rant · moment 4 of 14
Solving the Navy's Overboard Problem: Shoot Them
from Overboard in Iran, Savannah Guthrie, & ICE Electric Gloves | The Tim Dillon Show #508 · #508
6 min
Tim continues riffing on the Lincoln overboard incidents, pivoting into an extended bit about shooting sailors who try to jump overboard as deterrence, invoking pirate discipline and comparing it to a reward system involving steak dinners.
- Tim dismisses reports of supply shortages, water contamination, and poor living conditions aboard the carrier as exaggeration.
- Multiple sailors have attempted to jump overboard from the USS Lincoln, with another incident involving a shipmate preparing to go over the side.
- Tim sees the pattern of overboard incidents as an embarrassment and identifies it as a reason why the war effort is failing.
- Tim proposes that sailors attempting to jump overboard should be shot in the water as soon as they go over the side.
- Tim compares the lack of discipline on the carrier to pirate ships, where captains like Blackbeard enforced strict hierarchy and focus.
- Tim describes holding a meeting where he would threaten to shoot any sailor who jumps off the boat and force their bunkmate to do the shooting.
- Tim argues that mental health concerns are counterproductive and that soldiers need to shoot the weak links who jump overboard.
- Tim proposes rewarding whoever shoots a sailor who jumps off the boat with a high-quality steak as an incentive.
USS Abraham LincolnRichard BlumenthalPete Hegsath