R and R is a vital part of combat operations, so far as I’ve been schooled.
That’s right, lower that morale! Good move, Commander-in-Cheese.
...no surprise here....one of the lessons of Vietnam was that the American military goes into a theater of war at the highest possible materiale level....then it IMMEDIATELY sets about to upgrade itself.
Wonder if the mess halls still serve steak and lobster?
This is the type of military command stupidity that usually only can be found in a M*A*S*H episode. Decision reversed in 5 . . . . 4 . . . . 3 . . . . 2 . . . .
Destroy America, destroy the economy, destroy health care, destroy the dollar, destroy military morale, destroy everyone’s retirement, destroy apple pie, etc., a never ending list. Just something else that has Zero’s filthy fingerprints all over it.
Apparantly he's still in the army.
Especially as compared to second-run movies.
This is crazy, it’s a deliberate effort to demoralize the troops.
These people are the last people that need to be lectured about being in a war. Having something small yet enjoyable - a piece of pizza, etc, in frickin AFGHANISTAN doesn’t suddenly make the person forget where they are or somehow take their focus off what they’re doing.
R & R is important to let these guys decompress a bit. Otherwise they’ll burn out and be no good for themselves or anyone else. If a little pizza or a movie from home can help keep people uplifted while in a crappy place doing a crappy job almost all others wouldn’t, then that should be done and recognized as a positive thing for the troops.
Sure he respects the troops. Maybe he thought they had too much when he dropped in a couple of weeks ago. They need to spread the wealth a bit, doncha know.
Considering that the troops in Afghanistan are in the peak of physical condition, an occasional burger would do little in any negative way. At the same time, the occasional burger (reminder of home) has to be a great morale buster.
Obama: “Let ‘em eat $#I+ on a shingle.”
Let'm be reminded of why they're there. Let'em watch Jack Lemon & Sandy Dennis in The Out of Towners (Oh, my Gawd!) a few dozen times; that'll surely boost morale!
Chip, chip, chip...CRACK!
The sounds of Barack
Working with the Change Gang
Hoping to make America hang!
This is purely to demoralize.
I suspect contract obligations will delay implementation of this BS
By the order of Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, is shutting down most of these reminders of home.
"This is a war zone - not an amusement park," Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall recently wrote on the ISAF blog.
Please note that Sergeant Major Hall is the messenger (whether he agreees or not is irrellevant).
According to the source at a previous FR post:
General Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of Special Forces in Iraq, who runs eight miles a day, eats one meal and sleeps for only four hours a night, has given orders to close the junk food concessions on Nato bases.
This is possibly a case of Queeg Syndrome.
I shall reserve judgement.
Just damn!
Obama and his perfumed princes are doing all they can to destroy morale over there.
Who axed Obama to do this?
You think they might mistake Afghanistan for an amusement park?
Really?
The U.S. military says its beef with the burger joints is that they take up valuable resources like water, power, flight and convoy space
Does the army chow hall not consume the same water, power, flight, and convoy space?
Please, as soon as we get a real president, can we not get a real commander on the ground there?