[soxfan]

Nothing like a 0300 wardroom pantry "horsec**k and cheese" to settle that stomach, either.

[Ax]

Now I know why I joined the U S Air Force.

I will, however, match my squadron's mess hall at Clark Air Base, circa 1961, swill for swill with any warship's. And if you had wanted REAL swill, there was the mess hall at flight ops at Wake Island. Or at the mustering-out "dining facility" at McGuire AFB, NJ.

[Non-Sequitur]

Only if the bread is more than 3 days old, of course, and hard enough to shingle a house with.

Another military acronym and a part of at sea life that is instantly recognizable to any sailor - officer or enlisted -who ever did a sea tour is PCOD, pronounced pee-cod. Those who know what it means, I can see you smiling!