National Guard Soldiers in DC Intentionally Fed Raw, Undercooked Meat, Meals Laced with Shaved Metal...

by Andrew White

Multiple Michigan National Guard troops have been hospitalized after being repeatedly served raw, undercooked meat, including meals with metal shavings, while deployed in Washington DC.

A whistleblower revealed to 7 Action News that National Guard troops in DC were being served raw, undercooked meals for several weeks, causing many of them to get sick and be sent to the hospital. On Sunday, almost 75 meals were subsequently thrown away after they were found to have contained pieces of metal inside.

“Yesterday, for instance, there were 74 different meals found with raw beef in them,” said an anonymous Michigan National Guard staff sergeant. “Just yesterday, the lunches were, soldiers had found metal shavings in their food.”

The disturbing report also suggests that service members have been subject to inadequate portion sizes when being served meals. For breakfast, “You were getting maybe a Danish and some sort of juice,” said the sergeant. For dinner, “we had certain days where it was clearly a dinner roll and Sunny D.”

In one instance, 12 National Guard members fell ill after receiving undercooked meals, with some being hospitalized.

After the food issue was revealed to the chain of command, there was a noticeable change on the boxes, according to the insider.

“They said alright, we’re going to make sure we spot check them. And we’re also going to start having them add temperatures to it,” said the whistleblower. “At 140, you cook that chicken, undercook it to 140, and now you’re telling… you’re telling us that it’s… a 30-minute drive. This is what they say on the little placard that’s (inaudible) good for four hours. No, it’s not. It wasn’t good from the start and now it’s had hours to become even more dangerous.”

Democrat Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer has reportedly been informed of the situation, saying that the food quality was “unacceptable.”

Rep. Brenda Lawrence plans to try the poor quality food for herself while eating with the Michigan National Guard this week.

The men and women of @MINationalGuard are in DC protecting the Capitol: the very symbol of our democracy.

This is completely outrageous and unacceptable. It must be fixed—immediately—and I’ll be looking into this as a member of @SASCDems. https://t.co/pljwfAh0Zq

— Senator Gary Peters (@SenGaryPeters) March 2, 2021

“Now after the raw meat yesterday for dinner they have told us not to eat the meals for the next two days and are giving us MRE’s instead,” said the anonymous sergeant. “Soldiers are now paying for all their meals for the next two days in order to get real food.”

In response to the allegations, the National Guard released a statement…