I suspect this in as far as the food goes is a local command failure.
1975 at Long Kesh in the middle of a long day and night shift at 4 am we arrived at the cookhouse.
Duty Cook, What would you like?
What is there?
Cook If I've got it you can have it.
6x Steak and chips?
Cook, 15 mins lads, sit down and I'll bring it to the table oh and by the way there is a crate of beer over there that someone seems to have forgotten. One each.
Strikes me that the officers don't give a sh*t about the men. Don't blame the government.
I think the AVM rather than breaking into a pallet of food should have dug out the officer in charge of the detachment and sent the tosser home.