Obama Eliminates Breakfast for some US Troops in Afghanistan

[HMFIC]

I actually like MREs.

 

[been]

Give free food to lazy people abusing food stamps and taking it away from soldiers that make the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[ExtremistPullup]

I actually like MREs.

pound cake and cheese and jalapeño spread

 

[been]

I actually like MREs.

so do I!

 

[mugsy]

I'm sorry folks, but I don't recall too many hot "meals" when I was playing with my Uncle Ho's cousins. Most of what we had to eat were C rations, and if we wanted them hot, we heated them ourselves.

There were many times when we had nothing to eat for 2 to 3 days at a time.

I don't recall anyone blaming Nixon for that.

From one war vet to another - I thank you for your service sir.
However, saying that because you had it tough in Vietnam the troops Afghanistan should also - is like justifying child abuse...you know "my dad always bashed my head against the wall so it must be OK to do it to my kids too"

There are probably good logistical reasons for this move - and it isn't a tragedy as they still have MREs. However, it is what appears to be your reasoning that bothers me.

 

[CorpsVet]

I was merely pointing out that hardships in the field are not directly the fault of the C n C, that is all

 

[mugsy]

I was merely pointing out that hardships in the field are not directly the fault of the C n C, that is all

Copy, and understood.

Regards,

Mugsy

 

[ignerntbend]

Just spoke with my recently discharged Marine nephew about this.

His asessment: "They get two hot meals a day and only have to eat one MRE. That's the Army for you. They get all the good ****."

 

[mugsy]

I'm gonna join the "get over it" crowd. It's hardly the end of the world that breakfast isn't cooked by someone for the soldiers while facilitating a pullout of forces. It clearly says the chow hall offers cereal and other items plus they get an MRE for breakfast and a midnight meal. Troops writing home for cereal is overly sensationalised for effect in this article. So the truth is probably that the chow hall has Cheerios while the troops want Cap'n Crunch. Clearly the author is trying to make the current administration look bad (they are doing that themselves) for something that isn't even an issue. I imagine if you gave the troops the choice between having a sausage and eggs for breakfast while staying in country longer or eating cereal and getting home sooner they would choose the latter every time.

When I was in the military it wasn't wartime and, by comparison, it was a much easier life. However, chow hall breakfast sucked butt. Just talking about it brings back memories of the stench of rotting food and garbage next to the chow hall. The food was terrible consisting of scrambled eggs and shells, some kind of mystery meat or a meat sludge on toast ( classic sh*t on a shingle). After a week of that cereal was a blessing or *gasp* even a MRE.

The men and women serving over there are tough and I seriously doubt they will be brought to their knees by cereal. Frankly the author of this article should be ashamed for painting our troops as whiny little children complaining about their breakfast. If getting them home sooner means feeding them Cheerios for breakfast or midnight meal so be it.

I agree this whole issue is blown out of proportion - this is what happens when people become so suspicious of each other that even benign moves become viewed in the worst possible light. However, I have to say that having just retired (well two years ago) from 24 years active duty in the Air Force with numerous deployments from Desert Storm through the Operation Enduring Freedom, I never thought that the food was so bad I needed to write home about it. Wait before you start the "Air Force chow hall" stuff - I ate, while deploye,d mostly in Marine, Army, or contracted chow halls. The food was generally pretty good - it sounds like you got the short end of the stick.

 

[HMFIC]

I remember the chow hall at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras... they won Best Chow Hall in the World award several times back then. Great food!