“including millions of dollars in luxury foods, such as king crab, for the troops.”
It’s better than putting illegals (”asylum seekers”) up at hotels in NYC. Per Grok: “Overall migrant-related spending (shelter, food, etc.) has run into the billions: e.g., $4.88 billion combined in FY 2023–2024.”
Those special meals mark occasions like deployments or returns for troops who spend extended periods on MDR (Meals Ready-to-Eat). The left attempts to weaponize a very reasonable military tradition which fosters cameroderie & esprit de corps while ignoring corruption, fraud and self dealing by their own ranks.