Hey Marines, Say Goodbye To Chow Hall Meal Cards, Finally

By the way, when I was in, you had to sign in with your meal card number and signature always and in every post I was ever stationed. And, they would check it!

How much credit the DFAC gets at the Class I warehouses to get food is determined by DFAC usage, hence the sign in roster. For example, if the DFAC serves an average of 1500 meals a day they cannot order supplies for 2000 meals a day.

SFC John Hill, thanks for that info!

they can't check if we are still up at the mechanic bay. they just made the meals and handed them to the boot. Mechanics have a tendency to not wanna stop when your halfway done, least my mechanics anyway. the Col. authorized it as long as the guy that went had a meal card XP

When I was in CA for a short period the ANG "base" I was at was on Moffett Field. My unit was located on the second floor of a Navy hanger. They had a dining hall on the first floor. Man for the time I was there I ate well! $1.50 and you could take one of everything on the line. That was two lunches for me!

I think the Navy had the very best of everything. We had an overcoat that did not keep you warm, and a rain coat that did not keep you dry. Oh yes, and their Messhalls were second to none. In retrospect, I cannot remember anything nice about the Marines except the pride and spirit as a unit. Still, to do it over again, I would pick the Marines.

Y'all got that right!

When my Battalion got back to Home Port it was Steak or Lobster. No wonder I am a Seabee.