The Human Cost of Miscalculation
Military families pay the price for failures
Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min · 3 segments
What happens when a "short, few-week mission" spirals into an endless 14-hour combat days thousands of miles from home? From sudden operational shifts in Bahrain to isolated deployments in the Indian…
We had to pivot to another military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean that was 2200 miles away from where the aircraft carrier was.
And then you add into the fact that we have no port calls and that is what caused all of this.
So again, what was supposed to be a few weeks mission where they didn't necessarily have to calculate all these potential issues that could happen that was gonna affect the real human beings on the ship who are working 12 to 14 hour days every single day conducting combat operations.
This is what happens as a result of that.
You know more about this than the man who's calling the shots for these operations, both in the White House and in the Pentagon.
When when members of our military like yourself, your husband and others who do this, who know this, are expressing outwardly what is happening to them, what is happening to their families.
And whether it's an admiral, a secretary of defense or the president, United States dismisses them.
The words of the mayor of the governor of my state won't play that sound because a little bit long.
So I just want to quote one piece of he says, I would have hoped that since this from Governor Westmore, that I would hope that since he Donald Trump never been for been forward deployed, since he's never put on the uniform and sacrifice for his country, that he would have more compassion for the people who are willing that willing to put on that uniform.
that he would have more compassion for their family members who are willing to offer their loved ones to the country because they love this country so much, like yourself, like your husband, and the men and women with whom you have served and who are serving now.
So it's unfortunate for you and them that they're stuck with the leadership that don't get the assignment.
We had to pivot to another military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean that was 2200 miles away from where the aircraft carrier was.
And then you add into the fact that we have no port calls and that is what caused all of this.
So again, what was supposed to be a few weeks mission where they didn't necessarily have to calculate all these potential issues that could happen that was gonna affect the real human beings on the ship who are working 12 to 14 hour days every single day conducting combat operations.
This is what happens as a result of that.
You know more about this than the man who's calling the shots for these operations, both in the White House and in the Pentagon.
When when members of our military like yourself, your husband and others who do this, who know this, are expressing outwardly what is happening to them, what is happening to their families.
And whether it's an admiral, a secretary of defense or the president, United States dismisses them.
The words of the mayor of the governor of my state won't play that sound because a little bit long.
So I just want to quote one piece of he says, I would have hoped that since this from Governor Westmore, that I would hope that since he Donald Trump never been for been forward deployed, since he's never put on the uniform and sacrifice for his country, that he would have more compassion for the people who are willing that willing to put on that uniform.
that he would have more compassion for their family members who are willing to offer their loved ones to the country because they love this country so much, like yourself, like your husband, and the men and women with whom you have served and who are serving now.
So it's unfortunate for you and them that they're stuck with the leadership that don't get the assignment.
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