This is what active military serving near Iran get to eat. Is he having door dash granny deliver it?
Classic military diet at the end of an empire’s reign. The corruption is so deep that the logistics to feeding their invading army while out on deployment are all but collapsed due to communications failures, inefficient funding, being belligerent to the countries who supply you food while abroad, etc.
How do they not stock dried beans and rice? It’s cheap, it keeps, a little goes a long ways, easy to make at scale. I wonder how much the Pentagon paid for that “hamburger patty”
Westerners and 'Muricans especially are afraid of using rice as a staple. More than half the kids I knew back in college had never even attempted to cook it.
As for those that tried… imagine a ragebait Jamie Oliver video, but worse lol
Stirrin that pot so much I thought they were making soup
Holy shit that doesn’t even look like food.
And I’m in the UK lol
Hahaha America is a fucking pathetic joke.
Well the 1% sending them there say they just need to work harder.
This shits funny. They blew through millions of dollars to buy lobster and luxuries for the Pentagon staff. Soldiers get shit. Hopefully they get the idea that they aren’t cared for either.
It’s almost like they didn’t plan, like at all.
Seems like the kind of meal that starts a 30 hour laundry fire.
“laundry fire”, sure.
On the one hand, I feel sorry for the troops.
On the other hand, we fucking told you so.
They signed up to be mercenaries. I don’t feel sorry for them in particular.
I can’t wait for the propaganda movie of this food based horror of war!!
The Tray Of Death!
No Potato Gets Left Behind.Starring Marky Mark Wahlberg, only at cinemas.
Some sign up for tuition, some have nowhere to go because there is no safety net or better options. Some people just succumb to propaganda or have a family history. Many enlisted before his second term.
I dunno, I’m super against any war, but you can’t assume they are all blood thirsty mercenaries. People have complicated situations, and even through I knew Trump round 2 would be corrupt, I did underestimate how maliciously terrible he could be.
They should be fed. They should be home. Politicians are to blame. One in particular, but there is plenty to go around.
Because you were born into a society with the carrot and stick mentality of 2000 years ago, that’s not on you of course. And I can see that they felt like there is no other option than sign up.
But if it is because you fell for the propaganda that’s 100% on you because it’s way too easy to see through that these days. Those people are basically brain dead mercenaries and deserve this meal and the any shit that’s coming to them.
When was the last time the US military did something good? They should have known better. Signing up to kill people isn’t suddenly okay, just because you’re desperate.
Except for a lot of people it’s never put to them that way. “Join the Navy, See the World.” “Learn a career in the Army” “Want to go to college? Serve your country for 4 years and have you tuition paid by the GI Bill.”
Should people know better? Definitely, but the sad truth is that a very large number of them didn’t know better because it was never put to them the way it was put to you.
It was never put to me at all. I’m just not fucking stupid and/or wilfully ignorant. Either way, being brainwashed doesn’t absolve people from all responsibility for their actions.
It’s said that Germans in WWII knew they were in trouble when the US shipped cake from the US to the front lines. And we had an ice cream ship in the Pacific.
This news truly does not bode well for our superiority.
If confirmed, neglect is how to set up for a mutiny.
And we’ve been reading some news much of the budget is directed towards DOD while gutting out anything else in the name of, uh, reducing taxes, but exactly where? Bombs and guns, sure… but for all I know Shitget could be having a secret account for which he’s probably stealing.
serving aboard the USS Tripoli, USA Today reported. The image showed a lunch tray that was largely empty with only a small portion of shredded meat and a folded tortilla.
USS Tripoli was one of the last ships to leave for theater. While OP image is not the meal described, I was very worried about which side could the tortilla.
which side could the tortilla.
Please do not the tortilla.
A missing bee could have polinated, what can only be the tortilla on the right side, if shredded meat exists on this plate. Surely, a bee could… nvm that rotten lump could not have been saved.
There’s a species of bee that makes honey out of meat (carrion).
I’m quite certain they wouldn’t touch that thing, whatever it is.
This is a huge fucking problem, one that’s about 100x as severe if you’re hearing this happen the first time.
While fighting forces normally have their advantages/disadvantages compared to their opponents, food abundance or scarcity can make a strategic difference. See the psychological effect of the USN ice cream ship in WW2, listen to Ryan McBeth comparing his rations to what his Egyptian comrades called “army meat”…
Hell, in my own personal experience in Basic Training (had an award-winning kitchen) vs NCO school (food supply didn’t work out, had to bring your own breakfast before the march), basic supply can be the difference between enthusiastic service and a refusal to train. And this was the same unit.
The magnitude of the US’ fuckup in this war (the whole war tbh) has still not become fully perceivable. History books will be talking about this in the tone of “as devastating Vietnam was for US foreign policy, the coffin nails hammered in in 2026 became the harbingers of the US empire’s accellerated fall”… or sth like that.
The only safe supply ports would be in Pakistan or (much further away) India. It’s likely Pakistan doesn’t want to be seen helping US fleet. India has been receiving Iranian oil during conflict, and would like to keep it that way in addition to it being a long resupply route.
Iran also just attacked some indian ships transiting the strait, so there’s that fun complicating factor…
We all know Trump failed at The Art of the Deal, now he fails at The Art of War; specifically speaking how Commanders must ensure their forces are well fed and satiated as layed out by Sun Tzu
Something something marches on their stomach something something.
Oh I’m sure it can’t be that big of a deal that it was even mentioned once or twice in history from possibly known leaders or incidents. Sure it’ll be fine, just fine.
Let a bunch of people 18-22 be hungry on boat, what could go wrong?
I’m not pro American but I do think that people serving regardless of country should be fed an amount that they don’t want to have fight clubs for the last jello pudding. To be fair I think countries should be able to feed everyone to that level regardless what is thought of them, they are people and eating is way up there in our need category as humans.
Interesting strategy from the alcoholic and dementia dude who belongs in either the asylum or nursing home…sure there’s overlap there but think it gets the point across.
They never think one step ahead, logistics was the backbone of US action but even troops aren’t served enough food? Damn. Good luck even with a bunker if that keeps up.
Logistics has ALWAYS been the US backbone since WWII. We’ve always prided our army’s ability to put damn near anything damn near anywhere within 48 hours. This is FAR more alarming than a lot of people seem to get.
US logistics is the only way we’ve won any wars ever. American exceptionalism especially in WWII only worked because we had the most factories to throw the most steel at enemy lines across the Atlantic faster than they could replace their own, and our armies were never poorly supplied in food fuel and rations.
The breakdown of our modern military supply lines to even feed soldiers effectively means the US’ ability to project power has immediately evaporated.
Indeed except the citizens (which I understand those issues for sure no need to mention healthcare and rent etc) keep them in power. Plus the amount that still think it’s actually alright to behave that way with global relations. Really sucks when a world power decided to nose dive into being meh, when they were half decent before.
Maybe a good change, I can’t see the future but sure effs things up for now so some rich people can make more money.
Also the US president paying himself in billions for some irs crap? Unbelievable from a functioning democracy.
Good lesson for us all in the end.
