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This is what active military serving near Iran get to eat. Is he having door dash granny deliver it?

  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz
    34·
    13 hours ago

    I have a few questions: Why does that tray look absolutely new? like no scratch marks? I’ve been military, and NEVER saw anything that new.

    Am I to believe a ship the size of a floating city doesn’t have non-perishables to last 5 years at least?

    The ships can’t be resupplied by bog standard container ships from a nearby neutral/friendly country?

    The armed forces that can essentially airlift an entire army within a week can’t airdrop a few hundred pallets on a carrier’s deck? (Nevermind that in the Vietnam war landing a fucking C130 was trialled, on carriers smaller than supercarriers.

    Also, the newer super Hercules y way more powerful, has shorter take off and landing, etc…), never mind that heavy helos can lift 4-5 tons, so 10 Sea Stallions or equivalent can put 40 tons of food on a carrier’s deck within hours.

    The surface under the tray looks suspiciously like a kitchen countertop, but I haven’t seen a carrier mess hall.

    Sorry, but I have a hard time believing it.

    The postal stuff I can understand, as it’s really non essential.

    I’m 110% against the Epstein wars, but this looks iffy.

    • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
      11·
      8 hours ago

      https://youtu.be/P0hfSjJksoo At 1:15, I think that’s the mess hall on the USS Tripoli. Maybe they only use table clothes when not at war, or on holidays, or something. I didn’t find what the bare tables look like. Anyways, the trays look similarly new, based on the few shots of them that are clear.

      I’m also very dubious that the problems in the US military are an inability to get things to a place. Could this be a vegan that is not being offered suitable meals, or a joke of some kind?