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Crew members of the USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed for the naval blockade against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, report a lack of fresh food, shrinking portions, and forced rationing. Photos published on April 16 show almost empty trays with a spoonful of ground beef and a folded tortilla.
The father of a Marine aboard the USS Tripoli, a 63-year-old veteran identified as Dan F., told USA Today that his daughter reported a complete disappearance of fresh food and a reduction in hygiene products. “We have the strongest military in the world. We shouldn’t be running out of food and not receiving mail on the ship,” he said. A mother in Texas spent $2,000 on care packages for her son, a sailor on the same ship, but none were delivered.
The immediate cause is the suspension of mail deliveries.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has indefinitely suspended mail delivery to 27 military ZIP codes in the Middle East following attacks involving the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
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There is no scheduled date for resumption.
The USS Tripoli operates with 3,500 sailors and Marines on the mission to block ships leaving Iranian ports.
Why can’t the world’s greatest military power feed its troops?
Supply lines are overloaded.
The USS Gerald Ford set the record for the longest continuous operation of an aircraft carrier since the Cold War: 295 days at sea until April 15, 2026.
The ship had to retreat to the base at Souda Bay, Crete, for repairs after a fire in the laundry and plumbing issues.
The U.S. maintains over 50,000 troops in the region, with reinforcements of another 10,000 on the way, including the USS George H.W. Bush group circling Africa and 4,200 Marines from the USS Boxer, expected to arrive by the end of April.
The combination of prolonged operations, postal blockade, and stretched supply lines has created a logistical crisis that exposes a fragility that no military power wants to admit: projecting force thousands of miles from home requires feeding tens of thousands of people every day, and that is failing.
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran expires on April 22.
If negotiations fail, the situation could worsen.
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