Mario Noufal, media activist: The reason that sailors do not have fresh food is that Iran blew up the naval support center on the first day of the war... 🔹 The Pentagon moved support to Diego Garcia, and this distance causes food products to spoil, resulting in no fresh food reaching the ships except for frozen meat. 🔹 Bahrain and the port of Fujairah in the Emirates are two places where aircraft carriers usually dock for crew rest, and Fujairah is completely within the range of Iranian missiles. 🔹 Naval regulations allow a commander to request a "beer day" (rest) after 45 consecutive days at sea, but the Fifth Fleet did not respond to questions about whether any request had been filed. 🔹 The navy has been improvising and managing the situation over a range of 2,200 miles across the ocean.
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Mario Noufal, media activist: The reason that sailors do not have fresh food is…
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