Now do modern prison and public school food for comparison.

An army recruiter came to my extremely poor elementary school, and could basically say anything to us kids. Told us that if we joined the army you can get whatever food you want, at all, from the mess hall and a chef will cook it for you. And yes, being able to get food was a motivating factor for some of us.

I asked if you could get eggs Benedict every day if you asked for it. He looked a little nonplused, then said "oh yeah sure! Every day!"

I knew at that point he was full of it and told him so.

Devastation caused by US service men and women:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/8/satellite-images-show-destruction-of-the-us-israel-war-on-iran

As a former enlisted who thankfully got medical'd out of the service very early, the ONLY thing I find mildly infuriating 8s that it looks like my old school lunches.

Why do they deserve to get better food than our children?

Anyone still in can kiss my ass. Most enlisted joined within the last 10 years where it's been a ShitShow since Trump1.0. I joined when I thought Obama was going to be different, but am glad I got out not long after it became clear how much he loves drone strikes. I would have just gone awol when trump showed up.

Modern military deserves the food we give to homeless people. Once we improve the lives of those who have it worst, we can think about getting them better food.

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.

pro tip: stop fucking joining this shitshow.

Ok chat, what the fuck is this?

My dad was on an aircraft carrier when he served. One of his favorite stories to tell was when his ship was riding out a hurricane and fishing trawlers couldn't get into port to unload their catch. The trawlers sold the ship for next to nothing tons of the biggest shrimp they had ever seen. It took 3-4 bites to eat each shrimp. The sailors stuffed themselves on shrimp for the next week.

This is uplifting not infuriating.

They deserve even worse. Don't advocate for feeding the Epstein soldiers.

Sucks to suck, don't join the fascist army.

The latest Chinese propaganda has been posting pictures of their aircraft carrier meals.

I mean, when you literally sign up to be cannon fodder, I don't know what you expect. America has always treated troops and veterans like livestock. You could simply choose a career other than oppressing the third world for oil profits.

Lots of people arguing about this in the comments, but I'm glad there's so many people defending the position that it's ok to do bad things if you're poor, because that's exactly my position. I wasn't in the military, though, no.

I was the guy that trafficked kids to Epstein's Island.

I don't talk about it a lot because most of the time people judge me pretty harshly for it. You wouldn't believe how many dates have walked out on me the moment I drop what I used to do for a living. I mean, look, I'm not a pedophile myself. Most of the guys I was working for were just desperate and in it for the money. I don't support what the guys in Washington decided to pay me for. Blame them, not me.

What was I supposed to do, work in a warehouse or a grocery store or something? What am I, some kind of chump? Fuck that. With the money I made duct taping children's mouths shut and throwing them into my trunk, I managed to earn enough money to put myself through college, and finally persue my real passion.

That's right. Now I'm finally able to persue a dual major in Moral Philosophy and Women's Studies. Also, funny coincidence, I'm a TA and I'm actually teaching one of the girls I met in my previous line of work about feminism. What a funny little coincidence!

As a non-american

\c\downrighthilarious

If the US ever tried to invade Canada, we could probably convince the soldiers to change sides with something as shitty as Tim Horton's.

aka school lunches. pretty sure theyre usin the same playbook

Oh no the people who volunteered to be murderers aren't getting good food :(

Meanwhile in the Finnish army we conscripts got pancakes, fish, meatballs, burgers, all kinds of decent food, and you were allowed to portion yourself so you could get quite full. It was on par if not slightly better than regular old school food.

yeah it's pretty infuriating that terrorists get free meals

Seems like the right thing to feed a baby killer

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/07/07/what-s-in-a-prison-meal

Actual photos of prison food, just for comparison.