sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish · 1 month agoFood served to US service men & women.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square405linkfedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down155file-textcross-posted to: pics
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minus-squareDead_or_AlivelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 month agoOhh if you’re pissed at this just wait until you hear that the administration is funding the war out of the payroll for the armed services. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-iran-war-navy-budget When sailors stop getting paychecks on time it’s gonna be lit.
minus-squareagent_nyctolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoIsn’t that like the first rule of history, always pay your military?
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoNo, the first rule is always feed your military
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAmateursTalkStrategyProfessionalsTalkLogistics.jpg
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoOh, nice we might see the trifecta of incompetence soon then. Not Feeding Not Paying Not Maintaining WOO!
minus-squareDead_or_AlivelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month ago “We are lucky that they are so fucking stupid” ~Ukrainian Soldier
minus-squarepeopleproblemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYes. You end up with a military dictatorship or rarely something better. Given the amount of military folk who love the idea behind Starship Troopers, i wouldn’t bet on the latter.
minus-squareCADmonkeylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOhhh that’s bad. No pay and no food makes it difficult to run a ship. Maybe. I would have thought there would have been brass pushed over the side just for that food but I don’t know if that’s happened.
Ohh if you’re pissed at this just wait until you hear that the administration is funding the war out of the payroll for the armed services.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-iran-war-navy-budget
When sailors stop getting paychecks on time it’s gonna be lit.
Isn’t that like the first rule of history, always pay your military?
No, the first rule is always feed your military
AmateursTalkStrategyProfessionalsTalkLogistics.jpg
Oh, nice we might see the trifecta of incompetence soon then.
Not Feeding Not Paying Not Maintaining
WOO!
~Ukrainian Soldier
Donald doesn’t pay.
Yes. You end up with a military dictatorship or rarely something better. Given the amount of military folk who love the idea behind Starship Troopers, i wouldn’t bet on the latter.
Ohhh that’s bad. No pay and no food makes it difficult to run a ship.
Maybe. I would have thought there would have been brass pushed over the side just for that food but I don’t know if that’s happened.