Alex, you are one of three writers on Substack for whom I thank God for every day. Your calm, fact-based writing has educated me, informed me, and emphasized the common sense value of not haring off at every bit of propaganda that is rolled down the misinformation pike by anti-Americans here and abroad. You have my profound gratitude for the research you do and the detailed information you give us, your devoted readers.
Personal irony here on this story: With my lousy hearing, for the first few days I misunderstood Operation Epic Fury as "Operation Epicurie". Too true to be good.
From first hand experience and knowledge of food service on a U.S. warship during the first gulf war, this article is spot on. We always had enough food on hand to operate and to ensure the crew was well feed, including serving special meals such as steak, crab legs and lobsters.😎
The very idea of the USA military not feeding our military personnel well is ludicrous. I should google to find out what a kilocalorie is but IIRC the Geneva Convention states that enemy POAs are entitled to the same amount of calories that military personnel received and I’m reasonably sure that the number is 3200 calories a day. Everybody could have more because leftovers were available. The food was good in 1942 and I’m certain it’s every bit as good today. None of my kin ever came home from military service skinny but they did come home buff. Great post, hopefully there’s not a lot of gullible people out there falling for enemy (they sure ain’t friends) propaganda of the ridiculous kind. Meanwhile Asia eats rats and bugs, me thinks they are projecting.
Even if I wanted the photo to be true because I leaned that way, I would still try to verify it before posting to friends and family on SOCIAL MEDIA. The difference between the minimum required before posting just for the he’ll of it and including it as part of a journalistic news story is vast. Once again, the pathetic eagerness to paint the administration, or military leadership in a poor light is showing. I’m embarrassed for them.
In fairness, the tRump regime is absolutely heinous, thoroughly corrupt and massively incompetent. So this passes my Occam's razor test. It also occurs to me that had this happened under a democratic administration you would have lost your mind in your haste to condemn their “disrespect for the military 😖”. AmIRight?
In your first sentence you make serious accusations with no supporting data. Then Occam's Razor is thrown out as if that proves something. Your third sentence refers to a "democratic administration". We have had no democratic administrations since 1787. All have been Constitutional Republic administrations. Your lack of rigor is amazing.
Oh hilarious, the white knight swooping in to rescue the damsel. You sexist bastard, leave Ms. Sexworth to fight her own battles 😂.
You think “rigor” is called for? On Substack? What are we, in high school debate club 😂 Now if we were indeed in debate club, I’d posit that it is a self‑evident truth that the trump regime is “absolutely heinous, thoroughly corrupt and massively incompetent”. veritas per se nota. No supporting documents or citations needed. You wanker 🖕
Also sincerely, fuck you for voting in these maniacs. I hope you personally reap the consequences they’re serving the country right now. In heavy measure.
You’re not right. I don’t condone lying or misrepresenting photos under any circumstance. Just like I don’t condone your test. But as they say, “you do you”.
By soldiers? That stuff went to the Secretary of Defense Dining Room (or whatever it's called now), Joint Chiefs of Staff Dining Room, Army Navy Country Club Pentagon Dining Room ...
That was ALL about the DOD spending binge at the end of fiscal year, with a record-breaking September 2025 - $93.4 billion, the highest single-month total for any federal agency since at least 2008. This surge is due to the "use-it-or-lose-it" budgeting practice, where aremaining funds before the fiscal year ends on September 30.
Luxury food purchases drew significant scrutiny, including $15.1 million on ribeye steak, $6.9 million on lobster tails, and $2 million on Alaskan king crab.
Additional controversial expenditures included ... a $98,329 Steinway grand piano for an Air Force general's home.
In the final five working days of September 2025, the DoD spent $55 billion, more than the annual defense budgets of countries like Italy and Israel.
First thing that popped to me was the hypocrisy. Just a few weeks ago the media was complaining the military was eating steak and lobster. Now just the opposite with visual aids (photos older than several decades). The media is exhausting and needs to be totally ignored or called out for their embarrassing lies. Radio silence including mail is a standard practice on a MOU. When my son was deployed, he would let me know if one was to begin or ended so as to not be worried due to silence. The media acting like this is something to complain about shows their stupidity.
Weren’t we, just 30 days ago, justifying to the media the provision of steaks and lobster to American service members. Can’t they keep their anti-American gripes consistent?
Alex, you are one of three writers on Substack for whom I thank God for every day. Your calm, fact-based writing has educated me, informed me, and emphasized the common sense value of not haring off at every bit of propaganda that is rolled down the misinformation pike by anti-Americans here and abroad. You have my profound gratitude for the research you do and the detailed information you give us, your devoted readers.
Personal irony here on this story: With my lousy hearing, for the first few days I misunderstood Operation Epic Fury as "Operation Epicurie". Too true to be good.
From first hand experience and knowledge of food service on a U.S. warship during the first gulf war, this article is spot on. We always had enough food on hand to operate and to ensure the crew was well feed, including serving special meals such as steak, crab legs and lobsters.😎
I prefer the secondary title for Secretary Hegseth and the department he is responsible for. Department of war.
So many so-called Americans rooting against Americans. It makes me sick.
The very idea of the USA military not feeding our military personnel well is ludicrous. I should google to find out what a kilocalorie is but IIRC the Geneva Convention states that enemy POAs are entitled to the same amount of calories that military personnel received and I’m reasonably sure that the number is 3200 calories a day. Everybody could have more because leftovers were available. The food was good in 1942 and I’m certain it’s every bit as good today. None of my kin ever came home from military service skinny but they did come home buff. Great post, hopefully there’s not a lot of gullible people out there falling for enemy (they sure ain’t friends) propaganda of the ridiculous kind. Meanwhile Asia eats rats and bugs, me thinks they are projecting.
Typo correction POW not POA. Must be my subconscious and April.
Good reporting!
Media was just complaining about the military being fed steak and lobster. Which is it? /s
Apologies to Julia who asked this same question. 🤗
Whine more about "Ukranian X accounts," vatnik.
That is not the case with the submarine force. At least as of a few years ago.
Submariners, a different breed. My upmost respect for them.
Even if I wanted the photo to be true because I leaned that way, I would still try to verify it before posting to friends and family on SOCIAL MEDIA. The difference between the minimum required before posting just for the he’ll of it and including it as part of a journalistic news story is vast. Once again, the pathetic eagerness to paint the administration, or military leadership in a poor light is showing. I’m embarrassed for them.
In fairness, the tRump regime is absolutely heinous, thoroughly corrupt and massively incompetent. So this passes my Occam's razor test. It also occurs to me that had this happened under a democratic administration you would have lost your mind in your haste to condemn their “disrespect for the military 😖”. AmIRight?
In your first sentence you make serious accusations with no supporting data. Then Occam's Razor is thrown out as if that proves something. Your third sentence refers to a "democratic administration". We have had no democratic administrations since 1787. All have been Constitutional Republic administrations. Your lack of rigor is amazing.
We've had 14 months worth of supporting data ... like the world has never seen before.
In your "14 months of supporting data", please share 3 data points.
To add to the others, because you don't have a PDF yet - https://campaignlegal.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Trump_Transaction_Tracker_February_2026.pdf
Want to do INCOMPETENCE now?
One quick tug, but I'm not stroking Trump Dick Suckers on the Lord's Day;
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-corruption-uae-bribes/
Too biased for you? Facts be facts.
I'll stroke the disingenuous trumpist - so he can tell me these sources are ALL biased against his Dear Leader. Even National Review and WSJ;
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-crypto-corruption-and-the-failure-of-lawfare/
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2026-march/trump-administrations-rampant-pay-to-play-corruption-threatens-our-democracy/
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-corruption-is-whats-tanking-the-economy
It started even before he took office;
https://www.frankvogl.com/blog/2025/3/9/the-trump-administrations-corruption-and-fraud-tracker
Oh hilarious, the white knight swooping in to rescue the damsel. You sexist bastard, leave Ms. Sexworth to fight her own battles 😂.
You think “rigor” is called for? On Substack? What are we, in high school debate club 😂 Now if we were indeed in debate club, I’d posit that it is a self‑evident truth that the trump regime is “absolutely heinous, thoroughly corrupt and massively incompetent”. veritas per se nota. No supporting documents or citations needed. You wanker 🖕
Also sincerely, fuck you for voting in these maniacs. I hope you personally reap the consequences they’re serving the country right now. In heavy measure.
Classic uneducated response. Calling names. Is this a kindergarten playground?
No, it’s Substack you moron. You seem confused. Have you recently suffered a head wound?
My dad can beat up your dad.
You’re not right. I don’t condone lying or misrepresenting photos under any circumstance. Just like I don’t condone your test. But as they say, “you do you”.
You don’t “condone” my test? 😂 Mr. Occam would be disappointed!! His test has been in use to evaluate parsimony for six centuries.
She doesn't "condone lying or misrepresenting photos under any circumstance," with this profile https://substack.com/@elizabethsexworth525434/reads
😂 🤣
Didn't the same media complain that money is wasted for lobster and steak eaten by soldiers?
By soldiers? That stuff went to the Secretary of Defense Dining Room (or whatever it's called now), Joint Chiefs of Staff Dining Room, Army Navy Country Club Pentagon Dining Room ...
Talking with yourself? The media complained about food for regular military, too good for them.
Where/when was that?
That was ALL about the DOD spending binge at the end of fiscal year, with a record-breaking September 2025 - $93.4 billion, the highest single-month total for any federal agency since at least 2008. This surge is due to the "use-it-or-lose-it" budgeting practice, where aremaining funds before the fiscal year ends on September 30.
Luxury food purchases drew significant scrutiny, including $15.1 million on ribeye steak, $6.9 million on lobster tails, and $2 million on Alaskan king crab.
Additional controversial expenditures included ... a $98,329 Steinway grand piano for an Air Force general's home.
In the final five working days of September 2025, the DoD spent $55 billion, more than the annual defense budgets of countries like Italy and Israel.
That's it, you've answered it yourself. Did the top command die from overeating?
Just recently the US was criticized for serving lobster to the sailors.😊
Didn't go to "sailors." Only to a few of the most exclusive private pentagon dining rooms, and similar facilities in Norfolk, etc.
First thing that popped to me was the hypocrisy. Just a few weeks ago the media was complaining the military was eating steak and lobster. Now just the opposite with visual aids (photos older than several decades). The media is exhausting and needs to be totally ignored or called out for their embarrassing lies. Radio silence including mail is a standard practice on a MOU. When my son was deployed, he would let me know if one was to begin or ended so as to not be worried due to silence. The media acting like this is something to complain about shows their stupidity.
Thanks for the post!
Weren’t we, just 30 days ago, justifying to the media the provision of steaks and lobster to American service members. Can’t they keep their anti-American gripes consistent?