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TomSlick

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

Reply to Emile (Reply #13)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:53 PM

22 hrs ago

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

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Troops not being fed [View all] SamuelTheThird 23 hrs ago OP

WTAF!!! yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #1

🤬 SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #2

Does not surprise me... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #3

And that fat orange felon has NEVER missed a meal. Grim Chieftain 23 hrs ago #4

Can't spend any money on decent food for the troops! CountAllVotes 23 hrs ago #5

Served in the M.E. and never had this. purr-rat beauty 22 hrs ago #6

Either bombs or meals durablend 22 hrs ago #7

That is seriously messed up ornotna 22 hrs ago #8

this so fucked up gopiscrap 22 hrs ago #9

Those sailors must be getting pissed off. Emile 22 hrs ago #10

And Marines IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #18

JFC! So Disrespectful, and Stupid.... electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #11

Kegsbreath spent millions on lobster, etc mcar 22 hrs ago #12

Psss pass the word, raid the Officers Mess! Emile 22 hrs ago #13

I don't know how things work in the Navy but I was taught in the Army TomSlick 22 hrs ago #19

MAGA thinks they're saving tax dollars? IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #14

Incompetence in the Department of War? mountain grammy 22 hrs ago #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Shoeless Louis 22 hrs ago #21

Man, this is a different Navy than I was in. Permanut 22 hrs ago #16

Spent 18 months on the USS Forrestal. 4 meals a day served... Wounded Bear 21 hrs ago #23

Pancakes by the hundred, bacon by the 20 pound box. Permanut 18 hrs ago #32

Well, Krasnov did call them "suckers and losers" so we know what he thinks of them FoxNewsSucks 22 hrs ago #17

Send some Hegseth lobsters lame54 22 hrs ago #20

Interesting. James48 21 hrs ago #22

100% on point. Shipwack 21 hrs ago #24

jaysus! JoseBalow 21 hrs ago #25

Sedd in Grandma Doordash! eggplant 21 hrs ago #26

Sounds like it's being catered by a Trump johnnyfins 21 hrs ago #27

Come on, folks! Money for food is required to support FOTers everywhere. You're soldiers...you can take it!! Scalded Nun 21 hrs ago #28

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims Norrrm 21 hrs ago #29

And not one Secret Service agent has resigned yet. SalamanderSleeps 20 hrs ago #30

I am beyond shocked and sickened by these reports. summer_in_TX 20 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 13 hrs ago #33

You can't feed troops if you want to routinely serve caviar at Mar-a-Lago million-dollar fundraisers. Vinca 12 hrs ago #34

During WWII SocialDemocrat61 11 hrs ago #35

Hegseth and trump are incompetent and are too stupid to supply our military with food LetMyPeopleVote 18 min ago #36