As peace in the Middle East hangs by afragile ceasefire, reports have surfaced that the marines aboard USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli are facing food shortages. According to USA Today, Dan F. was alarmed when his daughter, a marine aboard theUSS Tripoli, a warship deployed to fight the Iran war, sent him a photo of a meal served on the ship. A lunch tray, two-thirds empty, carried one small scoop of shredded meat and a single folded tortilla.
A picture of a mid-April dinner on the USS Abraham Lincoln, shared by a service member with his family, was similarly unappetizing, a small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty and a grey slab of processed meat.
Dan and other military family members worried that their loved ones deployed to the Middle East are going hungry are filling boxes with items they hope could help service members ride out prolonged deployments in the Middle East, the report said. However, mail delivery to military ZIP codes across the Middle East has been indefinitely suspended as of April, and packages in transit now hang in limbo.
This comes as US President Donald Trump seeks a $1.5 trillion annual budget for defence, a 44% increase, while facing resistance to an earlier $200 billion war funding proposal. An estimated $1 trillion will be spent on the Iran war.
In a statement, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations said that the claims of food shortages aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli.
"Recent reports alleging food shortages and poor quality aboard our deployed ships are false. Both USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli have sufficient food onboard to serve their crews with healthy options. The health and wellbeing of our Sailors and Marines are my top priority, and every crew member continues to receive fully portioned, nutritionally balanced meals," the statement read.
"Regarding mail and personal packages, a temporary hold on sending mail into theater, due to combat operations, has been lifted. Our logistical network is highly adaptable, and we remain committed to supporting our warfighters as they execute Operation Epic Fury. The US Navy possesses an unmatched logistics capability to sustain operations at sea, and routine menu adjustments are simply how we optimize our endurance to keep our warships in the fight," it added.
The US Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail delivery to 27 military ZIP codes after the United States and Israel attacked Iran. The Army said there is no end date in sight for the suspension, despite a ceasefire in the war.
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