The head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, said that media reports about the lack of food among US troops stationed in the Middle East are false.
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Earlier, the USA Today portal, citing relatives of the American military who are on ships in the waters of the Persian Gulf, reported that military personnel may be left without food due to problems with supplies and parcel delivery amid the conflict in the Middle East.
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“My team has confirmed the logistics data for (aircraft carrier USS Abraham) Lincoln and (US Navy ship) Tripoli. Both have food rations of the first category for more than 30 days,” the Pentagon chief wrote on his social media account.
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The US Post Office and the Military Post Office (APO) stopped delivering parcels to the region in early April due to the closure of airspace and other logistical consequences of the ongoing conflict, US Army spokesman Trevor Shaw told USA Today, adding that parcels that were in transit at the time of the termination of deliveries will resume their journey as soon as only the situation will change.
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The U.S. Navy on Monday began blocking all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on both sides of the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for about 20% of global oil, petroleum products and LNG supplies. Washington assures that ships not affiliated with Iran can freely travel through the Strait of Hormuz if they have not paid for passage to Tehran.
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The Iranian authorities have not announced the introduction of fees, but they have talked about such plans.
