Posted on 11/26/2008 3:24:12 PM PST by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 – U.S. troops serving in the Middle East will dine on a traditional Thanksgiving meal tomorrow, thanks to the efforts of Defense Supply Center Philadelphia employees.
The supply center has sent thousands of pounds of food – including more than 120,000 pounds of whole turkeys and more than 170,000 pies -- to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Dubai and Djibouti.
The center has sent the following items overseas for tomorrow’s meal:
-- Whole turkey: 121,108 pounds, worth $323,228.60; -- Turkey breast meat: 109,780 pounds, worth $437,991.49; -- Turkey thigh meat: 145,780 pounds, worth $361,852.66; -- Ham: 95,826 pounds, worth $263,199.92; -- Beef: 178,466 pounds, worth $1,139,970.37; -- Shrimp: 131,359 pounds, worth $1,712,960.70; -- Stuffing mix: 16,874 containers, worth $149,025.40; -- Potatoes: 14,308 containers, worth $64,181.47; -- Sweet potatoes, 56,104 cans, worth $137,584.15; -- Cranberry sauce, 10,994 cans, worth $74,683.30; -- Corn: 32,535 pounds, worth $155,874.42; and -- Assorted pies: 179,810 individual pies, worth $1,451,491.36.
The center, part of the Defense Logistics Agency, annually supplies $13.4 billion worth of food, clothing and textiles, medicines, medical equipment, construction and equipment supplies and services to servicemembers and their families and other federal customers worldwide.
(From a Defense Logistics Agency news release.)
That’s a big job they’re doing.
Any arugula or tofurkey on the menu in case a high level individual from The Office of President-Elect makes a surprise visit?
It’s out under the Outhouse.
Unless it’s for the present-elect himself. In that case, it’s fo’ turkey.
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