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BlueWavePsych

(3,435 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:05 AM Apr 17

'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 Apr 17 OP
What about Hegseth's leftover lobsters? TommyT139 Apr 17 #1
Holy Darwin, this looks like a piece of shoe leather in the left hand picture! generalbetrayus Apr 17 #4
I really have no idea what that could be. underpants Apr 17 #12
Unacceptable Randomthought Apr 17 #2
Would anyone be surprised if they report cases of Scurvy? BidenRocks Apr 17 #3
gmta mopinko Apr 17 #15
Congress needs to find out what crooked contractor is supplying the food for the USS Abraham Lincoln! generalbetrayus Apr 17 #5
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES Cha Apr 17 #6
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES? Botany Apr 17 #14
SecDef, but ultimatley, the guy in the oval. BidenRocks Apr 17 #20
Multiply that over 2000 ships BaronChocula Apr 17 #7
So shitstain stole all the funds to resupply US Troops ? Shitstain IS a russian dave99 Apr 17 #8
Just like Russia. No supplies for our fighting men and women in uniform. Buddyzbuddy Apr 17 #9
I wonder if some nations are now no longer selling supplies to the U.S. Military? Botany Apr 17 #10
Guess it's time to restart the "Stop Our Ship" movement again. Crowman2009 Apr 17 #11
This is ridiculous underpants Apr 17 #13
I believe there is a set dollar amount per sailor for food Deminpenn Apr 17 #16
"Piece of chicken, piece of broccoli and a tortilla" maxrandb Apr 17 #17
Big bully is stealing their lunch money Bayard Apr 17 #18
This makes my blood boil. nt City Lights Apr 17 #19
Imagine America trying to buy food in the EU or ME! BidenRocks Apr 17 #21
A TRILLION $$ Pentagon budget isn't enough for basic food for military members? Bengus81 Apr 17 #22
Theft Nazipuncher Apr 17 #28
Knowing this administration Danascot Apr 17 #23
"Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics"... JHB Apr 17 #24
Hegseth and trump are incompetent and are too stupid to supply our military with food LetMyPeopleVote Apr 17 #25
Pathetic, and digusting!! electric_blue68 Apr 18 #30
Trump doesn't believe in feeding "suckers and losers". OGBuzz Apr 17 #26
Everytime I think I couldn't despise someone more another shoe drops... wcmagumba Apr 17 #27
Inexcusable and unacceptable. 3catwoman3 Apr 17 #29
Where are the lobster meals? ck4829 Apr 20 #31

TommyT139

(2,431 posts)
1. What about Hegseth's leftover lobsters?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:26 AM
Apr 17

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

(197,092 posts)
12. I really have no idea what that could be.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:32 AM
Apr 17

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

(3,471 posts)
3. Would anyone be surprised if they report cases of Scurvy?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:54 AM
Apr 17

They knew what they were signing up for! D Chump

generalbetrayus

(1,974 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
Apr 17

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

(320,432 posts)
6. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:25 AM
Apr 17

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

TY

Botany

(77,801 posts)
14. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF FOOD SHORTAGES?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:40 AM
Apr 17

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

(3,471 posts)
20. SecDef, but ultimatley, the guy in the oval.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:03 PM
Apr 17

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

BaronChocula

(4,709 posts)
7. Multiply that over 2000 ships
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:00 AM
Apr 17

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

(2,845 posts)
9. Just like Russia. No supplies for our fighting men and women in uniform.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:20 AM
Apr 17

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

(77,801 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
Apr 17

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

Crowman2009

(3,589 posts)
11. Guess it's time to restart the "Stop Our Ship" movement again.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:46 AM
Apr 17

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

(17,573 posts)
16. I believe there is a set dollar amount per sailor for food
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:11 AM
Apr 17

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

(17,497 posts)
17. "Piece of chicken, piece of broccoli and a tortilla"
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:24 AM
Apr 17

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

(30,199 posts)
18. Big bully is stealing their lunch money
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:21 AM
Apr 17

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

BidenRocks

(3,471 posts)
21. Imagine America trying to buy food in the EU or ME!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:07 PM
Apr 17

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

Wait until the yields crash from lack of fertilizer.

Bengus81

(10,346 posts)
22. A TRILLION $$ Pentagon budget isn't enough for basic food for military members?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:09 PM
Apr 17

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

Danascot

(5,278 posts)
23. Knowing this administration
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:44 PM
Apr 17

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

JHB

(38,315 posts)
24. "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics"...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:32 PM
Apr 17

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

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,755 posts)
25. Hegseth and trump are incompetent and are too stupid to supply our military with food
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:37 PM
Apr 17

This is what happens when you have an incompetent fool with no experience in charge of the Pentagon. Pete likes to put on makeup and appear on camera, boasting about war and its warriors, while essential tasks, like making sure those warriors are fed, are not seen as flashy enough to bother with.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T18:36:26.046Z

wtf even is that, an insole?

Star the Bard (@starlightfox.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T18:51:27.552Z

LEFT: What Donald is making our troops in Iran eat.
RIGHT: What Donald is giving folks at Mar-a-Lago to eat.

Honestly, I thought I was going to make this point a lot better than I can. The food at Mar-a-Lago may be richer and more plentiful, but it still looks like poorly-plated slop.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T17:42:31.162Z
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