Two images of the rationed meals served to crews deployed to the Middle East have gone viral online, sparking concern about the conditions aboard U.S. warships and reports of dwindling food supplies. In the images, taken anonymously and provided by families to USA Today on Thursday, one tray contains little more than shredded meat and a single tortilla, and another depicts what relatives described as an unidentifiable "grey" processed slab alongside vegetables. The photos were reportedly taken by crew members aboard the USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln.

Images of food being served to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, published by USA Today.Supplies "are going to get really low" and "morale is going to be at an all-time low," one sailor messaged his mother: https://t.co/di0KUEohvI pic.twitter.com/ZcuBNw1k8i

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