We Were Told That They Are At WAR In Iraq!!
Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Ethel / - 
….and we were told that they are at WAR there!! US Army Mess Hall in Iraq [pics]
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how dare you, what is this supposed to be, if we took every private’s thoughts we would be invading England tomorrow. Take something that is designed to make the everyday lives of soldier better and to say that its proof we will be there forever. The air force too, those guys get paid to live in our barracks because of the “substandard living conditions” - i mean they have people that actually take their trey off the table! im sure creature comforts like A/C would make an airman feel like we will be there forever. Prick should try life outside the wire, that might change his opinion.
They deserve it, I just hope my Canadian troops in Afghanistan are treated as well!
wow, now THERE’s a waste of taxpayer money! who exactly are you fighting if you’re at war? I thouht you were there to maintain the infrastructure until the Iraqi government could stand on it’s wn two feet but the Iraqi government have actually already asked american troops to leave so what are you doing over there again?
I was there and they ( dining facilities) are not all like that. the last picture is not from Iraq, that cacti doesnt exist there and that building is somewhere in Arizona. Please go there yourselves to verify.
The contractors go out of their way to make the facilities nice for the soldiers. Each meal cost $35 (US Gov- how dare they?), the employees are from Nepal and India mostly so you know where the overhead goes, Pics like that are staged for the photographer. Facilities are usually packed and not as nice, although they try. Get off your internet and your expanding bottoms and go there.
I think some of them are just there for the food
CPL D, ur a dumass
they’re not paid to live in crappy living places, then we’d be paying hobos, or the ppl in newark, nj
they’re paid because their fighting for their country and could BE KILLED
no other job requires that
and he CAN say that because its several battalions or w/e the amount is
not ALL of them r gonna go if called to fight
so the ppl will constantly be changing
who gives a shit
they are not conscripts
the government have to give them something to eat when they
are not blown to pieces by an IED
Your title is inappropriate and underestimates what our military goes through. Get deployed, go fight, and you’ll see that there is very much so a war there.
Not sure what the point is supposed to be here. Frankly, I have absolutely no problem with an obvious attempt to make the lives of our troops a little better.
I’ll assume you aren’t suggesting there’s a problem with that…
American troops eat well wherever they are. It’s a small compensation for what they’re being ordered to do between meals.
TODD JUST OWNED ALL YOUR ASSES!!!!!
no one can say shit back to him!
TODD FOR PRESIDENT!
lol xD
all these are from iraq or kuwait. none of these look remotely like the dining facilities in arizona (fort huachuca). most likely at liberty/victory in baghdad.
and no, they don’t all look like that — the FOB dining facilities are not as bright and sparkling but close enough.
the rage everyone should be feeling isn’t the fact that the food looks the way they do or are served as they are. we have soldiers taking up space because KBR has supplanted their jobs. there really is no need for cooks anymore since all they do is stand around doing nothing. yes, the amenities are nice, but the amount of money being wasted should enrage every tax-payer out there.
/currently on a fob in baghdad
the picture are also old. i have never worn those uniforms. ACUs are what we wear now.
So, Ethel, I suppose you would say you support the troops? Sure you do. Are you thinking that they should be sleeping and eating in foxholes or something? I didn t think so. Have you ever been stationed overseas with the military? I didn t think so. Thanks for your input.
it isn’t like that over in Iraq. i was there, and it is nothing like that when we eat. usually they’re crowded and not as nicely decorated. those pictures are either from another location, probably in the U.S., or staged like many photographs were when i was over seas so they could bring home a more positive image than the actual one we were living in.
In one of the pics there is a sign on the wall that says, “Grand Opening”. My guess is this is some sort of military event, not Iraq.
My Forward Operating Base near Haditha served T-rations twice a day, and lunch was an MRE. We were under constant mortar and machinegun fire, took many casualties and KIA. When we returned to Al Asad Air Base, getting ready to go home, the chow hall there served meals to order, four times a day, and some Air Force punk got himself beat up complaining that there was no mint chocolate chip ice cream.
There is a big difference between food at the logistics bases (not many of them are actually fighting, guys) and the forward operating bases where the infantry (fighting men) stay.
It is indeed Iraq. Chow halls at Marine Corps bases in the US are not run by KBR, and therefore not nearly as nice.
It is a huge waste of taxpayer money, seeing as how combat troops on the front lines get shorted on supplies, yet guys in the rear who move supplies and never get shot at eat like kings. Thanks for highlighting this issue!
I’ll resist the urge to type “shopped” in response to the pictures.
Yeah, some of the dining facilities are really overly built up. I don’t remember seeing any spreads that flashy in Iraq, Kuwait maybe, Qatar definitely. With those cakes it looks like somebody was having a party, maybe a change of command happened, a unit was coming or going, or maybe some unit anniversary or something.
I do think its a bit wasteful to pay civilians to do what there are service members trained to do (cook, water purification, etc). Why pay military personnel to be cooks and then pay civilians to do their job? Why pay personnel to be infantry and then hire Blackwater mercs? I don’t understand it.
I’ll admit that it looks wasteful, as seeing that the room was packed and yet all the trays were full, maybe it’s a hoax to rile us up? As to the lame-brain that said that “cacti” wasn’t in Iraq — I believe that is a pineapple.
I’ve served, it sucked at the time, and it still does. War isn’t what it used to be that’s for sure.