# A dor inesperada: soldados ativos visitam bancos de alimentos no Texas

- Seção: Estados Unidos
- Fonte: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/military-families-food-banks)
- Publicado em: 2026-10-20T11:00:35.000Z
- URL: https://www.itatiba1.com.br/noticia/1267194-a-dor-inesperada-soldados-ativos-visitam-bancos-de-alimentos-no-texas
- Tradução automática do original em "en": "‘It’s the most heartbreaking thing’: the active-duty soldiers who have to visit Texas food banks"

> Quase metade das famílias em serviço teve dificuldade para pagar comida suficiente no ano passado. O Congresso já sabia como resolver o problema.

Nearly half of enlisted families struggled to afford enough food last year. Congress has known for decades how to solve the problem

• This article was produced with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

The Armed Services YMCA in Harker Heights, Texas, is a state-of-the-art facility, with a swimming pool, gym and coffee shop. There’s also a food pantry tucked away in a small room at the far end of a hallway on the second floor, where active-duty soldiers stationed nearby at Fort Hood can receive free groceries. More than a dozen pantries surround the army base, where about 40,000 soldiers are stationed.

The pantry’s parking lot is where I found Miguel Pérez on a July morning, lugging a heavy reusable grocery bag to his pickup under the already blazing central Texas sun.

Reportagem completa: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/military-families-food-banks

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