Trump's troops served grey meat and a few boiled carrots on near-empty trays

[BigmanPigman]

Check out the photos. On a podcast I saw a tray that had nothing on it except for 5 grey patties of something with some white sauce on top. GROSS!!!!!!

Trump’s troops served grey meat and a few boiled carrots on near-empty trays https://share.google/NwKDmYsJWG7Y4b28v

US marines deployed to the Middle East – poised to strike Iran if a fragile ceasefire collapses – are complaining of dwindling rations and inedible food.

One “meal” – photographed on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier – consists of what appears to be a pre-cooked gyros slice, a pile of an unknown brown substance and some boiled carrots.

Another picture, taken on the USS Tripoli, shows a spoonful of shredded meat and a single tortilla on tray.

Postal deliveries to serving troops in the Middle East were temporarily suspended after the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb 28. By April, the service was suspended indefinitely because of what the military called “airspace closures” and “logistical impacts” of the war.

Thousands of packages – stuffed with treats and food, and often sent at great cost – sit in warehouses, waiting to be delivered.

It is a far cry from the steak and lobsters served to US forces before the Iran war. Last month, a government watchdog found that the department of defence, led by Pete Hegseth, had spent $9m (£6.65m) on crabs’ legs and lobster for troops in the three months before Operation Epic Fury.

In March, the US government watchdog Open the Books revealed that the defence department had spent $93bn (£68.7bn) in September 2025, exhausting its budget before the fiscal year had ended.

The spending spree included $15.1m (£11.15m) on ribeye steak, $6.9m (£5.1m) on lobster tail and $2m (£1.48m) on Alaskan king crab. Mr Hegseth spent nearly $100,000 (£74,000) on a Steinway grand piano for the home of the air force chief of staff.