The US Navy has denied reports of food shortages on board two major vessels participating in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Yesterday USA Today reported crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli were not getting enough to eat.
One photo taken by a Marine showed a mostly empty lunch tray with a single scoop of shredded meat and one tortilla.
In the past, I’ve read that the US Navy ships are on skeleton crews already, and not anywhere near as effective as they used to be. For example, they’ve struck civilian ships due to short staffing and lack of lookouts. Maintenance is a huge problem.
This was some years ago, and it was already a total mess. Is it worse now? Looks like
Also, I think meals like this indicate graft somewhere in the supply chain, or some kind of colossal fuck up. We’re a lot closer to 90s Russia than we like to think.
ETA found the article, from 2019
https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/us-navy-crashes-japan-cause-mccain/
“It’s getting harder and harder I think for us to look the troops in the eye.”
Makes one really wonder where this massive budget for the military actually goes if not into the military.
It’s called skunk works because something always stinks about the whole affair