COME HOME TROOPS AMERICA NEEDS YOU.
CNN polled this.
95% say the troops deserve those things.
This is what change looks like.
Yes, take away the things that remind the troops of home ... that will boost morale. /s
Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall...wasn’t asked, didn’t tell? Leave our men alone, Mary.
Sheesh.. Can’t smoke. Can’t eat junk food. Maybe this is a trade off to send more KY and condoms for the new “flamboyant” soldiers Obama and Gates likes.
I would be willing to bet that the majority making these decisions have never served a day in the military.
ISAF - I saw Americans Fighting.
Forget about the DQ.
Those kids deserve beer tents and girls.
*But*
It is a real issue regarding the amount of war material coming in to these outposts.
There’s only so much infrastructure.
We built huge airfields in the Pacific during WWII in weeks.
The question is why haven’t we done that in Afghanistan.
My husband was at a crappy little post in Iraq and would have given his left leg for either of those things. It’s a shame to take them away from the troops. Any little taste of home is a help over there.
My husband was at a crappy little post in Iraq and would have given his left leg for either of those things. It’s a shame to take them away from the troops. Any little taste of home is a help over there.
Michelle Obama’s war on phat.
Give them what they need— they give us our freedom
You are thinking that all the troops use this stuff, but it's not true.
Some of the slacker Army and Air Force units are all that had access to this type of crap during GWI, and yes it DID affect the morale of the the front line Army and Marine grunts, not to mention the ship borne sailors when they heard about it.
I remember going one time 53 days without a shower during Desert Storm, and that same day being passed an old newspaper that had some overweight soldier whining about only old mvies being shown at the base theater.
It's a freaking war zone, not an amusement park for the most politically connected units.
This was ordered by General McChrystal.
Coincidentally the same week that Barry anointed Michelle the Nutrition Nazi.
McChrystal only eats one meal a day- a small meal at dinner.
That’s been his philosophy for 30 years.
Having an occasional coffee at the Green Beans outlet-( a very pro military company http://www.greenbeanscoffee.com/ ) or a burger at Burger King is a welcome respite for the troops.
And now that spartan weirdo McChrystal and I am absolutely convinced-Michelle-have taken that away from them.
No to Hamburgers.
Yes to Homos.
Come on..think of all the health care they can provide instead with the money saved. <|;o)
I guess the DOD just wants too make sure that the troops know they have been sent to hell and to remember that.
Personally I think it’s realy stupid though.The troops should have some comforts to remind them of what their fighting for.
I’ve been stationed on Bagram, Kandahar and a forward FOB.
This is going to be a blow to morale.
BAF is a US base, but KAF is a NATO base.
The smaller FOBs don’t have many amenities and the troops look forward to going to KAF or BAF for rest and R&R.
That place is a very tough place mentally... can’t tell you why, but it is. I’ve been in Anbar too, so I do have a little experience with stressful places.
The article talks about closing the US type places, but what about other countries places? Tim Horton’s? The French cafe? Canada house? New Canada house? The British PX, coffee shop and cafe? Dutch corners?
If they only close the US places the troops will go to the other places (these are only on KAF) until the other countries get pissed off and shut them to the US troops... and how is that going to help cooperation between the countries?
While I was there the British talked about closing their facilities to the US... until the US threatened to close their facilities to the British (the US has by far the biggest and cheapest PX).