FReeper Canteen ~ Military Chefs & Cooks~ 27 February 07

Serving the Best Troops in the World. | February 26, 2007 | Soaring Feather/Canteen Crew

[Soaring Feather]

Military Chefs

by Timothy L. Hale March 15, 2005 Sgt. Karen Glanzer works with a flaming skillet during the Senior Army Chef of the Year Competition.




Good morning Troops!

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The problem of feeding an armed force engaged in combat, whether in alien or in home areas, has occupied the attention of military leaders since the beginning of organized warfare. Leaders learned that the ability of men to fight was related to the way they were fed and that the answer to the feeding problem often determined victory or defeat. The axiom that an army travels on its stomach is as good today as it has ever been, only now that classical stomach rides in airplanes, ships, tanks, submarines, and jeeps in every terrain and climate of the world. But there is no question that the problems of the army stomach have entered the age of specialization. This fact is increasingly evident as the story of army subsistence unfolds from the early simplicity to the contemporary complexity of the military feeding program.

The earliest rations of the United States Army were all-inclusive in purpose. For more than a century after 1776, the basis of all troop feeding--for soldiers in camp, on the march, in action, or just surviving--was the simple fare of meat and bread, and sometimes vegetables, known as the garrison ration. From the Revolutionary War to World War I, the garrison ration served the unit, the small group, and the individual. Moreover, it was intended to serve them in organized messes, in isolated groups, and in individual situations of combat and survival.

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2006 IFSEA/MHA Military Awards Miami, Florida

Military Chefs Training

Canteen's Own, Tomkow6, 2nd Class Petty Officer (E-5)

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Please check politics at the door.
Okay, put those hands together for the Military Chefs and Cooks.

[fatima]

Congratulations, Major Bruce Crandall, newest Medal of Honor recipeint.

[fatima]

It's a honor to see history txradioguy.Pinch yourself.

[txradioguy]

d00d...there were FOUR...cout them FOUR other living MOH awardees in the room. It was unreal. I didn't deserve to be in the same room with all that greatness.

I got LTC Crandall to autograph my script...this is something I will ALWAYS remember.

[Jet Jaguar]

You have be by three then.

I was fortunate enough to have a MOH Marine speak at a graduation.

You are blessed.

You had a pretty good day!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Military Chef ping.

Frank: Inchon, Korea, 1950. I was the best cook Uncle Sam ever saw, slinging hash for the Fighting 103rd. As we marched north, our supply lines were getting thin. One day a couple of GIs found a crate, inside were six hundred pounds of prime Texas steer. At least it once was prime. The Use date was three weeks past, but I was arrogant, I was brash, I thought if I used just the right spices, cooked it long enough...

Kramer: What happened?

Frank: I went too far. I over seasoned it. Men were keeling over all around me. I can still hear the retching, the screaming. I sent sixteen of my own men to the latrines that night. They were just boys.

Kramer: Frank, you were a boy too. And it was war. It was a crazy time for everyone.

Frank: Tell that to Bobby Colby. All that kid wanted to do was go home. Well he went home alright, with a crater in his colon the size of a cutlet. Had to sit him on a cork the eighteen-hour flight home!

[HiJinx]

Marinated chicken breasts on the grill and homemade rice pilaf on the stove - dinner in about 5 minutes...!

[txradioguy]

Yes ma'am...been doing that too. The thing that made this day perfect...was that Red was there with me to see all of it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Caught most of it live.....but someone dared to call me in the middle, and someone needed to use the copier, right behind me. At 1700 everyone should leave here....then I can watch/listen to the whole thing in peace. LOL!

[Soaring Feather]

Yummy sounds good Jinxy.

[fatima]

I was hoping she was.Then you had the perfect dream and have a story to last a lifetime.

[HiJinx]

I'll let you know...

Probably on the new thread, by the time I get back.

[SandRat]

Just finnished Grilled Steak, Seasoned Oven Fries, and baked beans.

[txradioguy]

Red was with me. :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Congratulations to both of you, John and Red...((HUGS))...you got to participate in a piece of history. And you got your script autographed, too. WOW!! You need to take some extra special care in finding some sort of "container" to display it in, and that will protect and preserve it forever. You were part of history in the making!!!

[AZamericonnie]

someone dared to call, and then someone started using the copy machine which is within arms reach

And they still have their arm?:) The nerve!

[AZamericonnie]

Mind if I save this one TX?

I see you don't even have to be a three star general to get an autograph!:)

Only what....3476 MOH recipients since it's inception & there you are standing beside one. Just WOW!

[txradioguy]

Go right ahead.

There were four others in the room for the ceremony...talk about humbling.

I didn't deserve to be in the room with them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of the new thread



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[Kathy in Alaska]

I considered breaking their arm. The only reason I didn't is because I knew I could hear it later. d:o)

[AZamericonnie]

LOL....they don't even know how close they came or how lucky they are! lol