For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce

[Timber Rattler]

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/food-hard-find-fort-carson-base-struggles-feeding-soldiers.html?amp=

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive reality -- months of insufficient meals, confusing schedules, and limited food options at the base's dining facilities that have ignited widespread frustration among the rank and file.

Dining facilities -- critical for sustaining the health and readiness of troops -- are reportedly offering fewer options, with some meals falling short of basic nutritional standards. Earlier this month, the issue was exemplified by a meal in which soldiers were served a single piece of toast and a handful of lima beans for dinner, according to one soldier stationed there who shared imagery of the meal. Even getting access to those limited rations can be hard, given confusing dining hall schedules and seemingly random closures that make it difficult for many to access hot meals.

Military.com's interviews with eight soldiers and review of photos from Fort Carson facilities found recurring problems. Food runs out quickly, and portions often fall short of the macronutrient requirements needed to sustain soldiers' demanding physical regimens, likely running afoul of service regulations on feeding requirements for troops. Some soldiers reported and shared photos of food that was undercooked or stored at dangerous temperatures.

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"We recognize that we've had some challenges with consistency in the quality of our soldiers' dining experiences at our warrior restaurants and kiosks," Lt. Col. Joseph Payton, a base spokesperson, said in a statement to Military.com. "We're committed to ensuring our soldiers receive quality and healthy meals and can take full advantage of their meal benefit they are entitled to receive."

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Obviously not, Lt COL Payton.

This is a friggin' disgrace!

[libertybele]

This is absolutely shameful and sickens me.  Toast and lima beans???

No worries.  I'm sure that Joe and Dr. Jill will make sure that the troops have an abundant Thanksgiving meal. 

[PeteS in CA]

Lather, Rinse, Repeat: How 'Bout Making Sure Troops Get Some %#$*ing Food?!

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/11/27/lather-rinse-repeat-how-making-sure-troops-get-some-ing-food-n3797411

With all that's wrong with the military in the reign of POTATUS the First under his Secretary of Defense, doofus Lloyd Austin, the one thing the military needs above all else has been the one thing consistently jacked up almost from Day 1, particularly on the Army side of the house.

Here we are four years later, and I am about to raise hell after reading about it yet again. What makes the recurrences even more egregious is that the poltroonish Austin is a retired Army general himself and, while not supposed to be playing favorites in his position, you'd think he'd at least keep an ear to the ground watching out for his former peeps.
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A year ago, I went ballistic about reports coming out of the former Ft Hood (now Ft Cavasos) in Texas that soldiers weren't being fed. Now, the distances on that massive base are enormous, particularly for soldiers on maneuvers in the back hills or in the remote camps dotting the installation.
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The base had only two of its 10 major dining options open every day for much of the summer, with three others open only during limited times. The closures forced many soldiers to drive long distances across base, sometimes an hour round trip for their meals.

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Lazy, cheap kiosks need to be kept filled, or soldiers still HAVE NO FOOD. Which is what I guess has been happening at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Besides running out of food entirely or it being completely inedible, all for months on end.

Lima beans and toast for dinner, anyone?

It is no exaggeration to say that one of the keys to winning WW2 - ETO and PTO - was the US' robust logistics. This current lack of food problem is one that should NEVER happen, and the roots trace directly to the Pentagon and SecDef Austin.

[rustynail]

Let in some Taco trucks.

[mystery-ak]

I posted this on Trump's twitter and TS account....I hope he sees it...

[Smokin Joe]

What?

No ham with those mf'ers?

C-rats* were better, at their worst.

(*Clarification: I was never in the service, but made an acquaintance with C-rations and MREs as a civilian. C rations were 'duck blind food' in my youth, and I bought a case of MREs to try them out long ago. I confess, I actually like lima beans.
Either would have been good enough to eat for a while, but I'd reckon the lack of variety made the (MRE) addition of tabasco sauce a welcome condiment.)

The troops deserve better than this.

"An army marches on its stomach."Sun Tsu

[mystery-ak]

Like Mike says....troops rely on being fed well and payed on time...They fed them better in Iraq and Afghanistan...they built HUGE mess halls with every kind of food you can imagine..this really pisses me off!

[berdie]

This is shameful!

[GtHawk]

My first thought was stop feeding the friggin illegals and start feeding our soldiers, who signed up to defend America, not go on a starvation diet.

My second thought was maybe somebody ought to start auditing the books and find out what was supposedly bought to feed the soldiers and and where it actually went. I have to believe that the military has detailed standards in place that determine how much money is allotted to feed each soldier, so if this is only happening at one base where is the money for food going?

[Kamaji]

My first thought was stop feeding the friggin illegals and start feeding our soldiers, who signed up to defend America, not go on a starvation diet.

My second thought was maybe somebody ought to start auditing the books and find out what was supposedly bought to feed the soldiers and and where it actually went. I have to believe that the military has detailed standards in place that determine how much money is allotted to feed each soldier, so if this is only happening at one base where is the money for food going?

[libertybele]

My first thought was stop feeding the friggin illegals and start feeding our soldiers, who signed up to defend America, not go on a starvation diet.

My second thought was maybe somebody ought to start auditing the books and find out what was supposedly bought to feed the soldiers and and where it actually went. I have to believe that the military has detailed standards in place that determine how much money is allotted to feed each soldier, so if this is only happening at one base where is the money for food going?

No doubt it has been reported that in some cases ILLEGALS are being treated better than our soldiers and our veterans.  What the heck is wrong with that picture???

[berdie]

SOS is a filling, cheap meal. If worse comes to worse...

[rangerrebew]

For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce
 
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Published November 26, 2024 at 4:46pm ET

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive reality -- months of insufficient meals, confusing schedules, and limited food options at the base's dining facilities that have ignited widespread frustration among the rank and file.

Dining facilities -- critical for sustaining the health and readiness of troops -- are reportedly offering fewer options, with some meals falling short of basic nutritional standards. Earlier this month, the issue was exemplified by a meal in which soldiers were served a single piece of toast and a handful of lima beans for dinner, according to one soldier stationed there who shared imagery of the meal. Even getting access to those limited rations can be hard, given confusing dining hall schedules and seemingly random closures that make it difficult for many to access hot meals.

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Military.com's interviews with eight soldiers and review of photos from Fort Carson facilities found recurring problems. Food runs out quickly, and portions often fall short of the macronutrient requirements needed to sustain soldiers' demanding physical regimens, likely running afoul of service regulations on feeding requirements for troops. Some soldiers reported and shared photos of food that was undercooked or stored at dangerous temperatures.

"This has been a division-wide issue with the [dining facilities] on workdays and kiosks on the weekend," said one soldier stationed at the base, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. "The people who deal with it the worst are the soldiers who live in the barracks and don't have a car."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/food-hard-find-fort-carson-base-struggles-feeding-soldiers.html

[rangerrebew]

I'll bet the barracks boys and girls are looking forward to a delightful and scrumptious Christmas dinner. If they can't make dinners, the CO should have them flown in.  They would for illegals, I'm sure.

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