Liberate America Staff 
You would have to go back to the first decades of America to find another example of troops being treated this badly.
The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation.
The U.S. Army cites the higher prices on a range of goods because of inflation in its recently released official guidance.
“With inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent, some Soldiers and their families are finding it harder to get by on the budgets they’ve set and used before,” the guidance written by Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston reads.
“Soldiers of all ranks can seek guidance, assistance, and advice through the Army’s Financial Readiness Program.”
The guidance points soldiers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and links them to the federal welfare program’s website.
“SNAP is a U.S. government program that provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an electronic benefits transfer card that can be used like a debit card to purchase eligible food in authorized retail food stores. Service members and their families may be eligible,” the Army guidance reads.
“To determine qualification, visit the SNAP website or call the SNAP information line at 800-221-5689.”
Food insecurity for troops is not a new problem, but the recent surge in inflation has put service members in an even tougher situation.
“Based on the Pentagon’s own data, 24% of enlisted personnel are food insecure,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, an analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.
“While food stamps are a Band-Aid, they’re also an admission that basic pay for enlisted troops and their families is too low — further exacerbated by unyielding inflation causing paychecks to shrink more.”
Federal inflation data released in August shows that food prices have risen at the fastest rate since the 1970s.
“The food index increased 10.9 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“The food at home index rose 13.1 percent over the last 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending March 1979,” BLS said. “The index for other food at home rose 15.8 percent and the index for cereals and bakery products increased 15.0 percent over the year.
“The remaining major grocery store food groups posted increases ranging from 9.3 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 14.9 percent (dairy and related products).”
Eaglen said the answer is to increase pay and be more realistic about how inflation affects service members.
“A better solution is to abandon rosy inflation assumptions, boost basic pay, and request a defense topline above inflation each year so forces and families have predictability and stability,” she said.
Back in the 70’s there were many military families that had to use food stamps to survive.
This is disgraceful on so many levels. The most obvious one being that these men and women are protecting us from foreign and domestic threats. They and their families have been and are still being abused at the very government officials they are protecting. Disgusting! The Pentagon has a budget of $800B. Please tell me why it is that families of those serving have to struggle? All while almost a million illegals are being given the red carpet with freebies right and left. Disgusting!
Military pay for an E2 rank, which is entry level, is $2054 per month. If they eat off base, they get a food allowance of $373. That puts their hourly pay around $14. Some fast food restaurants pay higher than that upon hiring. The US should demand that all the NATO nations spend the recommended 2% of their GDP on their military, but give it to us instead and we’ll defend them. That way, we could start our soldiers at $25-$30 an hour, plus benefits. That would, in turn, reinvigorate our manufacturing capabilities. More young men and women would go into the service, and there would be plenty of decent jobs for those who do not.
Will they be denied food stamps if they use the wrong pronouns when applying?
Well there’s another difference between grandpa incompetent and Trump. Trump never treated our military this way. For God’s sake get this man in a nursing home, prison, or in a room for lethal injection in addition to the rest of that disgusting and appalling administration. How much going on in society, at the pumps, the grocery store, illegals and criminals over running and destroying our cities, a corrupt son and family as they come in addition to never doing his job, taking vacations constantly and a walking mattress for a VP that has done anything worthwhile since coming into office. Either fight for this country hatder Tepublicans and democrats pull your heads out of your butts and vote the gutter trash out of office. Do we have to lose this country to China become a third world socialist country like Cuba or Venezuela? We really have proven there are a lot of ignorant and stupid people in this country to let this happen.
To our service men and women I am thankful for all of you for protecting our country. Hopefully you will get a better President back in that will treat you better. At this point I could careless if the President goes flying down the stairs from AF1 and breaks his neck, FJB and his adminstration!