We all live with a squeaky hinge or stubborn drawer, but when a toilet decides to, uh, give out, it makes for a long day. Everything stops, and every plan bends around one unavoidable destination.
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Multiply this irritation by thousands of sailors at sea.
America’s newest aircraft carrier projects unmatched power, yet it also suffers repeated failures in something far more basic.
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The ship’s toilets are repeatedly failing at their only job.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built: electromagnetic catapults, advanced radar systems, and next-generation defenses define the ship’s mission.
Yet crews are forced to bring plungers to a potluck.
When those systems go down, bathrooms stop working, waste backs up,
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