tooAlive
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Guess this is where Democrats would like to see our budget cut. Less food for our troops.
The drawdown diet: Marines steamed by loss of hot meal at Afghanistan base - World News
Obama Administration CUTS HOT MEALS for Troops Serving in Afghanistan - Fox Nation
Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan will lose a key daily meal starting Saturday, causing some to forgo a hot breakfast and others to work six-plus hours without refueling on cooked food, according to Marines at the base and Marine Corps officials.
Read more: Obama Administration CUTS HOT MEALS for Troops Serving in Afghanistan - Fox Nation
While no Marine at Camp Leatherneck agreed to speak on the record, many are privately angry about the hit on base morale.
"This boils my skin. One of my entire shifts will go 6.5 hours without a meal. If we need to cut back on money I could come up with 100 other places, one Leatherneck-based Marine wrote in an email this week to his wife and shared with NBC News. (The Marine declined to speak on the record.) Instead, we will target the biggest contributor to morale. I must be losing my mind. What is our senior leadership thinking? I just got back from flying my ass off and in a few days, I will not have a meal to replenish me after being away for over 9 hours.
The drawdown diet: Marines steamed by loss of hot meal at Afghanistan base - World News
Obama Administration CUTS HOT MEALS for Troops Serving in Afghanistan - Fox Nation