Posted on 12/25/2020 9:20:04 AM PST by PROCON
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The military is the only government agency that I still respect. I pray that it will remain so, but given the corruption and ineptness that came with Clinton, Dorkbama, and the soon to come Biden and the Succubus, I’m afraid that even that institution will be soon be populated with members that actually believe socialist crap.
About the only time I ever wished I’d went into the NAVY instead of the ARMY was chow time. My oldest brother was a cook in the Navy until he retired as a Master Chief. He took cooking to another level!
Roast Young Princess Anne Turkey was prolly from Princess Anne, MD.
That’s right and the Mess Sergeants took pride in their mess halls.
I think civilians do it now.
We had our Thanksgiving dinner dropped off by helicopter in Nam, and it was good. We were in the rear for Christmas.
I was Air Force in the 1970s and the chow halls always put forth fabulous spreads for Thanksgiving and Christmas (may Easter as well).
My father was in the Navy during WWII and it used to tick him off in the sense that the holiday meals were so great, but why were the normal chow meals so crappy the rest of the time?
Generally, I thought the Air Force chow halls made pretty good meals, about the equivalent of today’s Golden Corral.
These Christmas dinners, down thru the years, all sound good.
Did you see the story about the Calculus exam cheating scandal at West Point earlier this week? They can do only so much.
Also, think of Colin Powell.
I got to have my picture taken holding a turkey leg
At the chow hall on Christmas in chu Lai Rvn in 1967.
Chow time!
Thanks for the picture.
“Master Sergeant ...... who was highly skilled and no-nonsense”
A little off topic but I can relate. I was raised by one of those, and later promoted to 1st Sgt.
As you can imagine I didn’t give my dad much of a hard time as a kid growing up. The discipline instilled in me has sustained me my whole life and I have alway been grateful for it.
My Dad used to joke: "GI beans and GI gravy, gee I wished I'd joined the Navy..." Of course, he was Air Force so... ;-)
“I was Army”
My dad was in for 20 years....taught me how to make real SOS.....now THAT will stick to your ribs. LOL
When I was USAF at Yokota AB in Japan in the mid-1980’s, the chow hall....er, Dining Facility, always had steak for Christmas dinner. Table cloths with candles. Dress Uniform required at the main Dining Hall.
Not Mess Dress, of course. Nobody could afford that after buying stereo gear and cameras.
Flying 11-12 hour missions with my Navy crew in the mid 80s, the Reel Ops would put together an entire Christmas feast out of the Convection Oven in the Herc. If we were lucky enough to RON at Fairchild AFB near Spokane, a restaurant would smoke a Turkey for us to pick up before leaving. They were masters providing an inflight Holiday meal!
Marmite containers on C-rations cases! Brings back memories.
In the Navy the holiday meals were as good as grandma’s.
And steak and lobster every Friday night at sea.
Truth.
The guy who breeds a 4 legged turkey will be an instant billionaire.
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