Sadly, this is a fundamental special feature of the government as a whole. Once allocated its difficult and in many cases impossible to stop needless spending. Government should be run like a business instead of a cash cow in the milking parlor.

Not beyond salvage, not at all! Direct the I.R.S. to recruit and train thousands of new auditors, and direct all of the experienced auditors to examine everyone employed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for the past twenty-five years. Twenty trillion dollars went missing between 2001-2021. That's almost two-thirds of the entire national debt, and all of it was outside of the normal budget, so it's war debt. Second, tell the Department of Defense that Congress will only fund payroll and medical, and all equipment contract payments are on the DoD to fund . . . so, "Find the missing money." As to the state of the military, I would have Congress rescind their commissions of all officers above O-6, and winnow from there downwards. The first to lose rank should have been everyone who allowed the withdrawal from Afghanistan to proceed as it did, instead of resigning in protest. Since they demonstrated a lack of moral courage necessary to leadership, they are unfit for service and their continued service should be declined. Take it from there.

You could try having a Congress pass a actual budget instead of continuing resolutions?

White House defense budget didn’t even keep up with inflation….

In case you misesd Sal's point the dept of Navy NOT spending much for sealift ship procurement

Shit What a ridiculous notion

I agree that our Mariners are neglected, including Naval staff. Sal frequently points out that our Mariners are highly trained and skilled. They are under-equipped, and few in number. To enlarge our merchant marine or Navy support transport capability would require many more crewmen, with requisite training and experience. That would also create a Maritime career path, giving Naval enlisted personnel a better reason to stay committed for a 20 year stay.

The transport system has returned

To me, it's an issue of "Out of Sight, Out of Mind". Like most of our civilian infrastructure, it's there and it works, and we don't think about making sure it stays that way. It works fine, why do we need to spend boatloads of money to fix something that isn't broken?

it is a sad state of affairs for the USA ,they need to close 10 bases and use the money to fix the shipbuilding/maintenance industry in America. 13 billion that just went to Ukraine could have done a lot for the shipping industry in America.

And also the military equipment on board these vessels that we had to maintain.

Are these 2 stroke diesels?

@@Darisiabgal75734 stroke. stork 18VTM410

@@Darisiabgal7573 Good question... The engines were Stork Werkspoor 16 cyclinder TM410 diesel engines. 4 Stoke Diesels. About 13,000 shaft horse power a piece. I would love to say I remembered that, but the internet thing happended to have the answer. Complete with the service manual for down load.

They have 3 Bergen Generators. 2500kw each.

Here is a link to the spec sheet... www.quantiparts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/TM410_leaflet.pdf

Well yeah, as an amateur I'm gonna study what's most interesting, not what's important but boring!

@@ninjalectualx Bro took the comment as a personal insult 😆

@@ninjalectualx Me too. But, I kinda hoped that somebody in the Congress, and/or the Pentagon, is paying attention to the Logistics. "Armies travel on their stomachs" after all.

Which is why NATO have lost their proxy war in Ukraine.

@@humbug175 Nah. Europeans just love to stretch out their wars. Had the EU and the U.S. really supported Ukraine from the beginning, as they promised, there probably would never have been a war at all.

More reason we need to strengthen the Jones Act and get our fleet back to strength.

Maybe change the name of the operation in 'Operation Petticoat' and paint those vessels pink.

​@@michaeldonovan7522with the reduced workers because of the Boomers retirement, are sufficient US sailors available?

​@@ducthman4737lol as a merchant mariner the drama at sea is crazy 😂so glad I'm home

Good thing they renamed some of them, glad they focus on that crap instead of maintenance.

Great comment thanks for the tip. Pikettys R > G fits into that

Anyone who understands real economics is a radical terrorist tho. Also racist

@TheAwillz My really good buddy Simon the Uneducated Economist talks about this all the time on his channel. Uneducated as he does not have a degree, he was really motivated to learn so he did. Now he shares his perspectives with us. Would love to see you there.

@@AllNighterHeider thanks for the heads up

I can’t help but feel like this is just a repeat of the Roman Empire

Policy Focus away from the Middle East and Mediterranean. Foreign policy in general has shifted towards Asia.

Yup, I was on the Bobo. during the Gulf War.

in 2010 ... gee who was in charge then? I'm not surprised at all ... he still is.

November.

I promise you...I promise you - that engine fire IS deliberate. ButcherBiden was told by Bibi....don't you dare let that relief ship deliver anything or..you know...that largest amount of AIPAC money you got last year amongst all the money sucking politicians ( fact)? Kiss it goodbye for your campaign. Bucko. 8 day layover? All the ships stop in the Canary Islands? Yeah. Right. Delay and deter. Wana guess what these theatrics are costing you govt funders? Trump is a synapse challenged incompetent....but ButcherBiden is every bit as awful.

Good one

😂 my thoughts…😂

maybe someone stole it...they should have everyone turn out their pockets.

😂

Engine found on ship after brief search

Yeah...I lived in Belfast in 1992. I remember the Bobo anchored off Searsport that summer. Amazed to learn she is still in service.

only heterosexual guys too

@@randbarrett8706of course, only the most heterosexual

That was one of the last ships built at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division (Fore River) in 1985! Long time ago! I actually wandered on it looking for parts that were mis-directed during my years there. Massive cargo area! Glad to see it STILL in service. "Quincy Built - The Best Thing You Can Say About a Ship"

​@@randbarrett8706 Yeah .. riiiiight. LoL

Canada was doing it from day 1. ~~ *The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 Dispatches: Backgrounders in Canadian Military History* . "At stake was the survival of Great Britain and the liberation of western Europe from German occupation. Britain could be saved from starvation, and strengthened into the launching pad for the liberation of Europe, only by the delivery of supplies, troops, and equipment from Canada and the United States. Everything had to be carried in vulnerable merchant ships that faced a gauntlet of enemy naval forces." . "The burden on the Canadian fleet became nearly unbearable. Because the United States, the source of much of the supplies for Britain, was now in the war, in the summer of 1942 the HX convoys shifted to New York. The United States Navy, however, was not yet in a position to defend these convoys, so Halifax-based Canadian warships shepherded them between New York and Newfoundland, and then brought westbound convoys from Newfoundland to New York. These tasks were in addition to the comprehensive network of coastal convoys between Canadian and northern US ports. At the same time, Canadian escort vessels still formed a major part of the mid-ocean force that took convoys between Newfoundland and British waters and, during the summer and autumn of 1942, these corvettes and destroyers faced a new German ‘wolfpack’ offensive that was stronger still than the assault in 1941." . www.warmuseum.ca/learn/dispatches/the-royal-canadian-navy-and-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-1939-1945/#tabs

College indie prog-metal band name.

Only if you're in the room, not enough of a bang to do much more than chip the paint. Of course, if you _are_ in the room there's some pretty big chunks of metal whizzing about for a few seconds.

​@@vapormissilewhat are you yapping about??😂

​@@alanhat5252about the same time as the brown stuff starts flying if you are there😂😂

​@@alanhat5252 -The pistons of these ships are about the size of a small car.

Exactly as a merchant mariner stuff is crazy on the water so glad I'm home for now

Desert Storm disaster repeat.

Let’s hope so

Lack of personal is also a real problem. Navy enlistments are at an all time low.

Waking up is political poison to the GOP. I know this is difficult to believe, but there was a time when the GOP fought hard to keep our defense well funded. Nowadays they’re more concerned with attacking the military over culture war issues.

What the hell are we spending our endless military budget on? Is it literally all being grifted?

Now I am trying to remember which friends served aboard one, and which one served aboard both, and when. I can't ask, because as far as I know, all but one or two passed years ago.

​@@davidgoodnow269Condolences. I'd be interested in knowing more about your friends, any kind of story!

I promise you...I promise you - that engine fire IS deliberate. ButcherBiden was told by Bibi....don't you dare let that relief ship deliver anything or..you know...that largest amount of AIPAC money you got last year amongst all the money sucking politicians ( fact)? Kiss it goodbye for your campaign. Bucko. 8 day layover? All the ships stop in the Canary Islands? Yeah. Right. Delay and deter. Wana guess what these theatrics are costing you govt funders? Trump is a synapse challenged incompetent....but ButcherBiden is every bit as awful.

If you think this is bad, imagine our allies?

It's more like there are other budget priorities. Maintaining the active Force capability takes priority. And those capabilities are years behind already in maintenance and repair.

I promise you...I promise you - that engine fire IS deliberate. ButcherBiden was told by Bibi....don't you dare let that relief ship deliver anything or..you know...that largest amount of AIPAC money you got last year amongst all the money sucking politicians ( fact)? Kiss it goodbye for your campaign. Bucko. 8 day layover? All the ships stop in the Canary Islands? Yeah. Right. Delay and deter. Wana guess what these theatrics are costing you govt funders? Trump is a synapse challenged incompetent....but ButcherBiden is every bit as awful.

That will solve NOTHING. Think back over the decades…the Congress has ALWAYS held hearings. MarAd and MSC and TransCom have issued endless studies and position papers and press releases. Presidents have likewise babbled whatever some copywriter has written up for them to say or sign.There have been endless “be-ins” where these people dress up, swill someone else’s hooch and hog it up on other people’s grub and listen to the same-old sloganeering before they go get their photographs taken as though they’ve actually accomplished something. It’s all been nothing but talk…talk-talk-talk. No work-work-work. No new ships, no new cargo preference policies, (unless they’re queefing for a Jones Act waiver), nobody wants to step on any other interests’ toes. And while all this yakking is going on, the ships are rusting away. The seals are drying out. The experienced crews retire and die, and no young person wants to sign up with a dying industry. They’ll spend another few decades talking at each other about THAT, too. It’s the culture that is the fundamental problem. The Blue Water end of the industry has evolved in an era of decline, and thus, they and we have all learned that “Hit ‘em and Run” is the way to go. No point in making the outlay and the work in improving for tomorrow because there AIN’T NO TOMORROW. Keep the thing from burning and sinking for 5 years and then the heap is Someone Else’s Problem. The contracts get awarded to another outfit, a new commander takes over at MSC, a new MarAd Administrator is confirmed, the Congressman moves up and off the committee, (or retires or is defeated for re-election and gets a few Board of Directors gigs).There’s a new POTUS. All the players change but The Game is still the same. Frankly, we’re seeing where this decades-long Dog and Pony Show ends up in the Russian debacle in the Ukraine…”Mistakes were made”, (but they were paid on the front end and they cashed every check and nobody will go to prison or have to assault a dug-in position with a rusty AK and Airsoft body armor, so who really cares?).

Hi Harry, Tom here. Was on Button with you then as 3M. A couple of years later Button had a generator flat fire (ruptured fuel line) just as we were inbound buoys 1 & 2 in Diego. Also sometime later did a dockside with you in Bremerton on either the Mendonca or Fisher. Regards and best.

@@tishomingo4524 Glad I'm retired, fire aboard a ship is the worst possible thing, er well a sinking??, ha, ha. Stay safe!

Think it was one of his best.

7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) aka 7th TB(X)

@@MajorStu1 Glad someone got that right~

To do what? Outside of being already obsolete. They are not going to be maintained any better than these ships. Or have crew available for them.

as a USS Newport crew, they had NO capability to work on ANY of the JLOTS gear.

Old LST sailor here, '66/'67 in the far east brown and blue water navy, what an adventure.

Well yes but the Navy no longer views Sealift as a primary mission. You get what you dont pay for

You mean all put together.

HMS Surprise was smaller yet.

Army has tried to give the navy their boats several times. Problem is the Army runs them with much smaller crews and for less money. The Navy wants too much of the Army budget to take them.

Kind of agree, but their purpose is not sexy enough. Ex Squid myself, but I did some time on LCUs with an Army Reserve unit. You would not believe how many landing craft they have.

The navy is far more incompetent and can’t run a ship with 21 crew

I think the issue is budgets for all of the service branches. Not enough money is going to building and maintaining a proper fleet of ships, planes, tanks...whatever. Too much waste, and money going where it should not.

@@EricWeberGoogle Army LSV has a crew of 31, but Navy would want 45-50.

The pier is a complete joke. It's already been exposed as having come directly from Bibi, who's since suggested using it to expel gazans and help stage offshore oil exploration. Not to mention the IDF will have direct control over allowing things in through the pier, and blocking whatever they want. We don't need a multibillion dollar pier, we need Biden to force Bibi to allow the millions of waiting aid trucks in already.

I don't think this operation would help anything. Anyway. Just emboldens the enemy

In light of current events, I'm not even sure this Mission makes sense anymore? And at the rate they are going? the MV Dolly will be refloaded, before you see ship one at this pier....

The MSC ships are carrying parts of the JLOTS equipment. It will get there by the time are the Army assets are in place. BTW the Navy disestablished the East Coast ACB unit which USED TO work on JLOTS. That is why the NAVBEACHGRU One from SDGO is working this.

@@leewahler3058 I still think you'll see the MV Dolly refloated, before you see anything come over this dock.

Yeah, 850 billion dollars a year isn't enough. That's only as much as the next 20 countries COMBINED spend.

On the other hand, it's an incentive to start using diplomacy and making peace with people.☮ War cost money. As well as lives. We are going to have to just learn to share this planet with everyone.🌎

​@@WALTERBROADDUS Tell that to China and Russia. One starting a war and one itching to start one. Wake up fool.

And remember, somehow, magically, "there will be no U.S. boots on the ground. "

It’s a joke isn’t it ?😂

the whole exercise seems to be a bit of a media show more than an earnest effort

I suspect the ships were sent to enable the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza rather than the US and State of Israel killing them with starvation.

4 more years of biden lmao

Yep that's my thinking👍🤝

Get ready for Palestine, North Dakota.

That's one of the things I still don't understand about this plan to build a pier: Who is going to prevent the Palestinians from storming the boats? We don't want any US troops on the ground, so we just expect the civilians to line up nicely and wait? That didn't even work for the aid trucks.

Looks like we have to do a regime change in is reel.

Wasn't going to help to begin with. Look up the news. The pier plan came directly from Bibi and the IDF would be given full authority to continue denying any and all aid coming in from said pier. He's since publicly floated using it to expel more gazans and stage offshore exploitation of gazas oil fields.

We actually have no evidence at all that anyone is starving, just what the propagandists say. They are guaranteed not to tell the truth.

@@tedmoss yes we do Ted. We have not only the word of countless American and British doctors and several congressmen who have witnessed and documented it personally, the testimony of the UN, the world central kitchen, and even Israeli aid organizations, we also have extensive video and photographic evidence, and the actual names of people who have passed from starvation. And even if you choose to ignore all of that, you can do the calculations yourself using nothing more than the IDF's own claimed amount of aid entering daily - for 6 months now, the daily aid entering has been enough to supply about 250,000 of the 2.2 million gazans with one (1) meal per day. And even if someone was able to get one of those every single day, which we know is almost never the case, that would be just enough calories to classify them as severely malnourished. There is absolutely no way to actually look at the evidence in good faith and conclude it's not happening.

@@GlutenEruption "IN GOOD FAITH" - WITH THE PRESUMPTION that these people are not lying for personal gain, their words are to be believed..... Assuming you're so stupid to just assume people don't lie........ I believe it.... but your assertion at the end is Re(dacted). On top of it being sheep-brained, it's a logical fallacy / contradiction / absurdity, w/e you want to call it. "You can't believe in God and in good faith, not believe in what you believe" Its not untrue, but you might be illiterate.

LIAR! There are dozens of trucks going into Gaza from Israel every day. Why would you spread disinformation which harms Israel's global image? Do you have an issue with the Jewish people or did you simply fail to do proper research before making that comment? I'm very interested in knowing which one it was, please reply and let me know.

I believe you. It's consistent with EVERY activity in America that I know of. ... In fact, I'm surprised the situation isn't worse. But riddle me this Batman ... where did I the money go? ... I'll eat my engineering degrees if Congress did not spend 10-100 dollars MORE than we needed ... and only 0-1 or 2 bucks went to essentials.

Yes. Just because there is a slowdown in the middle of the Atlantic could mean several reasons not related to damaged ship. An example could be TIMING AND SYCHRONIZATION. Like meeting up with a submarine or timing schedules, maybe zig zagging doing Naval training exercises involved.

I find the updates interesting and appreciate your tracking shipping information for us. I find it very interesting. Thanks a bunch. ❤

​​@@comm2531 I argue that Bibi commanded GenocideJoe to not let that damn ship deliver any relief....or.....the fact that we ( AIPAC) gave you, Joe, the most amount of money last year of any other politician ( fact)? Kiss it goodbye..

"I want names "?? who the hell are you?

Vice Admiral Smith, Vice Admiral Brown, and Vice Admiral Jones 🚢🚢🚢

Your comments are being hidden folks. Just letting you know so you don't waste your breath.

Good time to divert some E. Europe funds to do some maintenance on our own fleet. Things are heating up and we'll need dependable equipment. Someone wake Joe up!

The oil mist detector should have alarmed and prevented this incident

Agreed, I wonder why?

I think this is the latest iteration of the glitch. Yesterday, there was a bunch of messages saying people had exceeded their "like" quotas. I was getting "Sorry unknown error occured" and could get the thumbs up to work half the time. Maybe the algorithms are on strike, making plans to unionize. ✌️😸

Well, it hid my comment. I guess I shouldn't poke fun at the algorithms....

Lotta racist comments on this video. KZfaq might be taking that seriously today. Or not.

For Freedumb!!!!

You could take this in another Direction? It's an incentive to make better use of diplomacy and peace. War is getting pricey and expensive.☮

You know that actually makes sense

Maintenance repair is probably more required than new building at this moment.

@WALTERBROADDUS at 40 plus years, they really should be scrapped and replaced. It is commendable for the crews that have and keep them running with the limited funding. Lots of blood, sweat, elbow grease, gri ding , welding, greasing, and painting.

@@williamfix4285 again, the active Fleet is in the same boat and has same need for repairs. These ships are just sitting in a very long line.

Which party is against funding the military because it considers the military to be woke? Which party threatens government shutdowns? Which presidential candidate said government shutdowns are a good thing? I used to think Democrats priorities were misplaced, but I look at the GOP now and I don’t see any priorities.

The US military gets 4 times as much money as the #2 guy does. They get as much as the top 20 countries COMBINED. This is an utterly ridiculous funding level.