Members of the Michigan National Guard complain they have been forced to eat raw chicken, moldy bread and meals containing metal shavings while they remain on guard in Washington DC protecting the US Capitol from attack.
More than a dozen soldiers on deployment have become ill – with some serious enough to be hospitalized – after reportedly being given undercooked and contaminated food..
Soldiers have blown the whistle on the sub-par food supplied by to troops stationed in DC by a National Guard contractor. They shared photos of pink chicken, uncooked beef and moldy food with lawmakers and online while one staff sergeant revealed dozens of meals had to be thrown out when metal shavings were found inside dishes.
A group of bipartisan lawmakers are now demanding a new food vendor is brought in, or for troops to be given a daily allowance to buy their own food. Some are calling for guard members to be sent home altogether.
Almost 5,000 troops continue to guard the Capitol amid fears of a fresh siege as sources say there is intel of a militia plot to breach the Capitol on March 4 – the same day supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe Donald Trump will become president again.
For some soldiers, this means it is almost two months since they were first drafted in to the city following the MAGA mob riot on January 6 where Trump supporters broke into the Capitol in a violent siege that left five dead.
During their time protecting the seat of American democracy, National Guard members have endured substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep outside and put at risk of COVID.
Thousands of Guardsmen were forced to sleep on the floor of a packed parking garage back in January when they were told to stop taking their rest breaks inside the Capitol by a Capitol officer.
Meanwhile, hundreds of guard members tested positive for COVID-19 with insiders describing a failure by the National Guard to implement coronavirus testing and social distancing protocols evenly across the board.
White House chefs should be working on this.
Northwest Woodsman: I’d be willing to bet that the vendors are somehow related to the Marxist democrats who rule over the District as well as sharing an ethnic component.
Where are the Sergeants and Officers? The Navy would never allow this to happen….
Where are the mess specialists and why aren’t they cooking?
Or just give per diem rate to 5000 people and let them loose on DC. Three times a day, plus midrats. ?
To bad your being useful idiots for the marxist currently illegally occupying the excutive branch. Do your jobs and arrest the ilegal occupyer of the white house.
It’s time to let them all go home. They have been mistreated since they arrived. Congress needs to get over their paranoia and let our troops go home and tear down that wall.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW AS A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY “WHY” IS THIS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION TO BEGIN WITH?? WHO IS SUPPLYING THIS FOOD TO THESE GUARDS?? NANCY PELOSI NEEDS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW OR “STEP DOWN” FROM HER POSITION. OBVIOUSLY SHE IS NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THAT POSITION ANY LONGER. FIRST IT WAS 1/6/21 AND THEN THE GUARDS PUT IN THE GARAGE AND NOW THIS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THESE MEN SHOULD BE SENT BACK HOME NOW BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO PROTECT THEM EITHER. THAT JUST SHOWS THEIR HATRED FOR MILITARY!!!!