The Army listed German food banks for soldiers seeking shutdown help [View all]

Source: yahoo.com


Jeff Schogol Wed, November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM CST



Army officials in Germany removed a list of German-run food banks from a “Shutdown Guidance” webpage aimed at soldiers stationed in that country, hours after the list was met with outrage on social media.

A U.S. official told Task & Purpose the list had been posted mistakenly, and was aimed only at German employees on U.S. bases in the country, not at U.S. soldiers stationed there who needed food aid during the government shutdown. Like all U.S. military bases, Army installations in Germany employ thousands of local workers.

The “Shutdown Guidance” page was posted on the official website for U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, the umbrella command over U.S. bases in Grafenwöhr, Vilseck, Hohenfels and Garmisch. The page listed dozens of resources available to soldiers and their families during the government shutdown, from seeking hardship loans to impacts on base schools.............

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lordy lord, Trump can't even feed his troops!!



NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

I am not a military strategist, but I have a vague memory that not feeding the troops was one of those big fuck-ups that Sun Tzu talked about.

— Kingfisher & Wombat (@tkingfisher.com) 2025-11-05T23:04:09.952Z