Posted on Sep 7, 2014
What was the best military food you were FED while on active duty?
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So the best place that served the best food to me in the military was the JET SHACK! this was a small area primarily for serving those who worked the flight line....The Good Thing though was you could get a Homemade Chocolate Shake, Burger and Fries and it made you feel like you were going through the old steak n shake hamburger place!!! I loved those shakes! So what was the Best Meal that you ever had while active duty, or reserves or while you served? What made it the best for you? For me, I could get my food and still watch the F-15 and F-16's take off!
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I suppose that I was prepared for the worst in food when I enlisted in the Army in 1966. None of my immediate family had served and the little I knew came from Beetle Bailey comics and songs such as "The biscuits in the Army they say are mighty fine..." Imagine my surprise when I discovered that it was very good. Sure, the others complained, mostly because it wasn't just like the food mama served them. But with a few table condiments, the flavors could be adjusted because the base was excellent.
So, what was my favorite? You're going to laugh. It was something mama never made. SOS.
I have had SOS prepared in other mess halls over the years: Navy/Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard. Theirs is pretty bad. But Army SOS was really good.
I made several attempts after separating from active duty to replicate it and succeeded, and can treat myself occasionally. Interestingly, some of my children liked it too.
So, what was my favorite? You're going to laugh. It was something mama never made. SOS.
I have had SOS prepared in other mess halls over the years: Navy/Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard. Theirs is pretty bad. But Army SOS was really good.
I made several attempts after separating from active duty to replicate it and succeeded, and can treat myself occasionally. Interestingly, some of my children liked it too.
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SOS is a great basic meal, just be aware of the salt content (great for basic trainees though)!
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SPC David Hannaman
SOS!!! By the time I hit active duty in 1989 you rarely saw "the shingle" you got biscuits with the gravy (still mighty fine).
One time they DID have toast, and I lit up and asked the mess Sergeant for "SOS". He poured a ladle full of gravy right on my tray... I looked at him and said "What the heck Sarge! Where's my shingle?!" funny moment, but I don't think he appreciated his food being referred to as "shit". I guess I could have saved the day by saying "Damn Sarge, this gravy is THE SHIT..." but the moment was lost.
One time they DID have toast, and I lit up and asked the mess Sergeant for "SOS". He poured a ladle full of gravy right on my tray... I looked at him and said "What the heck Sarge! Where's my shingle?!" funny moment, but I don't think he appreciated his food being referred to as "shit". I guess I could have saved the day by saying "Damn Sarge, this gravy is THE SHIT..." but the moment was lost.
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Air Force food. We used to drive all the way from MCB, Camp Butler to the Kadena AFB chow hall on Okinawa for lunch because the Air Force food was so much better.
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SSG Brian Carpenter
We would drive from Ft Carson up to Peterson Air base because we could get takeout burgers late at night of course this was mid 90"s so who knows now
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Friday in Schweinfurt, Germany (1990) was surf and turf lunch. The line went on forever. Definately worth the wait. $1.90 for steak and shrimp? COME ON!
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MAJ Keira Brennan
How about a nice schnitzel or wurst and curry fries?? I miss Germany (Stationed at Bamberg and Stuttgart)
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SPC David Hannaman
Had Surf and Turf at Camp Humphreys once, line around the block and all that. I wasn't impressed... but I'm spoiled when it comes to steak, had an Uncle that ran a feed lot in Southern Minnesota, hard to beat grain fed MN beef hand picked by the farmer and butchered by the local mom and pop shop.
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Camp Warrior 2010 on west Bagram before we headed out to FOB Vulcan. I posted the menu below. Maybe not the best food, but pretty impressive menu.
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The Blackcats Loungee on Osan AB has the best chicken bulgogi I've ever had in the ROK. If I recall correctly it's somewhere in the realm of six bucks, too!
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SPC David Hannaman
There's the Air Force and their great food again.
Osan food was well worth the taxi fare from Humphreys.
Osan food was well worth the taxi fare from Humphreys.
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Sgt William Straub Jr.
Even back in the 60's and 70's the USAF and USN were know as having the best food. The best on base food I had was the Schnitzel at Robinson Barracks NCO club, and the over all chow at the Mess Hall at NKP Thailand. When I was sent to an Kelly Barracks in Moehringen, Germany in 71' all the USAF were on separate rats' because USAFE considered the Army chow hall to be substandard. First time I'd ever heard of that. Still you couldn't beat the prices.
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In I Corps; "Viet Nam" any food other than those "C-Rations" served to the Marines "in-country". We ate "C's" for three months straight until a "Field Mess" was built up down on the beach front by the Marine Engineers (Utilities) and Navy "C Bee's". Kind of a mixture of regular food and "K-rations" that had to be used prior to their expiration date. What saved us from boredom was the "bakers" that worked all night long. Great life safers and talented cooks.
Those "C rations" we ate were dated; I have eaten and seen "C's" dated 1945; then 1951 and as late as 1960's. I bought at the "Navy Ship's Store or Exchange (CONEX BOX) a small jar of Mayo. Mix the Mayo and that "C-Ration" chopped turkey and spread it on those "hard tack" crackers. Not a bad meal; just do not eat the "Peanut Butter" on that "hardtack cracker". It will plug you up for three straight days.
Sgt M.B. USMC
Those "C rations" we ate were dated; I have eaten and seen "C's" dated 1945; then 1951 and as late as 1960's. I bought at the "Navy Ship's Store or Exchange (CONEX BOX) a small jar of Mayo. Mix the Mayo and that "C-Ration" chopped turkey and spread it on those "hard tack" crackers. Not a bad meal; just do not eat the "Peanut Butter" on that "hardtack cracker". It will plug you up for three straight days.
Sgt M.B. USMC
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SOS and Chipped beef over biscuits LOLOLOLOL. With black coffee and Tabasco (Not Texas Pete's)
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oh wait, or the DFAC on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq...best way to get fat is to deploy there. Luckily I was only there for 2 weeks before I was shipped out to COP Rawah.
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WOMACK Dining Facility at Fort Bragg. You couldn't beat the grilled chicken sandwiches. Actually I should go there for lunch one of these days since I only live 5 miles away.
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Elmendorf Chow hall ...ummm "Dining Facility"
Damn good food.
Had steak and lobster Fridays at Bagram quite a bit also.....by the time you had been there a few months...it started tasting pretty good.
Damn good food.
Had steak and lobster Fridays at Bagram quite a bit also.....by the time you had been there a few months...it started tasting pretty good.
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