Backed-up toilets on two U.S. Navy ships will cost $400,000 per acid flush to fix, according to a government watchdog report that outlines the costs of poor planning. (CN) – Backed-up toilets on two U ...

The complaints regarding waste in the U.S. military took an interesting turn this week when it was reported that the toilets on the U.S. Navy’s USS George HW Bush (CVN 77), the newest Nimitz -class ...

The sewage system is similar to what is found on a commercial ship, “but increased in scale for a crew of over 4,000 people,” read the report, which noted the facilities were experiencing “unexpected ...

The toilets on the Navy's newest aircraft carriers clog frequently, and it costs $400,000 a flush to fix them, according to a new government watchdog report. During a review of Navy shipbuilding ...

FILE - In this April 14, 2017 file photo, as crew members stand on the deck, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford heads to the Norfolk, Va., naval station. Toilets on the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS ...

NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Crew members on the George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf say they sometimes can't find a working toilet aboard because of plumbing outages. The crew ...

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 ...