Traditional Holiday Meal Will Replace Field Rations for Many Troops

American Forces Press Service ^ | Samantha L. Quigley

[SandRat]

Wishing You a Happy Thanksgiving - Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.

[Seruzawa]

Hope it’s warm when they get it unlike the one we got in Nam. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts.

[gov_bean_ counter]

The DFACs at the FOBs and COBs are really pretty good too.

[Finalapproach29er]

Think Bush is enroute to Iraq?

[ExcursionGuy84]

All-RIIIIIGHT!!!!! We ABSOLUTELY LOVE OUR TRROPS and Salute and Thank Them for Their service and defnse of us!

[ari-freedom]

I love turkey shawarma but that's not thanksgiving enough

[traditional1]

Anyone want to bet the Hildabeast and/or Pelousy will show up for a photo-op there?

[Little Bill]

I know where you are coming from Bro. It is kind of like cold water, four hours on the Helipad till the ice melts.

[Thebaddog]

WTH is that? I bet it tasted good, but what the heck is on the stick?

[capt. norm]

Oh well, it’s the thought that counts.

You hit it out of the park.

It's not, exactly, the food that counts. It's the thought behind it.

That racks up the flavor of the food several notches when you eat it.

You're not just thinking food...you're thinking, "someone realizes that I'm here and , just maybe, why I am here".

[tet68]

Hahaha. I got to pose with a turkey leg for the home towm paper, then it was on to turkey loaf etc.
Chu Lai RVN.1967

[DakotaGator]

Wow! That brings back so many memories of Bahrain!!

[Cementjungle]

Anyone want to bet the Hildabeast and/or Pelousy will show up for a photo-op there?

That would be a shame, the poor troops would all barf up that good turkey.

[Little Bill]

Because of turkey loaf I can not, to this day, eat turkey, except for the two pieces I will have at my Mothers house tomorrow.

[tet68]

With enough Tabasco anything is possible.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“You’re not just thinking food...you’re thinking, ‘someone realizes that I’m here and, just maybe, why I am here.’”

Amen to that! I remember EVERY festive meal I had in the twenty years of Army Life and the lengths those in the Chain of Command and sometimes the civilian population went to to prove it for us.

You captured it PERFECTLY. :)

Undoubtedly, it was a lowly Company Clerk that arranged it all. Thank every “Radar” O’Reilly you’ve ever met! :)

[mylife]

URG-E doesnt sound to sweet

[tet68]

With enough Tabasco anything is possible.

Wait, I take that back, there isn’t enough tabasco in the world to make me eat a can of Ham and Limas.

A tiny piece of ham and four of the largest lima beans in existance, I always wondered where they got those things.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The Military runs on it’s belly, but I never realized how much it costs in food alone to feed everyone.

Wonder why no GOP candidates break down every aspect of staging a “war” for ‘Everyman’ to understand?

Nah. That wouldn’t sell any newspapers and advertising space now, would it? *WINK*

[submarinerswife]

Think Bush is enroute to Iraq?

Or Afghanistan. I was thinking the same thing. They would love to see him.

I will cry.