{"id":257736,"date":"2026-04-19T00:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/19\/us-military-meals-in-crisis-are-soldiers-eating-less-than-before\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:09:04","slug":"us-military-meals-in-crisis-are-soldiers-eating-less-than-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/04\/19\/us-military-meals-in-crisis-are-soldiers-eating-less-than-before\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Meals in Crisis: Are Soldiers Eating Less Than Before?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photos purporting to show substandard meals aboard U.S. aircraft carriers and amphibious ships deployed to the Middle East have sparked growing criticism over supply shortfalls and falling troop morale.<\/p>\n

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Yonhap News Agency reported that on the 17th (local time) a photo of a meal served aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was posted on X. The U.K. Telegraph described the image as a horrific sight.<\/p>\n

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The tray in the photo contained a single slice of pre-cooked gray processed meat, some boiled carrots and a dry patty. Three of the tray\u2019s five compartments were empty.<\/p>\n

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Meals aboard the amphibious assault ship Tripoli, which redeployed from Japan to the Middle East, were similarly sparse.<\/p>\n

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A Marine aboard the Tripoli sent his family a photo showing only a handful of shredded meat and a single tortilla.<\/p>\n

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One Marine told his family the ship\u2019s coffee machine was broken and that fresh vegetables and fruit had been exhausted long ago.<\/p>\n

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The Telegraph noted the sharp contrast with the period before hostilities with Iran, when troops were served steaks and lobster.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, a U.S. government watchdog said the Defense Department had spent $93 billion by last September, exhausting its budget before the fiscal year ended; the watchdog reported $15.1 million was spent on steaks and $6.9 million on lobster tails.<\/p>\n

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Worried families have sent care packages out of fear their deployed relatives might go hungry, but many of those packages have not reached service members.<\/p>\n

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Postal delivery to troops stationed in the Middle East was suspended after the outbreak of war, leaving thousands of food parcels stacked in warehouses.<\/p>\n

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A sailor aboard the Tripoli warned in March that supplies would soon run out and that, with no scheduled port calls before the mission ends, morale would suffer significantly.<\/p>\n

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