Steak and Lobster Army Meals Not Proof of Imminent Deployment to the Middle East

By Sarah Komar

An X user falsely cites a video from a military mess hall to claim that troops are being fed a “deployment meal.” (Screenshot via NewsGuard)

What happened: Social media users suspicious of U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict are citing out-of-context videos of U.S. Army soldiers eating lavish meals to falsely claim they prove that the U.S. government is preparing for a troop deployment to Iran.