• matlag@sh.itjust.works
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    Imagine the US forced to retreats because their soldiers start to fall sick from malnutrition.

    Best military force in the world!

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    Oil prices so high they’re starving the soldiers to save on jet fuel when they transport their caskets back.

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    And imagine still riding the maga wave and worshipping a pedophile while fighting a bullshit war in the Middle East while eating this. After the president called you a loser and disrespected the Medal of Honor.

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    Because the deployment was abrupt as last ditch attempt to distract the people from Epstein files. The logistics hasn’t been prepared adequately for deployment. Basic military knowledge teaches that supply is paramount for any operations. I think the previous chief of staff was sacked because he disagreed with off the whim decision to deploy troops without adequate preparations.

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    Yeah, well when they get better food than that, they’re about to be sent to their deaths.

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    Lol our military feeds soldiers how our hospitals feed the poor and our schools feed the poor and our prisons feed the poor.

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      I went to public school on welfare and got the free lunch, which was a full lunch from whatever menu you chose from.

      I was a poor kid in a very rich town.

      So at some point they definitely didn’t treat poor kids like shit, everywhere.

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      WW2 field rations were revolutionary for the time, and US troops rarely went unsupplied (Axis forces often had missing food supplies all the time. The Japanese and Russians had it particularly bad). But the field rations were often described as being unfilling and didn’t provide enough calories as needed. But they were not as bad as many people make them out to be. Granted if I had to eat nothing but those rations for weeks on end I’d be a very sad soldier.

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          But combat is one of the most calorie-intensive activity you can do. Hungry soldiers aren’t good soldiers. Whenever they could they tried to get soldiers meals from field kitchens, even those on the front lines and in active combat. It kept morale and energy up.

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            this is one of those things that’s hard to communicate to people… hot A’s - a single warm meal per day even - is an incredibly better experience than shipped food or MREs. especially when it’s shitty cold or raining and you’re outside 24/7

            logistically hard but worth the investment

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            whoosh … yeah, they mentioned the part about the lack of calories. If war were a cake-walk, that would be much less of a concern.

            • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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              The “soldiers” currently “serving” “in Iran” are actually on a ship or a military base outside of Iran and doing a desk job, pushing buttons to launch missiles at targets the AI gives them.

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                Most militaries don’t have a ton of desk job time, even in peace. They make bullshit tasks that need physical labor. The aim is to keep physical fitness around 75-80% for non-special forces and 90% or better for special forces. Everyone needs to be in ship shape. Shape up or ship out.

                Several air forces do roughly 50% of peak sorties every week and test for peak sorties once a month or so. If it’s not a habit, you can rise to the occasion.

                Militaries aren’t built to fight wars, but to ensure they can fight a war via muscle memory.

                Ofc, if your command is particularly brilliant, the aircraft carrier you’re in catches fire, but you’ll have the muscle memory to rush to your station of you survive the initial contact without panicking.