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The Trump administration and its Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have yet another financial cesspool on their hands, courtesy of previous leadership.
As the Trump administration continues to expose federal corruption, a new report is accusing the Army of using soldiers’ food paycheck deductions for other unspecified purposes.
Military.com gave one illustration of a Georgia base, Fort Stewart, where $17 million was collected from soldiers for food, but only $2.1 million of that was spent on food (this might explain the low quality of the mostly inedibles found in so many chow halls). In fact, 87% of the fort’s BAS funds were redirected.
In Hawaii, meanwhile, at Schofield Barracks, Military.com reported $14.5 million collected but only $5.3 million used for food, or 63% of funds redirected. Only two bases reviewed by the outlet used more than 50% of the funds on food.
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.