Key thing in this article is that the US military is failing to feed naval crews adequately. Meals look like this now
Very different from how enlisted sailors are usually fed, and an indicator that the US is likely unable to adequately support any kind of war
I’ve eaten military and maritime cuisine and I genuinely have no idea what that is, or is supposed to be. I see carrots, cat puke, and… it’s like what you’d get if you pureed meat, then extruded and preserved it. It’s like when you see fictional scifi space meals, that aren’t food, just nutrients.
Think that extruded think is a sheet of rubber gasket material.
Could be wrong.
Probably just as chewy, though