Fort Bliss Did Not Misdirect Military Food Money

Fort Bliss, located in El Paso, Texas is one of only two bases that came up clean in a report on misappropriated military food allowance money.

Neither Fort Bliss or Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were involved in using Basic Allowance for Subsistence, (BAS), money meant for soldiers meals on other things.

Other bases around the country were allegedly sending over half of all the money collected from United States soldiers paychecks elsewhere.

The money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military.com investigation found that of the $225 million collected from enlisted soldiers’ BAS pay last year at 11 of the Army’s largest bases, $151 million was directed elsewhere.

"It's just returned to the big pool of Army funds, and it's used someplace else," an official told the outlet of the redirected BAS pay in an interview that was scheduled by the Army public affairs office. - foxnews.com

That article also painted a pretty dim picture as to how our soldiers are fed, pointing out limited facilities and pretty much worthless meals.

The Army has struggled to provide meals for soldiers in recent years, the outlet reported, noting that its most extensive base, Fort Cavazos in Texas, only had two of its 10 dining halls open in the summer of 2023 and last November, Fort Carson in Colorado was forced to serve soldiers meals of just lima beans and toast. foxnews.com

Props to Fort Bliss and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for doing things right. As for the others, this seems fishy and needs to be looked into.