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Depictions of food being provided to American sailors and marines in the Indian Ocean has raised concerned about the quality and quantity of the food. While the story has been dismissed by the U.S. Navy, the shift from the use of bases in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, to those in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, thousands vice hundreds of miles away, have forced the Navy to adopt methods that have not been used for decades. In this video, we review how the Military Sealift Command and the US merchant marine is providing the fuel, food, and ammunition for the fleets operating in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea.
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