Food insecurity is a national security concern as a need to support health outcomes, affect recruiting and retention of our military personnel.
Sanford Bishop: “Food insecurity is a national security concern as a need to support health outcomes, affect recruiting and retention of…”
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Bishop highlights the impact of food insecurity on military readiness and recruitment.
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So maybe it ought to be a real time opportunity for service members to apply when that happens as opposed to having to wait till the next year? That seems like an easy fix for that issue.
They cut SNAP by 20 percent in the big, ugly bill this summer, dismantled and defunded Federal programs, fired Federal workers, and illegally ignored court orders. This bill fails to address the healthcare crisis, and bipartisan outrage…
The Marine Corps has a deferred maintenance backlog that exceeds $15.8 billion, and it requires a $1.5 billion annual expenditure for barracks and maintenance.
Last year, the RAND National Defense Research Institute revealed that 25.8 percent of active-duty members face food insecurity.





