Need to Stop an Aircraft Carrier? Take Out the Toilets
The problem was first brought to light on a blog written by a “Navy Mom” whose son served on the carrier.
Here's What You Need to Remember: According to reports from the
Washington Post, sailors had to resort to urinating in showers or into the industrial sinks at their work stations. Some of the male sailors also resorted to using bottles and emptying the contents over the side, while female sailors were holding it for so long that some developed health problems.
Waste in the military has long been a problem—but in the case of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers the problem has been specifically one of human waste or more accurately how the waste has clogged the toilet systems. Earlier this year the toilets on the U.S. Navys USS