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zyklon

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Looks like the United States Army in particular and the Department of War in general are doing an outstanding job feeding the troops and sustaining the fight as usual!

Per Hots & Cots, think Yelp or Dianping, except for dining, billeting, shopping and what not on DoD installations:


The above Twitter post speaks for itself, but what's especially embarrassing is that the US Army is struggling to properly feed, reasonably nourish and adequately sustain a single division of "
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" at Fort Irwin of all places.

For those who're unfamiliar, Fort Irwin is home to NTC — or the National Training Center — the US Army's equivalent of 朱日和 (Zhurihe), and just ~2.5 hours northeast of Los Angeles by motorcar.

If we're to be totally, utterly and completely fair from a weight loss and portion control perspective, the food ain't that bad — at least if you're
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rich in canned legumes and lacking in animal protein:

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However, cumulatively speaking, the situation in nutrition at Fort Irwin sounds not only avoidably awful, but outright demoralizing:

Since early July: food has run out at least twice. Portions are small. Lines run 30+ minutes in desert heat. One Soldier, 9 years in: “Very rarely will you get something edible.”

On top of that:

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Granted, what's perhaps even more interesting is that
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— out of Fort Carson, Colorado — is currently at Fort Irwin for what is almost certainly a division or division+ level exercise. Keep in mind, NTC normally hosts one visiting BCT at a time.

So that begs the question: why is NTC — where combat arms brigades typically conducted pre-deployment capstone exercises during GWOT — hosting an entire infantry division all of a sudden?!!

Is the 4th Infantry Division
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preparing for an overseas (mis)adventure?
 

bsdnf

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Looks like the United States Army in particular and the Department of War in general are doing an outstanding job feeding the troops and sustaining the fight as usual!

Per Hots & Cots, think Yelp or Dianping, except for dining, billeting, shopping and what not on DoD installations:


The above Twitter post speaks for itself, but what's especially embarrassing is that the US Army is struggling to properly feed, reasonably nourish and adequately sustain a single division of "
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" at Fort Irwin of all places.

For those who're unfamiliar, Fort Irwin is home to NTC — or the National Training Center — the US Army's equivalent of 朱日和 (Zhurihe), and just ~2.5 hours northeast of Los Angeles by motorcar.

If we're to be totally, utterly and completely fair from a weight loss and portion control perspective, the food ain't that bad — at least if you're
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rich in canned legumes and lacking in animal protein:

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However, cumulatively speaking, the situation in nutrition at Fort Irwin sounds not only avoidably awful, but outright demoralizing:



On top of that:

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Granted, what's perhaps even more interesting is that
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— out of Fort Carson, Colorado — is currently at Fort Irwin for what is almost certainly a division or division+ level exercise. Keep in mind, NTC normally hosts one visiting BCT at a time.

So that begs the question: why is NTC — where combat arms brigades typically conducted pre-deployment capstone exercises during GWOT — hosting an entire infantry division all of a sudden?!!

Is the 4th Infantry Division
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preparing for an overseas (mis)adventure?
Is this breakfast? Even if it is breakfast, it doesn't have enough calories OMG
 

SlothmanAllen

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Looks like the United States Army in particular and the Department of War in general are doing an outstanding job feeding the troops and sustaining the fight as usual!

Per Hots & Cots, think Yelp or Dianping, except for dining, billeting, shopping and what not on DoD installations:


The above Twitter post speaks for itself, but what's especially embarrassing is that the US Army is struggling to properly feed, reasonably nourish and adequately sustain a single division of "
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" at Fort Irwin of all places.

For those who're unfamiliar, Fort Irwin is home to NTC — or the National Training Center — the US Army's equivalent of 朱日和 (Zhurihe), and just ~2.5 hours northeast of Los Angeles by motorcar.

If we're to be totally, utterly and completely fair from a weight loss and portion control perspective, the food ain't that bad — at least if you're
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rich in canned legumes and lacking in animal protein:

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View attachment 178360

However, cumulatively speaking, the situation in nutrition at Fort Irwin sounds not only avoidably awful, but outright demoralizing:



On top of that:

View attachment 178361
Granted, what's perhaps even more interesting is that
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— out of Fort Carson, Colorado — is currently at Fort Irwin for what is almost certainly a division or division+ level exercise. Keep in mind, NTC normally hosts one visiting BCT at a time.

So that begs the question: why is NTC — where combat arms brigades typically conducted pre-deployment capstone exercises during GWOT — hosting an entire infantry division all of a sudden?!!

Is the 4th Infantry Division
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preparing for an overseas (mis)adventure?
Didn't they have huge problems in Iraq with water quality? I seem to remember something about water purification being a major issue, and maybe even food quality as well. This was ages ago in some documentary I watched...
 

Black Wolf

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USAF Conducts first-ever Live Firing of the AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile from Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury CCA...

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The U.S. Air Force successfully executed its first-ever live-fire missile test from an autonomous drone, utilizing Anduril Industries' YFQ-44A "Fury" prototype. Announced on July 15, 2026, the milestone test took place over California's Mojave Desert, originating from Edwards Air Force Base.
 
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