Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army

[tyroneweaver]

Shocking Scandal: Over $151 Million Intended for Soldiers' Meals at 11 Major Army Bases Spent Elsewhere | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

A recent investigation reveals a staggering $151 million originally allocated for soldiers' meals has been misappropriated across 11 major Army bases, raising urgent questions about food security and fiscal accountability within the military.

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Dang, taking food out of soldiers mouths.....amazing Suckers and losers are the ones that voted for him

Shocking Scandal: Over $151 Million Intended for Soldiers’ Meals at 11 Major Army Bases Spent Elsewhere​

Jim Hᴏft


Feb. 15, 2025 9:15 am

Shocking Scandal: Over $151 Million Intended for Soldiers’ Meals at 11 Major Army Bases Spent Elsewhere​

by Jim Hᴏft Feb. 15, 2025 9:15 am

How do I just know that the stolen money... Or the redirected money was used on illegal aliens?
No good mutufukkers.

Army redirecting millions collected from soldier BAS pay meant for food services elsewhere: report

Hundreds of millions of dollars taken out of U.S. Army soldiers' Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) pay that is meant to help with food costs is being redirected elsewhere, a report found.

www.yahoo.com

Not to worry, Musk's "wonder boys" will figure out where it went.....Dark Ops need to be funded in some way.

 

[Doc7505]

Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army​

The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members​

Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army

The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members.

www.military.com

14 Feb 2025 ~~ By Steve Beynon

The Army is repurposing more than half of the money it collects from junior enlisted soldiers for food, according to data reviewed by Military.com. The numbers suggest that a large portion of those funds are not going toward feeding soldiers, a diversion of resources coming at a time when troops increasingly struggle to find nutritious food on base.
The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members who live in barracks and is intended to help cover food costs. For junior enlisted troops who earn about $30,000 annually, the cost can be consequential.
2024 financial records provided by the service from 11 of the Army's largest bases show that more than $151 million of $225 million collected from soldiers was not spent on food. Given that the Army operates 104 garrisons, the true amount of unspent funds is likely far higher.
~Snip~
At Fort Stewart, Georgia, for example, soldiers contributed $17 million, but the base spent just $2.1 million -- redirecting 87% of the funds. Schofield Barracks in Hawaii collected $14.5 million but used only $5.3 million, meaning 63% of the money was used elsewhere.
All but two bases left more than half of the money for food unspent. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and Fort Bliss, Texas, left 41% and 49% of funds on the table, respectively.
It's unclear what specifically the additional funds taken from soldiers are being spent on, but they do not appear to be going toward feeding soldiers. Major expenses such as dining hall infrastructure and food service worker salaries come from separate funding sources and, when pressed repeatedly by Military.com, Army officials declined to provide additional financial data.
~Snip~
The following is data for the Army's 2024 fiscal year, which ran from October 1 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024. The rounded data shows the total amount of money collected for food from soldiers stationed at each installation against the money ultimately spent on food:

Fort Stewart, Georgia: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $17 million​

Money spent on food: $2.1 million​

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Fort Drum, New York: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $18.2 million​

Money spent on food: $3.9 million​

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Fort Carson, Colorado: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $22 million​

Money spent on food: $5 million​

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Fort Riley, Kansas: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $19.1 million​

Money spent on food: $5.1 million​

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Fort Bliss, Texas: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $22 million​

Money spent on food: $11 million​

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Fort Cavazos, Texas: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $42.5 million​

Money spent on food: $11.7 million​

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Fort Bragg, North Carolina:​

Money collected from soldiers: $34.6 million​

Money spent on food: $16.6 million​

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Fort Campbell, Kentucky: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $18 million​

Money spent on food: $5.1 million​

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Schofield Barracks, Hawaii:​

Money collected from soldiers: $14.5 million​

Money spent on food: $5.3 million​

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Fort Wainwright, Alaska: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $9 million​

Money spent on food: $3 million​

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Fort Richardson, Alaska: ​

Money collected from soldiers: $7.5 million​

Money spent on food: $4 million​

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Commentary:
Neo-Marxist Democrats and their Quisling media will defend anything. Their media said that DOGE is lying about DOGE cutting funding for the VA and Social Security...
What really is eye opening is that as far back as the Clinton administration our troops were shorted the food they require. Obama had them on Food Stamps.
This is not something new. Congress sent worm filled bad and sometimes poisoned food and little clothing to our Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. See below..
Seems that 249 years later our troops are still being short change. Who is raking in the money? Generas in charge of procurement, or Congress?
I applaud Trump and Musk for the creation and application of DOGE But DOGE won't be a REAL success until it starts getting convictions.
Secy of Defense Hegseth has also promised to right this wrong in our military...



Read more:

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[Dr.Destructo]

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!


I always thought people in the military are taken CARE OF by the government?!!!!
I had NO FUCKING CLUE they were being RAPED and ABUSED like this!!!!!
Jesus fucking Christ!!!!!

Anybody in the military should NEVER, EVER, EEEEEVVVVVEEEEERRRRR pay for ANYTHING as far as necessities and gear go.
NEVER!!!!
They should NEVER, EVER pay taxes of ANY KIND while IN SERVICE or after HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

This is HEINOUS!!!!!

 

[odanny]

Neo-Marxist Democrats and their Quisling media will defend anything. Their media said that DOGE is lying about DOGE cutting funding for the VA and Social Security...
What really is eye opening is that as far back as the Clinton administration our troops were shorted the food they require. Obama had them on Food Stamps.

When I was in the Army, under Reagan and George H.W. Bush. the food was so bad we resorted to dumpster diving.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

When I was in the Army, under Reagan and George H.W. Bush. the food was so bad we resorted to dumpster diving.

OMFG.

If this shit is still going on, then the public needs to know about this!!!!
There are legitimate restaurants and privately owned food eateries that will give a soldier free food.
I've seen it.

There ARE good alternatives.

Problem is, you have to be in your uniform.

I've seen people run up to the register to pay for a soldiers food when it came time to pay.
I've seen people get the manager and pay for a group of soldiers dinners.
I've even seen a solider get a basket full of groceries for free, because the manager just would not have it any other way.

WE THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO HELP.

WE just need to KNOW, in order to do something about it.

 

[odanny]

I was kidding ^^^^

 

[Dekster]

The BAS rate is based on the Department of Agriculture's Food Cost index, not the actual cost of food to the military. This is why. If you raise the BAS for people who live off base to account for price increases, then it trickles through to those who live on base accordingly. Don't like it, change the way the program is set up, but this is because of W.'s 2002 reforms not Potato.

 

[1srelluc]

Jeez, I remember in the 70s when Richmond would fuss at us if we spent over .75 cents a day feeding the convicts....And they ate damn good back then.

 

[Doc7505]

When I was in the Army, under Reagan and George H.W. Bush. the food was so bad we resorted to dumpster diving.

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Obvious a lie...
My five year tour was blizzful as far as food was concerned... We got steak once a week and great food during the week except Sundays lunch and dinner consisted of cold cuts.
Big day was when they served corn bread at dinner time.
TDY tours were a different story got to hate C-Rats then..
I also have to say that after getting married the allotment wasn't enough to live on. Thanks to the CQ's taking headcount at lunch time I got away with paying because of separate rations allowance.

 

[Foxfyre]

The BAS rate is based on the Department of Agriculture's Food Cost index, not the actual cost of food to the military. This is why. If you raise the BAS for people who live off base to account for price increases, then it trickles through to those who live on base accordingly. Don't like it, change the way the program is set up, but this is because of W.'s 2002 reforms not Potato.

I don't care who initiated what policy. If they take money from soldiers for their food allowance and then spend that money for something other than food, most especially when it deprives the soldiers of food, is just plain wrong. If the news story is accurate, no ethical person should condone it.

 

[Moonglow]

When I was in the Army, under Reagan and George H.W. Bush. the food was so bad we resorted to dumpster diving.

Indeed, it was a great time to diet. Then they decided to hire civilians at Redstone Arsenal and those Korean girls were a god-send because they knew how to cook.

 

[Moonglow]

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Obvious a lie...
My five year tour was blizzful as far as food was concerned... We got steak once a week and great food during the week except Sundays lunch and dinner consisted of cold cuts.
Big day was when they served corn bread at dinner time.
TDY tours were a different story got to hate C-Rats then..

If you have the shitz a good can of rations could stop yous right up.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

I was kidding ^^^^

Maybe so, but I've heard of soldiers dumpster diving before.
Don't recall the cirsumstances.......more than likely in the field with no food.
But still.

I've heard SO many horror stories from ex-military of how they are treated in service and ignored out of service.
It's disgusting and horrible.

I hope Trump gets this shit straightned out.
These people are putting themselves in positions of death for US.
WE need to make sure that THEY get everything they need and require.......mentally, physically, spiritually....for living without stress, anxiety, and depression about family, bills, medical, and FOOD!!!

 

[odanny]

Indeed, it was a great time to diet. Then they decided to hire civilians at Redstone Arsenal and those Korean girls were a god-send because they knew how to cook.

I got to eat my lunch on an air force base with civilian cooks, nobody in my unit missed the lunch meal, many skipped dinner and breakfast. Eventually we got the idea to start eating breakfast at the air force chow hall too, so we started doing that, but they would put a stop to it, and we would wait and start coming back again. The food between the Army and AF was in no way comparable, and I mean night and day.

 

[Seymour Flops]

This is what happens when people who were never in the military give us in-depth analyses of how the military works. Let me explain how it actually works:

Every private coming into the Army, for example, is fed three squares a day, while in training. When they go to the field, they are given three MRE's per day, or whatever the latest version of field kitchens serve. When I was in they were called "A Rations," but were transitioning to "T Rations," which were prepackaged cafeteria type treys to be heated and served from.

For those soldiers, there is no Basic Allowance for Subsistance, they get their subsistance served to them.

Typically, that holds true when soldiers are sent to their first duty station and are put in barracks that are normally nicer than their training barracks. They still have a mess hall, or "dining facility" to eat in at no charge. They have a meal card to show that they are eligible to eat free in the mess hall. Perhaps their ID serves as a meal card these days with a barcode reader than can see if they are eligible. Just a guess.

If they are married, or of a certain rank, they can be given quarters to live in, or an allowance with which to rent an appartment or house, or buy a house, if they choose. The quarters allowance is called BAQ, Basic Allowance for Quarters. They also get a BAS, Basic Allowance for subsistance. They are not allowed to eat free in the mess hall, so they are given money to buy their own food.

If a soldier is getting BAQ and BAS, and is sent to the field for two weeks, they are given MRE's. They must sign for these MRE's and each time they do, the BAS for one meal is deducted from their check. Because they did not buy their own food for those two weeks. It's a simple and fair system, which has been in place since at least the early eighties, but probably long before that.

If a soldier who has a meal card is required to be off post for travel, or some other assignment that prevents him from eating at the mess hall, he can fill out a "missed meal form" and be reimbursed for the money he spent buying his own meals during that time.

It's all a lot of paperwork, but someone has made the decision that the money they recover is worth the time spent administering those thing.

There is nothing insidious about it. It keeps soldiers from being served food and at the same time being given money to buy food.

 

[odanny]

If you have the shitz a good can of rations could stop yous right up.

That's what MRE's are designed to do.

 

[kyzr]

Pam Bondi needs to start prosecuting, otherwise it looks like they got away with it.

 

[Doc7505]

I got to eat my lunch on an air force base with civilian cooks, nobody in my unit missed the lunch meal, many skipped dinner and breakfast. Eventually we got the idea to start eating breakfast at the air force chow hall too, so we started doing that, but they would put a stop to it, and we would wait and start coming back again. The food between the Army and AF was in no way comparable, and I mean night and day.

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Like I said, we got steak one a week and it was cooked to our preference, Rae, or well done.
Then again on regular duty I never ate from the segment steel trays. human bei

 

[odanny]

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Like I said, we got steak one a week and it was cooked to our preference, Rae, or well done.
Then again on regular duty I never ate from the segment steel trays. human bei

We got steak on Xmas, maybe on Easter, and that was it.

They put on a show on Xmas, with all kinds of good food, and it was right back to fried chicken the next day, and the day after, and the day after..

 

[Moonglow]

That's what MRE's are designed to do.

I had one more before I out processed in 1986, I preferred C rats.