Families Share Pics of Paltry Meals From Soldiers Aboard US Warships

[LilElf70]

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/families-share-pics-of-paltry-meals-from-soldiers-aboard-us-warships/

Don't ya know, if the Trump admin is behind this, it's most certainly bound to be fucked up.

Send em, but don't feed em. Unbelievable

Oops.... Another oversight.

[sop]

1. I hope these images go viral.

[Chasstev365]

2. But I thought Republicans love and support the troops?

[Ray Bruns]

20. Only when they come back in flag draped coffins.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. New recruitment ads will feature "slimming" restricted diets.

Of course, this is what happens when you don't plan ahead before taking precipitate action -- because the idea of "thinking things through" is as completely alien to your political dogma as it is to your abilities.

Ready ... Fire ! Uh, Aim !

[Scubamatt]

4. Sad, but . . .

will these folks turn on their orange god? Of course not - they'll just find a way to blame Biden or Obama.

[Submariner]

5. You can bet the Wardroom and Chief's quarters

on the bird farms aircraft carriers are getting their steaks and lobster tails. It's the E-2's through E-6's that eat hamburger helper.

[bluescribbler]

16. CPO quarters and wardroom buy their food.

Each of them pays into a fund to supply their food. On the other hand, I suspect the reason for the meager rations is a logistical problem where supply ships are not getting to the fleet with an adequate quantity of food. If so, then the chiefs and officers aren't getting fed any better than the crew.

[Ray Bruns]

17. USN veteran here. You're absolutely right.

[Deminpenn]

26. There is a set money allocation per sailor

This info came directly from a navy ship food service officer. The amount per sailor was more than enough to feed the personnel on smaller ships, but not enough to feed crews on larger ships like aircraft carriers that can carry between 4 and 6,000 people.

I also believe the food service officer can buy food when a ship is in port. No port calls might be part of the problem, too.

[NavyDem]

29. Replenishment at Sea

Both large, and small ships can replenish food and fuel. Fuel via CONREP(Connected Replenishment), and food via VERTREP (Verticle Replenishment). There is no excuse what so ever for any of our ships to not be able to feed crewmembers properly.

I've worked many a CON/VERT Rep in my 20 years and 4 ships, doing 7 of 9 deployments to the Middle East during the Gulf War/War on Terror. We NEVER had it that bad. The COs of these ships bear responsibility, as well as the entire upper chain of command all the way to the Commander In Chief.

[Deminpenn]

30. There's a budget for food that's based

on a formula. Maybe the formula has changed, but I can assure you knowing how food is managed on a ship is far down in the weeds of Navy budgeting.

[cbabe]

6. Why are they dependent on care packages for food? Sounds like prison.

[Ray Bruns]

19. They aren't dependent on packages from home for food. The families mail them packages to supplement their meals.

It sounds like a big SNAFU because if they aren’t getting mail, they also aren’t getting resupplied.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. What the hell is that long gray thing on the plate with the carrots?

That might be the most unappetizing food I've ever seen.

[llmart]

12. Looks like some version of that gourmet food "Spam".

Hogsbreath's new motto for our servicepeople is "Let them eat Spam".

My father used to have a saying about lousy, cheap food, "I wouldn't hit a cat in the ass with that slop."

[flashman13]

15. Don't be dising Spam. I ate plenty of it fried for breakfast as a kid. I grew up to be a very large dude.

The shit in the picture looks utterly disgusting. It's no wonder someone set the Ford on fire.

[chowder66]

18. On a military forum in reddit they are saying it's gyro meat.

[magicarpet]

27. What is that pile of slop just below the carrots ? It looks like mashed potatoes....

.... that were left in the blazing hot sun for about a month. Yummy it does not look.

[Norrrm]

8. 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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[Baitball Blogger]

9. This Administration is so disorganized.

They have no idea what it takes to mobilize people. And there is no hope they'll do better because they select the most incompetent people to serve at the top.

[mountain grammy]

14. They are even worse than the W Bush administration

and the incompetence of the response to Katrina that killed thousands of people.

"Heck of a job brownie"

[LilElf70]

31. No one in

the admin gives a shit. NOT MY JOB!!!

[Scrivener7]

10. We need to make a HUGE deal about this. And if Dems organized a food drive for

service members in combat areas, it would be epic messaging.

[Grim Chieftain]

11. But the US taxpayer can pay $110 million thus far

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for Trump to fly his fat orange butt to Florida to play golf.

[ChicagoTeamster]

13. Wasn't there recently a scandal about millions spent on expensive furniture and Lobster at the Pentagon?

[Figarosmom]

21. I get a sense that they don't give

A shit about the people in the military. They're just in love with the concept of the military. This is why one needs competent people at the top. It's called planning whiskey pete.

[Kingofalldems]

22. Maybe a couple of these war games players can tell us what's going on here.

Looks from here that Trump does not give a damn about these sailors.

[dugog55]

23. Jeez, ground troops in WW2 in Europe had better food than that.

Germans were ecstatic when ever they took ground from the Allies and could get their hands on American K-Rations. Germans were living on less than 1500 calories a day in Europe, and less that 1000 calories a day in Africa where supply lines were compromised. The allies won that war more than partially on having better fed troops. Germans were eating stale bread and soup broths and whatever else they could scrounge from farms and villages.

[progressoid]

24. Well, that ain't lobster

Link to tweet

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[Vinca]

25. What the heck is that thing on the carrot plate that looks the insole of an old shoe?

[magicarpet]

28. It looks like a dirty old foam Dr. Scholl's pad you slip inside a shoe for additional comfort for your feet..