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I think there’s a misunderstanding in how the situation is being presented.
The troops are not being starved or abandoned. They are being fed through military supply lines, which are separate from civilian systems like the postal service. The issue is that the food they’re getting isn’t great, which is common in active war zones where logistics prioritize calories and durability over taste or variety.
What you’re seeing about mail being “closed” is about care packages from family. Those go through military postal systems, and in a combat zone those systems can be shut down or restricted for safety and logistical reasons. It doesn’t mean the military stopped supplying food, it just means families can’t send extra snacks or comfort items right now.
So the situation is more about poor quality of life and disrupted mail, not troops being left without food or intentionally neglected.
The current U.S. military leadership has been pared down to loyalists, and the competency level has dropped severely.
The goal of the trump administration is a vastly weakened US that's easier to prey upon and control, but they're neglecting even the basics of totalitarianism, because their propaganda machine has worked so flawlessly over the years.
Given that various articles are talking about soldiers "rationing" their food, I don't know that they are being fed adequately regardless of whether they're getting a variety or if they're stuck with the least-eaten MREs.
Okay, this does give me a satisfactory answer however it raises other questions, perhaps for another occasion. My take from you is that this is relatively normal and that the media is fussing too much over this. Fair, it's not nice but at least I'm not puzzled, thanks for the answer
This war is being incredibly mismanaged on every level in the US. There's no strategy, there's no objective, there's no plan.
Food quality is dropping because they didn't plan, this isn't about front line troops where there's supply line issues due to enemy actions.
This is all self inflicted. It should be a scandal of incompetence.
I get it now, thanks
This is far from normal. The United States is typically highly effective at maintaining resilient supply chains. What this situation reveals is just how poorly planned these decisions have been. There is no clear justification for how things have unfolded.
That explains why, that's the reason I was looking for initially. This makes sense and completes the picture, thank you