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Permanut

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

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:48 PM

Yesterday

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.

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Troops not being fed [View all] SamuelTheThird Yesterday OP

WTAF!!! yellow dahlia Yesterday #1

🤬 SheltieLover Yesterday #2

Does not surprise me... 2naSalit Yesterday #3

And that fat orange felon has NEVER missed a meal. Grim Chieftain Yesterday #4

Can't spend any money on decent food for the troops! CountAllVotes Yesterday #5

Served in the M.E. and never had this. purr-rat beauty Yesterday #6

Either bombs or meals durablend Yesterday #7

That is seriously messed up ornotna Yesterday #8

this so fucked up gopiscrap Yesterday #9

Those sailors must be getting pissed off. Emile Yesterday #10

And Marines IronLionZion Yesterday #18

JFC! So Disrespectful, and Stupid.... electric_blue68 Yesterday #11

Kegsbreath spent millions on lobster, etc mcar Yesterday #12

Psss pass the word, raid the Officers Mess! Emile Yesterday #13

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

MAGA thinks they're saving tax dollars? IronLionZion Yesterday #14

Incompetence in the Department of War? mountain grammy Yesterday #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Shoeless Louis Yesterday #21

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

Spent 18 months on the USS Forrestal. 4 meals a day served... Wounded Bear Yesterday #23

Pancakes by the hundred, bacon by the 20 pound box. Permanut 21 hrs ago #32

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

Send some Hegseth lobsters lame54 Yesterday #20

Interesting. James48 Yesterday #22

100% on point. Shipwack Yesterday #24

jaysus! JoseBalow Yesterday #25

Sedd in Grandma Doordash! eggplant Yesterday #26

Sounds like it's being catered by a Trump johnnyfins Yesterday #27

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

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims Norrrm 23 hrs ago #29

And not one Secret Service agent has resigned yet. SalamanderSleeps 23 hrs ago #30

I am beyond shocked and sickened by these reports. summer_in_TX 22 hrs ago #31

The troops will put up with a lot of shit- but lack of food isn't something they will shrug off Redleg 16 hrs ago #33

You can't feed troops if you want to routinely serve caviar at Mar-a-Lago million-dollar fundraisers. Vinca 15 hrs ago #34

During WWII SocialDemocrat61 14 hrs ago #35

Hegseth and trump are incompetent and are too stupid to supply our military with food LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #36