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BlueWavePsych

(3,384 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:05 AM 19 hrs ago

'Hungry all the time': USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln crews report food shortages ...

Source: WION

According to a report, US warship crews report food shortages and poor meals as mail delays worsen supplies, raising concerns over morale and troop well-being

Concerns are rising about food shortages aboard US warships deployed in the Middle East, as service members report limited portions and declining meal quality. Dan F, whose daughter is a Marine stationed on the USS Tripoli, said he was alarmed after seeing a photo of her meal. “A lunch tray, two-thirds empty, carried one small scoop of shredded meat and a single folded tortilla,” he was quoted as saying to USA Today. Another image from the USS Abraham Lincoln showed “a small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty and a gray slab of processed meat.”

Families say troops have started rationing food as supplies tighten. Dan’s daughter told him that fresh produce is no longer available and provisions are running low. “We have the strongest military in the world. You shouldn’t be running out of food,” he said. “The one thing we had over our adversaries [was] we fed our people.” A sailor aboard the Tripoli shared similar concerns, explaining that crew members are eating irregularly and dividing portions among themselves. “Eat when they can,” and “Supplies are going to get really low… morale is going to be at an all-time low,” he wrote in a message home.

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Communities across the United States have mobilized to support deployed troops, but many care packages have yet to arrive. “The food is tasteless, and there’s not nearly enough, and they’re hungry all the time,” said Karen Erskine-Valentine, a West Virginia pastor assisting sailors’ families. “That kind of breaks your heart.” With no clear timeline for restoring mail delivery and deployments continuing at sea, families say uncertainty is deepening over both food supplies and the well-being of their loved ones.


Read more: https://www.wionews.com/world/-hungry-all-the-time-uss-tripoli-and-uss-abraham-lincoln-crews-report-food-shortages-amid-supply-delays-amid-deployment-in-middle-east-1776387104914



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'Hungry all the time': USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln crews report food shortages amid supply delays amid deployment in Middle East
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'Hungry all the time': USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln crews report food shortages ... (Original Post) BlueWavePsych 19 hrs ago OP
What about Hegseth's leftover lobsters? TommyT139 18 hrs ago #1
Holy Darwin, this looks like a piece of shoe leather in the left hand picture! generalbetrayus 17 hrs ago #4
I really have no idea what that could be. underpants 12 hrs ago #12
Unacceptable Randomthought 18 hrs ago #2
Would anyone be surprised if they report cases of Scurvy? BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #3
gmta mopinko 12 hrs ago #15
Congress needs to find out what crooked contractor is supplying the food for the USS Abraham Lincoln! generalbetrayus 17 hrs ago #5
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES Cha 16 hrs ago #6
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES? Botany 12 hrs ago #14
SecDef, but ultimatley, the guy in the oval. BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #20
Multiply that over 2000 ships BaronChocula 16 hrs ago #7
So shitstain stole all the funds to resupply US Troops ? Shitstain IS a russian dave99 15 hrs ago #8
Just like Russia. No supplies for our fighting men and women in uniform. Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #9
I wonder if some nations are now no longer selling supplies to the U.S. Military? Botany 13 hrs ago #10
Guess it's time to restart the "Stop Our Ship" movement again. Crowman2009 13 hrs ago #11
This is ridiculous underpants 12 hrs ago #13
I believe there is a set dollar amount per sailor for food Deminpenn 12 hrs ago #16
"Piece of chicken, piece of broccoli and a tortilla" maxrandb 11 hrs ago #17
Big bully is stealing their lunch money Bayard 8 hrs ago #18
This makes my blood boil. nt City Lights 8 hrs ago #19
Imagine America trying to buy food in the EU or ME! BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #21
A TRILLION $$ Pentagon budget isn't enough for basic food for military members? Bengus81 7 hrs ago #22
Knowing this administration Danascot 4 hrs ago #23
"Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics"... JHB 2 hrs ago #24

TommyT139

(2,417 posts)
1. What about Hegseth's leftover lobsters?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:26 AM
18 hrs ago

Shameful.

The picture of that meal looks very like the $3 meal proposed by, iirc, the Secretary of Agriculture. But her corn tortilla, chicken , strawberry, and "something else" would go a lot further than the pics I've seen online.

https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/1snlc1z/pictures_published_by_usa_today_show_meals_served/

underpants

(196,815 posts)
12. I really have no idea what that could be.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:32 AM
12 hrs ago

Another image from the USS Abraham Lincoln showed “a small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty and a gray slab of processed meat.”

BidenRocks

(3,355 posts)
3. Would anyone be surprised if they report cases of Scurvy?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:54 AM
17 hrs ago

They knew what they were signing up for! D Chump

generalbetrayus

(1,905 posts)
5. Congress needs to find out what crooked contractor is supplying the food for the USS Abraham Lincoln!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:05 AM
17 hrs ago

Oh, wait, who am I kidding?

On MS Now tonight, the brownish food was called "mystery meat". I haven't heard that term since my time eating at my college cafeteria, and nothing we called mystery meat ever looked quite that bad.

Cha

(319,503 posts)
6. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:25 AM
16 hrs ago

AFFECTING THE CREWS ON THE US WARSHIPS IN THE WAR ZONES?

TY

Botany

(77,528 posts)
14. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:40 AM
12 hrs ago

Don’t worry we have a weekend host from Fox News with zero experience in
supply chain issues in charge of that. Besides he has a tattoo of a machine gun
on his chest so things are gonna be fine.

BidenRocks

(3,355 posts)
20. SecDef, but ultimatley, the guy in the oval.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:03 PM
7 hrs ago

How's that go?
Piss Poor Planning Produces perilous possibilities? (Help)

BaronChocula

(4,623 posts)
7. Multiply that over 2000 ships
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:00 AM
16 hrs ago

That's how many are stuck in the Persian Gulf with dwindling supplies. That's according to the UN (or wherever the UN got that figure). They estimate 20,000 crew.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167224

Buddyzbuddy

(2,733 posts)
9. Just like Russia. No supplies for our fighting men and women in uniform.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:20 AM
14 hrs ago

The Felon should be so proud. He'll claim it's because he hasn't recieved his defense budget increase. But we all know it's because Kegsbreath and the Felon are logistical morons.

Botany

(77,528 posts)
10. I wonder if some nations are now no longer selling supplies to the U.S. Military?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:24 AM
13 hrs ago

And is Trump’s unneeded war also causing supply chain issues too?

Crowman2009

(3,562 posts)
11. Guess it's time to restart the "Stop Our Ship" movement again.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:46 AM
13 hrs ago

There are going to be a lot of fights and work stoppages aboard this vessel soon. Those MAGA dickheads aboard better not get too cocky.

Deminpenn

(17,546 posts)
16. I believe there is a set dollar amount per sailor for food
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:11 AM
12 hrs ago

Years ago, a navy food service officer told me that on small ships, that allowance was enough to have more food than the sailors on board could eat, but on larger ships like aircraft carriers, that same formula produced a food budget allotment that didn't go nearly as far.

maxrandb

(17,459 posts)
17. "Piece of chicken, piece of broccoli and a tortilla"
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:24 AM
11 hrs ago

Said the MAGAt dipshits.

Maybe this is just what's left after RFK Jr turned the food pyramid upside down.

"What!? No Raccoon Penis"?!

Bayard

(29,920 posts)
18. Big bully is stealing their lunch money
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:21 AM
8 hrs ago

$1.5 trillion military budget, but we can't feed our troops. What's wrong with this picture?

BidenRocks

(3,355 posts)
21. Imagine America trying to buy food in the EU or ME!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:07 PM
7 hrs ago

NO FOOD FOR YOU! GET OUT!
(No soup either)

Wait until the yields crash from lack of fertilizer.

Bengus81

(10,231 posts)
22. A TRILLION $$ Pentagon budget isn't enough for basic food for military members?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:09 PM
7 hrs ago

Investigate the SHIT out of this newest Trump admin CON JOB.............

Danascot

(5,250 posts)
23. Knowing this administration
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:44 PM
4 hrs ago

they probably fired all the people in charge of food logistics. "We don't need those lazy, useless leeches!"

JHB

(38,258 posts)
24. "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics"...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:32 PM
2 hrs ago

...and no one is more amateur than Kegsbreath.

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