A serving sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln has allegedly lost 17 pounds at sea, according to family accounts relayed to Newsweek, as a second wave of photographs depicting sparse meal trays on deployed US Navy warships surfaces despite Pentagon denials of any food shortages.
The new images were published by Newsweek on 24 April 2026, one week after USA Today broke the initial story, and show food trays carrying what appear to be a single meat patty, a small portion of shredded meat, and sparse side items. They were passed to retired US Air Force veteran and military welfare advocate Gerald D. Givens Jr. by the family of a serving officer aboard the ship.
