I never served; I get it, and so a lot of people will chime in with a “You never served, so you should shut up” comment whenever anyone who hasn’t served has any opinions about military-related issues. I don’t care. We have civilian control of the military, not the other way around, and our God-given right to freedom of speech is not conditional, so eat it.

The situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln is being portrayed as “dire,” with morale being very low. It does not, and should not, matter at all.

People voluntarily join the military, and God bless them for it. But with that, and all the benefits that go with it, comes responsibility and an understanding that, should circumstances require it, a lot of hardship. Soldiers have been deployed to literal active fire war zones for more than a year at a time and didn’t whine as much as we’re hearing off the Lincoln.

“The food is bad!” they’ve whined. You joined the Navy, not the French Laundry, and you’re in the midst of a military operation. Suck it up, buttercup. It may be your favorite taste, but try eating MREs of whatever you can forage from the frozen ground while being shelled constantly, as American troops had to during the five-week-long Battle of the Bulge.

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