Soldiers Are Going Hungry Due To Shortage At Army Base

An Army base in Texas is having a major problem providing meals for soldiers due to a shortage of cooks at its dining hall.

Fort Hood which has now been renamed Fort Cavazos has struggled to provide cooked meals for its soldiers for months.

Currently, the cook shortage is so bad only 2 of the 10 dining facilities on base are open this summer

An officer on base who wished to stay anonymous told the press “For months, one [dining facility] was open and was a more than 30-minute drive for my soldiers.”

US Army suffers a cook shortage. We've seen hundreds of captured cooks in videos from the frontline. Maybe trade cooks for pilots? pic.twitter.com/uDqj8nZaEH

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) August 10, 2023

Maybe if they would quit politicking and caving to liberal pressure to change the damn name of the Post, they could get back to soldering and feed their troops.
Disgusting https://t.co/4UJkYOe65O

— 1st Cav (@Cav1Cav) August 9, 2023

Per Fox News:

An Army installation in Texas has been struggling to put food on the table for its soldiers for months as the base faces a shortage of cooks to staff its dining facilities.

Fort Cavazos, previously known as Fort Hood, has struggled to provide its junior enlisted troops with meals for months, with the base only opening two of its 10 major dining facilities for much of the summer and with limited times, according to a report Tuesday from Military.com.

According to the report, the base has faced a shortage of cooks to man the dining facilities around base, with many Army cooks either on deployment or away on field training. Soldiers who depend on the dining facilities to eat have also faced confusing and conflicting opening schedules for the facilities as base officials attempt to move personnel around to staff the food service buildings.

Some of the dining facilities have only been opened during limited times, forcing some soldiers to drive a long distance across one of the military’s largest installations in attempts to get food.

“For months, one [dining facility] was open and was a more than 30-minute drive for my soldiers,” a noncommissioned officer who anonymously spoke to Military.com said. “All the soldiers were going to that one. It’s unmanageable during the workday.”

Funny, Biden has no problem sending BILLIONS to Ukraine and making sure they eat….. steak and lobster. https://t.co/QPOoAfkv4Y

— Blue Snowshoe (@doc_mariposa) August 9, 2023

Here’s what Military reported:

One of the Army’s largest bases has been barely able to keep its food services up and running for months, according to soldiers stationed there and dining facility schedules reviewed by Military.com.

The situation at Fort Cavazos, Texas — previously known as Fort Hood — has left some junior enlisted with few options for meals, as top officials on base struggle to juggle logistics while most of its cooks are on deployments, missions or serving field training and other events.

The base had only two of its 10 major dining options open every day for much of the summer, with three others open only during limited times. The closures forced many soldiers to drive long distances across base, sometimes an hour round trip for their meals.

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But not all junior soldiers have vehicles, and the base provides only a limited shuttle service, with none dedicated to dining facilities. The service is so limited that some service members interviewed by Military.com didn’t even know it exists.

Can't feed our soldiers.

Meanwhile, in China

Cook shortage at Army post shutters some mess halls, leaving hungry soldiers scrambling: reporthttps://t.co/lQBT9vTXPb pic.twitter.com/neCHc7lqg4

— THEKennyLetter (@THEKennyLetter) August 9, 2023