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This is what active military serving near Iran get to eat. Is he having door dash granny deliver it?

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[–] active_rooster@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ironic that the debate is about Iran while the real story is in the tray. US defense budget is bumped up to 1.5 Trillion and yet that's the return on investment for the people actually doing the deployments.

Separately worth noting, between institutional investors and billionaire land grabs, the US has lost over 40 million acres of farmland to non-farming ownership in the last decade. These two things are connected: when capital extraction is the priority, everything else, soldiers, food supply, communities, gets the leftovers.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Capital extraction is just one aspect. However, one can get a lot of money from transit oriented development just as well. The problem is, that it is in many places plain illegal to develop in such a way and car oriented development is heavily encoraged by regulatiry means and heavy subsidies. There is also a lack in expertise on all levels, in comoanies but also among authorities, in doin stuff any other way than car-only suburbia.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

Maybe consider not fighting for the country known to not give a damn about (combat) veterans

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

So, they sent their navy to the middle East with no plans on establishing or maintaining a supply line?

This is hilarious levels of incompetence.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

The things that the usa military can do borderline miricles, which is to be expected given how much of the national budget is poured into it. Deployable burger kings are a real thing, stupid as they are. However, that relies on a foundation of logistics, which requires planning and preparation. Guess what our current leadership is really bad at?

[–] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

What can we do to boost morale in pointless war? Us-Navy:

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Still looks better than the shit they feed the kids in public schools. GOP grifters have turned this country into a shithole just like russia.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Am i supposed to be sorry for killers just because they're government employees?

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

No, you're supposed to make fun of the US for not being able to maintain a supply line to a war they started themselves.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm reminded of people making fun of 'The Art of War' for having advice like "feed your troops".

This is why 'The Art of War' was written, for complete morons with no understanding of reality but put in charge of an army.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One major failure of our species is that complete morons end up in charge of armies unacceptably often.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

If it weren't for the morons we wouldn't even need them.

[–] emmmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

somewhat embarrassing

no this is 100% mortification levels of embarrassment. you couldn’t make propaganda that effective if you tried.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Well they will just call it a liberal conspiracy, and 50% of Americans will believe them

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That, right there, is how much America has been made great again.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Fires all the logistics officers for being DEI Woke

Your logistics goes to shit

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The really sad thing- a ground soldier forward deployed on a battlefield eating MRE kits in a trench would get a significantly better meal than this.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago

Even the dreaded "Cheese and Vegetable Omelet" would be better then what was shown. There are not enough calories in that "meal" shown above to do much, let alone operate a war ship.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I have a few questions: Why does that tray look absolutely new? like no scratch marks? I've been military, and NEVER saw anything that new.

Am I to believe a ship the size of a floating city doesn't have non-perishables to last 5 years at least?

The ships can't be resupplied by bog standard container ships from a nearby neutral/friendly country?

The armed forces that can essentially airlift an entire army within a week can't airdrop a few hundred pallets on a carrier's deck? (Nevermind that in the Vietnam war landing a fucking C130 was trialled, on carriers smaller than supercarriers.

Also, the newer super Hercules y way more powerful, has shorter take off and landing, etc...), never mind that heavy helos can lift 4-5 tons, so 10 Sea Stallions or equivalent can put 40 tons of food on a carrier's deck within hours.

The surface under the tray looks suspiciously like a kitchen countertop, but I haven't seen a carrier mess hall.

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing it.

The postal stuff I can understand, as it's really non essential.

I'm 110% against the Epstein wars, but this looks iffy.

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

https://youtu.be/P0hfSjJksoo At 1:15, I think that's the mess hall on the USS Tripoli. Maybe they only use table clothes when not at war, or on holidays, or something. I didn't find what the bare tables look like. Anyways, the trays look similarly new, based on the few shots of them that are clear.

I'm also very dubious that the problems in the US military are an inability to get things to a place. Could this be a vegan that is not being offered suitable meals, or a joke of some kind?

[–] manxu@piefed.social 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can only imagine how a soldier must feel like when they get to eat stuff like that, and then they are fighting a war that is so dramatically unpopular at home, and all it seems to do it make everything more expensive.

I would think retention is going to become a major problem for the US military.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

I would think retention is going to become a major problem for the US military.

If it didn't stop them in the last decades it won't bother them now.

Don't worry, they upped the draft age to 42! I'm certain that's not just a coincidence.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Netanyahu needs you to eat your goyslop.

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