Troops not being fed

[SamuelTheThird]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/16/iran-war-mail-packages-middle-east/89609308007/

Dan F. was alarmed when his daughter, a Marine aboard the USS Tripoli, a warship deployed to fight the Iran war, sent him a photo of a meal served on the ship. A lunch tray, two-thirds empty, carried one small scoop of shredded meat and a single folded tortilla.

A picture of a mid-April dinner on the USS Abraham Lincoln, shared by a service member with his family, was similarly unappetizing – a small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty and a gray slab of processed meat.
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In message exchanges with him that she shared with USA TODAY, the sailor said service members on the ship eat when they can, and they divvy up food evenly when one person gets more than the others.

Supplies "are going to get really low," and the crew doesn't anticipate any port visits until the ship returns from its mission, he wrote in a message on March 11.

[yellow dahlia]

1. WTAF!!!

[SheltieLover]

2. 🤬

[2naSalit]

3. Does not surprise me...

That procurement for the troops were not made when they were ordered to the ME.

Those in charge are so incompetent. Someone should inform the troops of kegsbreath's $million$ spent of lobster and shellfish and lavish eats.

[Grim Chieftain]

4. And that fat orange felon has NEVER missed a meal.

Damn, it never stops with this evil piece of poop.

[CountAllVotes]

5. Can't spend any money on decent food for the troops!

Its only billions of dollars for this travesty.

The cannon fodder for rump's big war game can't fight the war if they do not have food!

[purr-rat beauty]

6. Served in the M.E. and never had this.

But my CIC was a Democrat

[durablend]

7. Either bombs or meals

Can't have both

[ornotna]

8. That is seriously messed up

I was on the JFK in 76-77 and we ate like kings

[gopiscrap]

9. this so fucked up

I really want this to get out, the American public needs to kn ow that the admin is not only making these poor folks fight an unjust war that he started, but also starving them.

[Emile]

10. Those sailors must be getting pissed off.

[IronLionZion]

18. And Marines

can you imagine being ordered into a highly dangerous amphibious landing after this? MAGA!

[electric_blue68]

11. JFC! So Disrespectful, and Stupid....

You want your troops in good shape don't you?!

Oh...wait... 😑

"Suckers and losers.".


Arrgggg!!!

[mcar]

12. Kegsbreath spent millions on lobster, etc

and our troops are starving? Hey MAGAts, are you OK with this?

[Emile]

13. Psss pass the word, raid the Officers Mess!

[TomSlick]

19. I don't know how things work in the Navy but I was taught in the Army

that if the soldiers are being underfed, the officers should not be eating.

[IronLionZion]

14. MAGA thinks they're saving tax dollars?

or they completely failed to plan and procure enough supplies.

Damn, the US military used to be experts at getting supplies where they need to go accurately and quickly. That's the secret to how our country wins wars. Or it used to be before MAGA got rid of "fraud, waste, and abuse" like super geniuses.

Good thing shipping costs and groceries are super cheap for families to send care packages. Oh wait....

"let them eat war, that's how to ration the poor, there's an urgent need to feed"

[mountain grammy]

15. Incompetence in the Department of War?

I’m shocked

[Permanut]

16. Man, this is a different Navy than I was in.

Mid 60's, I was a cook on a tin can.

It was my galley, and my 350 guys ate good three squares a day plus midrats, no exceptions.

[Wounded Bear]

23. Spent 18 months on the USS Forrestal. 4 meals a day served...

24 hours on board ship, 12/12 shifts. Worked night crew half the cruise, never went hungry.

[Permanut]

32. Pancakes by the hundred, bacon by the 20 pound box.

And eggs to order. I probably cracked 500,000 eggs, two at a time, one in each hand.

[FoxNewsSucks]

17. Well, Krasnov did call them "suckers and losers" so we know what he thinks of them

Also DOGE probably thought that was a good thing to cut.

[lame54]

20. Send some Hegseth lobsters

[James48]

22. Interesting.

That tells me that not only has the U.S. Navy fleet headquarters in Bahrain is no longer providing sustainment- they must be operating on hi tempo without regular replenishment at sea. You got a lot of ships to care for, Bahrain is out, so reproving either at sea while underway or whatever quick port call can be squeezed in in Israel (Red sea), Crete (med) or Oman.

Yep- Trump needs to declare victory and get them all out of there.

[Shipwack]

24. 100% on point.

I have never, ever heard of, let alone experience, a supply fubar of this magnitude in all of my 20 years of naval service.

You’re correct, Bahrain must have been damaged quite a bit more than publicly acknowledged for replenishment to be this effed up. I can’t see supply chain management being gutted so thoroughly to blame Kegseth.

Then again, maybe he ordered people to stop planning backup plans because supply isn’t really part of warfighting?
(Yes, yes… you and I know it is THE most important part of warfare, but if Kegseth thinks soft power is useless then he is probably stupid enough to disregard supply chains, too…)

[JoseBalow]

25. jaysus!

[eggplant]

26. Sedd in Grandma Doordash!

She can fix it!

[johnnyfins]

27. Sounds like it's being catered by a Trump

Resort

[Scalded Nun]

28. Come on, folks! Money for food is required to support FOTers everywhere. You're soldiers...you can take it!!

[Norrrm]

29. Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143630460

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pete-hegseth-s-defense-department-blew-22m-on-steak-and-lobster-in-a-single-month-watchdog-claims/ar-AA1XWiT8

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Pete Hegseth's DOD has been spending money on lobster dinners and grand pianos for military chiefs..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221099237

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/post/3mh4cuwwkw62i

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[SalamanderSleeps]

30. And not one Secret Service agent has resigned yet.

[summer_in_TX]

31. I am beyond shocked and sickened by these reports.

My Senators, Congressman, and the White House are hearing from me. Heads should roll, whether Hegseth is fired or impeached.

[Redleg]

33. The troops will put up with a lot of shit- but lack of food isn't something they will shrug off

They will endure but they will remember. I also hope they got the toilet issues fixed on those ships.

[Vinca]

34. You can't feed troops if you want to routinely serve caviar at Mar-a-Lago million-dollar fundraisers.

[SocialDemocrat61]

35. During WWII

U.S. troops were the best fed of all the combatants. When German troops captured an American supply depot during the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans couldn't believe how well the U.S. was feeding it's troops.