Ocean before we dropped anchor in Rotterdam. The crew of a thousand young men out at sea that long were going crazy.

On that site, comments after articles have become social media with regular posters, etc. Most of the commentariat are retired or former Navy sailors. For some reason, I find that perspective interesting.

I "watch" it and post when I see misinformation, etc., or sometimes just to trigger the whackos. It's easy pickin's.

They are about to see what happens when the US military is taken over by MAGA whackos.

Lunches look like something a child would eat.
Not hard working adults.

That may have been true for the Ford too before the fire, but since then the carrier pulled into Souda Bay and Croatia.

I was never in the Navy but was a "Navy brat" and always found something interesting about it. When I visited Navy ships at port my strongest impression was that they seemed like prisons. Very few "windows" and cramped quarters, etc. I wondered how my father could spend twenty years doing that (he entered the service before WW II and served on destroyers, including one that was lost).

During the pandemic, my wife who is a psychiatrist had a few patients that were serving on Navy ships. They were having a pretty tough time since port calls were restricted and no liberty, to reduce exposure.

You can be rightfully proud of your service in a great Navy.

As a former soldier, my only experience with the Navy was going aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise in the late 80s for a tour and bumping my head on several objects in the ship (I am 6 feet 4 inches tall). I tried to imagine working in the close quarters of a ship and was glad I was an Army field artilleryman instead.

Nitpicked got a good point about the Ford having two shortish port calls for repairs.
You might get one or two nights off the ship to blow off steam cuz broken airplanes also need serious corrosion control after being at sea. Only 1/3 of the crew is allowed shore leave at a time.

Accidents become more frequent.