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.

  • bthest@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The writing was on the wall when the navy couldn’t even build a deck to off load cargo in Gaza.

    The military has been hollowed out and all that is left is a slick looking facade.

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      2 hours ago

      They managed to do it. However they had to keep repairing it because of bad weather. In the end it wasn’t as efficient as simply driving trucks in through the border.

      The pier was only really useful for a while where internal distribution inside the Gaza Strip was a big issue. At times the aid was stacking up inside the border, but local truck drivers didn’t want to or couldn’t deliver to some areas because of truck robberies, ongoing fighting and rubble blocking streets.

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        3 hours ago

        It is nice seeing the US getting it’s ass kicked. Unfortunately I think a good chunk of the ripped out copper wire, missiles and equipment has been sent to Israel.