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2026-04-17 Home Front: WoT

Hoax? Sailors in Iran war are eating slop, pictures sent home prove. Despite a ceasefire mail of packages from home is still suspended.

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Posted by Gephids Wheasing9964 2026-04-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1845 views ] Top

1 Why don't they pull into the nearest Costco and fill up?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2026-04-17 02:28|| 2026-04-17 02:28|| Front Page Top

2 Besides the Navy has this thing called underway replenishment by which the ship can get more food. The pictures are staged.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2026-04-17 02:33|| 2026-04-17 02:33|| Front Page Top

3 Our "newest" troll (same troll, new nym and VPN) has an agenda

Posted by Frank G 2026-04-17 04:48|| 2026-04-17 04:48|| Front Page Top

4 Mail is a hard issue for the military. The branch responsible was the Army. That was because of a 'postal strike' the Army was to assume the delivery of mail, though it was to be limited to servicing post offices whence people would go to pick up their mail. In the 80s the army decided to give priority to teeth rather than tail. Other than overseas APOs, all related stateside units were moved to the reserves, but without equipment to move and process mail. Then Desert Storm happened revealing they had nothing really to make it work. They've been in a 'punt' condition since without a valid solution workable solution. The senior command has basically said use email for personal communications cause they're not going to fix it till the CinC tells them to.

Back in the old Army, the commanders were told not to f* with the troops food, pay, or mail. It was fundamental to morale. Then the bean counters got in charge and started treating the line personnel as interchangeable 'widgets'. Its not as bad as the Russian attitude, but its low on the priority list of things to pay attention to.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-17 07:30|| 2026-04-17 07:30|| Front Page Top

5 Where's the red ball express when you need it?

Posted by alanc 2026-04-17 07:49|| 2026-04-17 07:49|| Front Page Top

6 A single report with tens of thousands deployed to the Middle East right now?

Not buying this story

Posted by Chantry 2026-04-17 08:44|| 2026-04-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

7 And just a few short weeks ago the MSM bitch was that Hegseth was buying our guys steak and lobster tails. Once again the MSM turns on a dime.

Posted by Matt 2026-04-17 08:48|| 2026-04-17 08:48|| Front Page Top

8 I simply cannot imagine trying to fight a war without access to fresh produce, preferably organic. One might as well eat canned salmon.

Posted by SteveS 2026-04-17 09:30|| 2026-04-17 09:30|| Front Page Top

9 Mail is a hard issue for the military.

Many can't/won't read.
Many others Zoom.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-17 10:35|| 2026-04-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

10 They won't do a story about the shit they serve children in schools though.

Posted by chris 2026-04-17 11:09|| 2026-04-17 11:09|| Front Page Top

11 It's USAtoday, so..

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-04-17 14:45|| 2026-04-17 14:45|| Front Page Top

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