut has been subjected to a bed bug infestation in their racks, and sailors assigned to the sub allege that the boat's command has been slow to fix the problem. The infestation issue began while the sub was taking part in ICEX 2020 in the Arctic Ocean in March 2020 and continued during a deployment last year, according to a Connecticut petty officer who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. "We've had bed bugs for a year now," the petty officer said. "Sailors complained about getting bitten in the racks." Meanwhile, the top Navy brass are more concerned with indoctrinating the officers and chiefs with Marxist Critical Race Theory and swearing an oath "As a key member of Task Force One Navy I will invest the time, attention and empathy required to analyze and evaluate Navy-wide issues related to racism, sexism, ableism and other structural and interpersonal biases." per the new Woke Navy Policy than they are with actual well-being of sailors, and non-SJW things like being combat effective. |
Posted by:These Forkbeard7574 |
#11 If three shifts are sleeping in the same bed Austere living conditions. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-03-11 15:40 |
#10 We used to have wooden ships with iron men. Today we have iron ships with wooden men. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2021-03-11 13:14 |
#9 Now now NOW, what makes you think those bugs identify with beds you H8Rs? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-03-11 11:26 |
#8 Rats on the West Side, bedbugs on subs... |
Posted by: Heavy G 2021-03-11 10:35 |
#7 With PowerPoints, I might add. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-03-11 09:38 |
#6 shouldn't some chief petty officer have just handled this? I couldn't agree more, but they were probably at some required diversity training seminar followed by an 'I Hate Myself' role-playing exercise. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-03-11 09:38 |
#5 Why aren’t all the mattresses and pillows encased in bedbug-proof covers? All bedding washed daily in hot water and sealed in plastic until the bed is made up for sleep? All clothing ditto. If three shifts are sleeping in the same bed, then the bedding should be changed and washed between shifts until the problem is fixed. Diatomaceous earth puffed into all the cracks and crannies and drawers and shelves in the sleeping quarters— bedbugs don’t remain far from where people sleep, so that’s where the effort should be concentrated. Dealing with vermin is a Navy tradition several thousand years old — shouldn't some chief petty officer have just handled this? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-11 08:56 |
#4 ^ IIUC - heat is what works best |
Posted by: Frank G 2021-03-11 08:40 |
#3 Fumigating a submarine should be fairly straightforward... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-11 07:42 |
#2 Better than....crabs. |
Posted by: crazyhorse 2021-03-11 04:25 |
#1 4 hr 'hot sheet' bunks? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-03-11 00:18 |