Matthew Morris28
Active Member
55 messages
joined Jan 2005
Seriously, can we get some real answers about the meal situation already?
I was stationed at that base about 10 years ago, so I know how things actually went down. There’s plenty of food, period. Anyone claiming there isn't enough or that they're skipping meals is just straight-up LYING. The food isn't exactly gourmet—honestly, it can be pretty "unpleasant"—but there's never a shortage. The real headache is that everything is always rushed. I think things might have changed since my time, but back then, there were maybe 2,500 of us trying to shove through the lunch line in like thirty or sixty minutes. Usually, the bottleneck happened because the kitchen staff would pull guys from different units on a rotation to help prep and serve, so most soldiers had been stuck doing kitchen duty at some point. The worst part was getting woken up at 3 or 4 in the morning to go work in the kitchen, and you wouldn't be done until basically noon. Naturally, everyone assigned to the serving line or peeling potatoes was pissed off and hated the world for the rest of the week. If the kitchen was closed for maintenance, deep cleaning, or training exercises, they'd give us a MRE instead. You'd get some spreads, deli meats, jams, and maybe one or two stews like bean and sausage. The only issue with those MREs was that if the stew was cold, it sucked, so you'd have to heat it up in hot water. Around 10 or 11 AM, they’d hand out a snack or mid-morning meal... usually donuts and chocolate milk. Honestly, if you could just eat that alongside breakfast (which was mostly spreads, hot dogs, cheese, and a breakfast burger), you wouldn't starve. Even the guys in the brig didn't go hungry; they actually got fed before anyone else. Actually, our unit used to get fed first, so the rest of the base absolutely loathed us for it. The absolute worst part was standing in formation outside the dining hall waiting in the snow, rain, or blistering sun.
Just wrap this thread up already...