US media exposed that 160000 American families in active service live in hunger, and the US and Chin

Original title: U.S. media exposed that 160000 active duty U.S. military families live in hunger, and the U.S. and Chinese defense departments turn a blind eye to it

Overseas network 15 November, The Associated Press published 14 articles entitled "tens of thousands of American military families struggling for food shortage", revealing that up to 160 thousand U.S. active servicemen were facing food shortages and inability to support their families during the COVID-19 period, but the US Defense Department ignored this problem.
According to the article, "feed America" learned from more than 200 food banks in the United States that the long-term food shortage problem has spread to all fields in the United States, including the military. It is preliminarily estimated that in the past year, 29% of junior soldiers faced the dilemma of food shortage. Activists believe that this problem has existed for many years, mainly affecting junior active servicemen with children.
James Bohannon, 34, a Navy corporal in San Diego, California, currently supports his two daughters with government food aid. Bohanan told the associated press that he had just gone to a local fast food distribution center to get food. "I don't want to lie. It's really difficult."
"If those soldiers with lower ranks in the army are married and have one or two children, they will live in hunger." Tammy Duckworth, a Democratic senator from Illinois, once a "Black Hawk" pilot, lost his legs in a plane crash in Iraq. He said that if soldiers worry about whether their children have dinner all day, they can't focus on their tasks.
Meredith Knopp, chief executive of a food bank in St. Louis, is a veteran. She believes that the problem of food shortage has affected all departments of the U.S. military. She shared with the US media a personal experience when she was an officer in Texas: a new private soldier with a baby found her and complained to her that the power agency was going to cut off the power supply of his house because she couldn't afford to pay the bill. Nope sighed, "it shocked me."
The associated press also cited several other similar examples in the article. "It's not just a humanitarian issue, it has a direct impact on national security," said Josh Protas, Amazon's vice president for public policy. "Members of the armed forces suffering from food shortages are more likely to be distracted on the battlefield and are less likely to re enlist. This will lead to a brain drain for generations."
The article holds that the US military should be responsible for this issue, but the Pentagon chose to turn a blind eye. "It's disappointing that the Pentagon denies this reality," plutars said. "It's embarrassing for our leaders to admit this issue."
Colleen Heflin, a professor of public administration at Syracuse University, said that the Pentagon lacks interest in this issue and there is a serious lack of relevant research or data. "In my experience, it's difficult to explain this problem to defense officials at this stage," Heflin said. "They feel that this problem is very embarrassing and don't want to admit it at all."
Massachusetts democratic representative James McGovern called on the Pentagon to seriously study this issue. McGovern said, "at this stage, there is no reason for any senior level in the Pentagon not to know that this is a problem. Someone has to take responsibility and solve the problem." (overseas network Yao kaihong)
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