Under the headline “Survey: One-fifth of Virginia Military Families Say They Don’t Have Reliable Food Access”, we’re told that 20% of military families around Hampton Roads, VA are “food insecure.” The Military Family Advisory Network runs this annual survey.<\/p>\n
Why are our troops’ families going without food? We all know BAH\/BAS procedures and rates. The commissary and BX\/PX\/NAVEX are always a cost effective option and rarely run out of necessities. Unit PT coordinators will be happy to point to the numerous examples of\u00a0over<\/em> access to food in our ranks.\u00a0So just how are they determining this?<\/p>\n From the article;<\/p>\n They use a six-question scale developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that asks, for example, if in the past year you have eaten less than you felt you should because there wasn\u2019t enough money for food, whether you\u2019ve skipped meals for the same reason and whether you couldn\u2019t afford to eat balanced meals.<\/p>\n If respondents answer affirmatively to at least two of the items, they\u2019re considered food insecure. At five or more, they\u2019re experiencing hunger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Self-reported and terrible questions. This will sound like a Foxworthy segment, but;<\/p>\n These “experts” come up with similar statistics on children’s access to food nationwide. Won’t someone <\/em>think of the children?!? School breakfast, lunches, and EBT keep kids eating just fine.<\/p>\n There are certainly many junior enlisted military families having trouble making ends meet. They are not, however, starving.<\/p>\n Full article;\u00a0Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n