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Lifeafter70

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10. I take issue with this article
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:57 PM
20 hrs ago

The postal service only handles military mail inside the US which goes to a FPO for the west coast (San Francisco) or an APO for the east coast, the military handles it from there. Security is the biggest reason for this.
It would be the military suspending mail service not the post office.
I don't doubt that food supplies are low, that is not a new thing when it comes to deployment in a war. The military has never been great at getting supplies where needed.
I take issue blaming it on the US postal service. Claiming they have stopped mail to certain zip codes. The US Postal Service does not handle Military mail.


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US troops going hungry? [View all] amerikat 22 hrs ago OP
You can post up to four paragraphs. niyad 22 hrs ago #1
Meanwhile Hegseth is gorging on lobster. jls4561 22 hrs ago #3
two paragraphs amerikat 22 hrs ago #2
This was how it was for some units in the Iraq war Lifeafter70 22 hrs ago #4
Well now the mail doesn't work. LisaL 22 hrs ago #5
Yes I read that which makes this worse Lifeafter70 22 hrs ago #6
Hegseth doesn't give a shit vapor2 21 hrs ago #7
He probably (likely) tells them "MAN UP!" durablend 14 hrs ago #20
So, our troops are sent to war and starve when.......... sheshe2 21 hrs ago #8
It's the military that is not getting packages through Lifeafter70 21 hrs ago #9
I take issue with this article Lifeafter70 20 hrs ago #10
Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims Norrrm 20 hrs ago #11
The 22 million for fancy food was just part of the story questionseverything 19 hrs ago #16
They could have at least bought dehydrated foods like Ilsa 19 hrs ago #17
Starve the troops, starve the civilians (by reducing EBT) and give the billionaires more money. Fil1957 20 hrs ago #12
His hero, Putin, treats his troops like sht Hassler 19 hrs ago #13
Trump is destroying our country Billsdaughter 19 hrs ago #19
Makes me sick. summer_in_TX 19 hrs ago #14
I just emailed my congressman, of course a Republican, tavernier 19 hrs ago #15
What is that dark grey rectangular food item? Ilsa 19 hrs ago #18
Hope they like mutinies. Crowman2009 13 hrs ago #21
Hegseth and trump are incompetent and are too stupid to supply our military with food LetMyPeopleVote 13 min ago #22
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