Food on US Navy ships
On the History Channel an episode showed the serving of breakfast on an aircraft carrier and that food looked pretty darned good! We have several navy vets here on our boards so I'd like to know just how good the food served on our ships is really is. Are we talking cafeteria food or is it of a much higher quality?
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quote:Originally posted by River Rat
Different breweries. Man, that stuff gave us the runs!Memories! If I remember correctly if you looked at the back bottom of the San Miguel bottle there was a 3 and a 4 line address. I don't remember which was which, but one of them was bottled very green and would really give you a bad case of the runs. We had to bingo into Da-Nang one night so we spent several hours drinking at the Red Dog Saloon and all they had was the bad stuff. The next morning as we made our way back to the plane, it hit me. I saw a couple of outdoor toilets and made a beeline for them. After the eruption I noticed there was no toilet paper, so I went through my underwear, T-Shirt, and both socks cleaning up. I had to get into my torso harness and fly back cinched into the seat with only a flight suit protecting me! Man was I glad when we got back to the carrier.0 -
All depends on the staff. Worsw food I had was in Great Lakes in the early 80s. Food on the Nimitz was real good. Fresh baked bread was the best. Certainly better than the KBR stuff I had in Iraq. 0 -
Thanks guys (and Locust Fork). As usual, the amount of first hand information around here is simply amazing! 0 -
I was at Subic in 72 in the Seabees clearing jungle and moving houses up the big hill.Olongapo was like Dodge City with all the bars ,fatladys and everything 20 year old sailor could want.I wonder what happened to the town when the base closed. 0 -
quote:Master Chief Engineman who told me about it said "Now this ain't no s*it".
The difference between a Fairy tale and a sea story is the fairy tale starts with "once upon a time" and a sea story starts with "this is no s***" [:p]
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Well, I'd tell you how good AF food is, but then ya would just complain about us gittin' room service..[:)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by oldgunner
Well, I'd tell you how good AF food is, but then ya would just complain about us gittin' room service..[:)]
It is funny; being in the Navy most of us thought the Air Force had the best food, etc. After all, I believe their priority for establishing a new base was 1) build the chow hall, 2) build the club, then 3) build the runways and other infrastructure![:D]0 -
Gotta admit Colts..they took gud care uv us, but we earned it. We wuz all so brainy and all... 0 -
Sheesh and you swabbies don't feel guilty about wearing campaign ribbons. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by v35
Sheesh and you swabbies don't feel guilty about wearing campaign ribbons.Man, I knew I should have read the citation, I thought it was a champagne ribbon.[:D]0 -
4 meals a day, all you can eat, hot, cold, eggs any way you want them. 6000 humans fed over 4 tons of food daily. its pretty amazing how logistic support is able to get food to ships all over the world FRESH. our CO was commended for being the first CAPT to never have his crew go without fresh milk as we sailed the world.(1982-84)CVN-65. think about it, milk goes bad in 10 days. we had milk being delivered non-stop. it boosts morale BIG TIME when you have fresh COLD veggies and milk. [^] 
but if you were late or bad, you ate like this. the service wasnt as good.[:o)] we fed the marines this way. funny, they like it!
and if the dishwasher broke, we had to improvise.
but worst of all, if the cooks were late serving food or allowed the ice machine to break.....the penelty was great. the crew got mad.0 -
Hard to remember the food. What I do recall is the line waiting to get there. I went across the Atlantic twice on a troop ship.
You wait in line for two or so hours to eat breakfast & then get in the end of the line for lunch & then get in line for supper.
The only change was when we got hit by the tail end of a hurricane.
Then you just walked in & had all the seconds you wanted.0 -
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quote:Originally posted by oldgunner
Well, I'd tell you how good AF food is, but then ya would just complain about us gittin' room service..[:)]
It is funny; being in the Navy most of us thought the Air Force had the best food, etc. After all, I believe their priority for establishing a new base was 1) build the chow hall, 2) build the club, then 3) build the runways and other infrastructure![:D]
Wrong!! Chow hall, club, GOLF Course, then the runways and infrastructure.[:D]
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quote:Originally posted by buddyb
I was at Subic in 72 in the Seabees clearing jungle and moving houses up the big hill.Olongapo was like Dodge City with all the bars ,fatladys and everything 20 year old sailor could want.I wonder what happened to the town when the base closed.
It turned into an international business center.
http://www.sbma.com/
The exchange rate is now 45 P to $1 US. When I was there it was 7 to 1.
I'll bet you can't get a beer for a peso now.
AHH the good days.0 -
They eat a lot of tube steak in the Navy don't they? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Warpig883
They eat a lot of tube steak in the Navy don't they?
That's not a tube steak, that a training aid.[:D]
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quote:Originally posted by acdodd
quote:Originally posted by buddyb
I was at Subic in 72 in the Seabees clearing jungle and moving houses up the big hill.Olongapo was like Dodge City with all the bars ,fatladys and everything 20 year old sailor could want.I wonder what happened to the town when the base closed.
It turned into an international business center.
http://www.sbma.com/
The exchange rate is now 45 P to $1 US. When I was there it was 7 to 1.
I'll bet you can't get a beer for a peso now.
AHH the good days.
You're absolutely right! Clark AB is the same. Deposit for the beer bottle will cost more than a peso.0 -
quote:Originally posted by nards444
even Army food is good if your eating at the cafeteria
+1. The food they serve over in Kuwait/Iraq would be 10 times better if it were being cooked by Americans instead of the locals. I wish the Army used the Army Cooks for their jobs.0 -
quote:Originally posted by oldgunner
Well, I'd tell you how good AF food is, but then ya would just complain about us gittin' room service..[:)]
We were talking about food in the MILITARY, not in the Air Farce[:D][:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by nards444
even Army food is good if your eating at the cafeteria
Got that right! Cafeteria food was great compared to cold MREs in the back of an M577A2 command tracked vehicle.0 -
this is how enlisted eat on ships. in/out/shovel it in/get back to work..........
heres how officers eat. pampered, on real dishware, clean, and plush........
heres some basic slop fo the enlisted going together......
and here are the officers getting personal service from the o mess flip, who hand makes meals for higher ups..............
and heres some corn on cobb. a rare treat for all crew......
here is a picture of GOD IN HEAVEN SITTING ON HIS THRONE when youre in the middle of the indian ocean..............
and whats on the other end of that big ocean just waiting for all those sailors to pull in? why, dodge city of course!
and here are the locals.....hey joe, you pay my bar pine?
HEY!ANYONE REMEMBER MUMMBLES? what a cook![:D][:D][:D][:p][:0][8D][8D]0 -
My goodness bobski, that does look like mumbles![:0] Is that really her? I think she was 150 years old when we went there back in the early 70's. I think I've actually got a picture of her somewhere also! She was the brunt of many jokes[:D] 0 -
thats mumbles in 1984.
o-o talaga! shes all decked out in her komoto for bonka boat duty. note the plastic wrap. that tells ya it was monsoon season![8D]0 -
You best afterwards not be UA, or it's "poh-ty pibe an poh-ty pibe poh you, sai-lah"
That's "Forty five and forty five for you, Sailor."
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EN-DAY!
you give me sip sip, and we will talk later.0 -
When an 850 foot troop ship can dig in & porpose and roll till the props shake free of the water, no amount of good food can make Navy life sound better than terra firma almost anywhere.
Two, three week winter cruises off the Aleutians to & from Japan cured many of us of the desire to revisit the beauty of blue water sailing.
I must admit those Filipinos and their T-shirt adverts were enticing but then there's the pro kits and vidoegie aftermath.
There were compelling recruitment posters for Naval Air on board on our return that didn't quite do it.0 -
I was in the US Navy back in the late 60's and early '70's and the food on my base was OK. 0
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