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My brother had a carrier deployment in the Pacific end a week or so after the Fitzgerald collision. We asked him and his girlfriend (also a sailor) about it an
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My brother had a carrier deployment in the Pacific end a week or so after the Fitzgerald collision. We asked him and his girlfriend (also a sailor) about it and they genuinely had no idea what we were talking about.
It was a revelatory moment for me. I can understand how the Navy wouldn't be excited to disseminate that kind of demoralizing news internally (though I still assumed they would one way or another). But sailors on his ship have sporadic internet access – I was really surprised that word didn't just get around.
- a3n 8y agoI'm a long distance trucker. A few weeks ago I heard a couple truckers talking about a day long nationwide work stoppage, to occur this coming April. I'd never heard a thing about it, and I have almost as much internet as I want, through my phone (as long as I'm not driving). I don't use Facebook, so that's probably part of the reason I hadn't heard about it. But also, news about my industry is beyond the last things I'm looking for on the internet. I just drive. Your brother probably just does his maintenance and stands his watches, and keeps up with friends and family on Facebook, most of whom would not even notice an article about something as foreign as the military.