What kind of food do you eat in Army basic training
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 29. 08. 2019
- If you are going to Army basic training or even OSUT and are wondering what the food will be like then this is the video for you.
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my first pepsi after basic was the best thing in the world
It burned my mouth but it was go
Pepsi? đ€ź
Mine was a Dr Pepper, I know the exact feeling brother.
@@tajiSOG A MAN WITH TASTE
I had kp with a dude on profile who got busted drinking a coffee.
Good times. I was a pt stud tho.
It doesn't matter how it looks or tastes. You'll spend 10 minutes staring at it and shoving it in your mouth and the DS are going to be there screaming at you to hurry up everytime
No they won't dum dum
@@patrickmahomesll5107 your fucking hilarious
@Jeff Ourun if you can't drink soda or caffeine or eat any of the fast food, or snack during non-meal times, they are looking out for health.
"Chew! Chew! Drink! Swallow! Don't talk!"
When I went thru basic, which was back in the stone age the food was pretty good . Now we had KP, kitchen police this little this little trip into hell started around 430 in the morning where you washed dishs ,clean the line, washed pots, and pans ,cleaned the mess hall seating area three times a day ,with cooks who were worse than the DIs. You finally got finished around 730 to 8 o'clock. Good times had by all.
âMy food tastes better with my heels togetherâ
Omg I had to yell that before
*chow tastes better
thomas roth Thank you Ft Benning.
âHeels together make my food taste betterâ
Bowl bowl bowl bring the bowl to the food
The food at fort Jackson was pretty good there were no desserts but only on Sunday would they have cheeseburgers. Every other day was healthy ish food and breakfast was always good. And Everytime somebody dropped a spoon or something we had to yell "sorry spoon" over and over until u got outside . đ€Łđ€Ł
Lucky you, we had no cheeseburgers in Navy boot camp.
Food at Jackson was horrible.. don't lie to these people
@@gotmurica6225 Facts! I was in 3-60th Bravo Co âBushmastersâ at Jackson & the Lunch was complete dog shit. Even though we only had lunch on Sunday, the shit was still terrible. For breakfast they always had them hard-ass waffles that was hard asf to cut thru unless you had hella syrup on that shitđ. It was so bad to the point I enjoyed the Hot AIDS more đđđ
B 1/61 here back in '97. The food was good, the burgers, soda, and candy were available only at my AIT.
Glad I ate before watching this.
When I was at basic we had access to dessert the whole time but we were highly discouraged from taking it.
No food trucks for us but I remember my first time having Burger King after basic it was so good!
Army breakfast chow was always on point.
Hereâs a hack: if youâre out in the field save the candies and peanut butter spread from your MREâs. You can use them later as a snack so long as no one is watching. đ
Don't forget about the cheese spread
MOS ?
mac burger
In retrospect all of that is pointless
Yes, My overnight pass after basic ((to go on the other side of post for AIT the next morning at 0400) I had 3 Whoppers and a case of Budweiser. I was hungover so bad that first day (or two) of AIT
@@redjack7296 That was the Best ever!
You are so hungry at chow time that everything tastes super good.
My parents tried that approach to raising me. It didnât work.
YES!!! Best breakfast I have ever HAD! đ
honestly so true when youre hella hungry and you'd rather eat expired food just oeat lmfao
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Hi! Went to Basic in 2013. Halfway through Drill Sgt told us we're actually authorized to eat/drink anything in the chow hall. But just cause you can, doesn't mean you should.
AV8R PhoenixRabbit lucky. We werenât allow sweets or condiments until turning blueđ only once during thanksgiving when the LTC and his family let us have pastries.
Ya I remember them telling us âgo ahead, eat some cake and sodaâ but it sound very sarcastic. Like go ahead and do it and we will just make you pay for it later.
@@christopherchaos @ B138/inf we had none of that! unless you had KP then maybe get sum from the Cooks... Rock of the Marne Hooah! thanks Brotha'
@@christopherchaos Were the cakes riding a carousel with lights?
@@christopherchaos Kind of like when you wife says "go ahead and have fun with your buddies" lol don't go have fun with your buddies lol
Because of Basic Training and AIT I drink milk with most of my meals. I also eat a lot faster than my wife. She doesn't understand the struggle đđ„ș
Anthony Turner I hate milk đ
@@bria1978 It's good with Oreo cookies, but that's about it.
Same
I completely understand,I'm the fastest eater in my house also ,I wonder why ?? Lol lol basic in 1971
john ziegler
vietnam?
We never had MREs for lunch in basic training. They were a new thing when I went to basic and were to expensive to give to basic training recruits. At lunch when in the field we had a KP line with food from the mess hall kitchen. The one experience I remember is I was loosing weight and entered basic training at 147 Lb. After four weeks at Fort Lost in the Woods I was hungry all the time and down to 129 pounds. For clarity I am 70 inches tall. Drills saw this and took care of me. They fed me a pizza every night for the next two weeks. The Drills will take care of you in basic. That is their first task and they hold true to it!!
You ate an entire pizza everyday, for two weeks? Yeahhh cap.
I fainted during breakfast chow line. Because I donated blood the night before and went Monday morning running for PT. I made fun after that by all Drill Sargents.
Hey man thanks for all the useful information you put out there helps me get a head start on my career
ive been asking myself this question for WEEKS. thank YOU
Really? The food is good, but you won't get time to enjoy it. Of course, it could be that I was starving since you only get three meals a day and you're doing PT all day if you count the smoke sessions. Don't expect to gain weight in BCT.
@@johnstafford6458 y
@@trangtet6880 Why what?
I love how you walk in to CZcams intros like Robert Stack itâs pretty funny
Drills be yelling
"Side step!!!!!"
"One peanutbutter one jelly!!"
"One scoop and go!!!!!"
"No talking in the chow line!!!!!"
One last thing....
UPU SUCKS
you forgot " Swallow it and taste it Later!!! " Pick up your tray you DONE!... good times man
Oh man the apples in the oatmeals and rain and mud inside it in FTXâs and dropping the orange in the mud then peeling it or the apple YEEEE
@@cargoload1324 ah sounds exactly like my ftx days
The food at fort Leonard Wood was terrible ainât no damn soda, lmao it was milk and water with sloppy ass noodles or some liquid eggs every day lmao!!
LOL the green scrambled eggs you'd get in the field! đ
(boiled eggs get that green color from being over cooked. the eggs were fine)
Ewwwww
I am going there
Leonard wood breakfast was the best honeslty đ they had soda in non training dfacs
Steak and Lobster every Thursday.
I TORE UP FATTY CAKES!!!
PT stud here.
My sit ups actually stalled tho I put on some pounds but ran my 2 miles in 12 minutes n did 100+ push ups.
Don't touch the cake or pudding...and white phase at fort Jackson was MRE's for breakfast and lunch for then chow hall for dinner
jimmy martin jimmy deans breakfast, MRE for lunch. Hot Aâs for dinner for the whole white phase.
jimmy martin I ship to fort Jackson in 16 days. Kinda nervous but excited
@@onlinecomrade5737 right place, right time, right uniform and keep your mouth closed and it'll be easy for you...don't get angry at the 5 people that mess everything up for the whole company because yelling at them don't help
57th American I ship out Oct 2 to Ft. Jackson
@@FalseIdolization good luck
Just MRE like a man, like a badass, like a monster soldier, like the boss, like Christopher Chaos.
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Necromante Errante I enjoyed MREâs not as good as Chow Hall food. I was always satisfied with the food. But then again itâs basic training and always hungry, (burning tons of calories all day every day) so donât worry if the food tastes good. ITS NOT FOOD. ITS FUEL!
mac burger true. Whereâd you go to basic. I went to Ft. Leonard Wood MP Bn. Went in 2013 but injured my knee and didnât pass my last pt test. We were OSUT and I came home in the second week of AIT.
Remember those days, kinda miss them. Our Drill Sgt have a special meal for my Charlie CO.
Appetizer 50 push ups/ 50 sit ups
Desert 10 pull ups
Best times ever
Breakfast at fort benning was the only thing I really looked forward to. Thatâs the only meal I actually got full off of.
So I take it dinner isnt that good
rmay883 itâs hit or miss to be honest. Some days itâs good others no so much but in basic the taste of the food isnât horrible, youâre gonna eat whatâs on your plate regardless. Thereâs a saying drill sergeants used to say during my cycle and it was eat fast taste it later. Thatâs how it is in there aha.
What if you're allergic to chicken. I eat chicken and I'm deathly sick for a week. Can I survive Ft Benning with a chicken allergy?
@@samuelharris2533 im sure they sub for that kind of stuff, you have to tell them what you're allergic too before you signup anyways
Chili Mac!!!!!!! Did you forget?
Iâm getting prepared to go to MEPS and omg Iâve been watching all these kind of videos ugh wish me luck đ°
Good luck!! Well, hows it going?
George Maxwell it was actually pretty good not bad at all i got all worried for nothing lol
Diana Olivares Robles what MOS are you going for?
Chickent_Nug 92a
How was it?
Thank you for your service Christopher
No Popeyes chicken sandwich? Iâm out.
The main takeaway I'm getting from this (no pun intended) is that if food is important to you then join the Air Force đ
In blue phase me and my battle would run to the front of the line screaming "DETAIL"!!
HAHAAH great times
Also, considering spaghetti as healthy food...lol
Sloppy Joe
Its no different than rice which is staple food
Food at Benning is good, whole fried catfish, general tso chiken, spaghetti, ect was very impressed.
Any advice? I leave next month and I'm nervous.
Lil' Al do your pushups, sit-ups, and jog. You donât want your body to feel over worked cause you didnât prepare physically. They will smoke the dog shyt outta you but stay confident donât break. Learn the soldiers creed, the army song, and if ur cav scout learn fiddlers green and know your military vehicles cause thereâs a test to each to identify as a soldier . You wonât have to much time to study/remember in basic cause of classroom time and drills so learn before you get to 30thAG (reception). You will be hungry, tired, and strained but in the end it will be worth it. I came from harmony church, 2/15 delta company 1st platoon.
@@phoenixdavidson4979 Thank you very much.
Iâm glad to hear this leave on the 13th thanks dude
Oof, I forgot about the catfish! đđđ
"Your drill seargeant's going to be angry one day and you might not get to eat in the chow hall for a week." Gosh, where can I get in line for that?
In Navy boot camp if you messed up real bad, they'd have you eat a brownbag meal in the barracks instead of the DFAC food.
"HURRY UP AND GET OUTTA MY MESS HALL!." -- 1967 A-11-3 (5th Platoon, 7th & Gold Vault Rd.). . . . . that's all we heard, all the time.
Remember the breakfast SOS.
I was lucky enough to be assigned to a Company in the new "Starship" barracks at FLW. The DFAC was like going to Golden Corral 2 to 3 times a day and shoving it down your throat in 3 to 5 minutes. I think I ate sandwiches the first month after I left there.
Nice vid man.
Semper
Basic training food tasted better then the food at my current unit đ
Thanks for the vid, leaving for Benning in a week
Korean Jesus good luck!!
I left graduated from basic back in March at fort Jackson, rarely got chow hall especially during red and white faze, mostly got something called HOT Aâs and MREâs
Devin Hartlaub you mean hot ass
Iâm leaving for basic soon and out of curiosity in chow hall or with MREs do they make you eat everything on your plate ? Iâm very physically active but if I eat a ton at once or before activity it makes me sick.
What is your MOS?
Heyyy I literally just asked this question on another one of your videos. I feel special
Very accurate Sir! My basic was just like that. No talking no looking around etc. If you didnât eat it timely you didnât eat. They want you to lose weight. When you were out in the field I barely was able to get the food down. I remember being so hungry I stuffed food in my field jacket. To this day I canât stop eating fast. Sad.
So did they make you eat everything on your plate or is it just you that you eat what you can as fast as possible and whatâs leftover goes in the trash ?
@@Shes-wicked they never encouraged you to eat, you ate it in the time allotted and the rest went into the trash. I was always hungry in basic. In AIT it was the opposite.
@@wherecar54 thanks for the fast reply. I ship this summer. Trying to think ahead ; I cramp up pretty bad if I eat a lot before working out/activity lol.
@@Shes-wicked keep your mouth shut, pay close attention to everything, never, ever lose sight of your M4 in training, and try to be respectful to the Drill Sergeants, and you should be fine
@@wherecar54 thanks, I appreciate the advice
Early Vietnam era, we went through overhead parallel bars going into the chow hall. Speed was of the essence. By platoon? Probably. I don't really remember.
Yes, do remember the monkey bars before chow. Every time, every meal.
as a former 94b the breakfast meal was outstanding!
I wonder if they still have unsweetened Kool Aid? That was one of my nasitest memories, but I had to devour whatever was given. He said " if you can taste it Your wrong Privates"
Sundays were usually what I looked forward to! They served this breakfast pizza at the chow hall on Sunday mornings and that was something!
When I was in basic (summer 2001 at Ft. Knox), soda & desserts were strictly forbidden, as were short order lines (don't think they had one at my DFAC, or at least I didn't notice) regardless of PT scores or achievement of any milestones. The main line almost always had something good ~90% of the time, but the portions always felt inadequate. It was the healthiest diet I've ever eaten, since the inadequate portions forced me to fill up on salad - the only thing that wasn't portion restricted for basic training soldiers. Even though I still ended up being a disgusting fat-body after leaving the army, to this day I still hardly ever drink soda; this is perhaps one of the few remaining healthy habits that I kept from the army. đ€Ł
I did basic in Jan 1997....at Action Jackson and like you, everything was strictly prohibited. AIT on the otherhand the chow hall rules were laxed and we were allowed the desserts, soda and we even had snack machines on our first floor in the building. It was during AIT when I was at my lightest and lasted until about a year after grauduation. I got a hip injury that affected my ability to run and do situps but just enough to pass. The one thing I do miss, is the camaraderie and the bullshitting with buddies.
I used to think it not possible but i managed to get away from soda in basic and i went back to soda afterward and now i am trying to get away from soda again but it very hard so i am trying to learn what foods they had so i can avoid soda again.
"Chew and. Swallow!!!! Taste the food later"
Don't taste it, eat it!
When you throw it back up? Lbvs xD yikkeeeeeessss
US Army, trained at Ft.Benning here. We had orange chicken twice. No idea how since I've yet to have orange chicken again from the DeFac (now at Ft.Stewart) but somehow that was by far the best orange chicken I've ever tasted. I personally enjoy the DeFac food, for both training and service, and will heavily suggest, along with that orange chicken, the chicken with fish inside stuff, and the meatloaf. Personal opinion, though, and the only real way for you to know is to have it put on your tray while a drill sergeant ruins the day of the guy behind you for whatever reason he can find
I recall a drill sergeant calling the company to attention and ordering all Regular Army to the front of the line and the reservists and national guard to the rear of the line. That was at lunch. Breakfast was after PT at 0630. Lunch was often C rations of canned food eaten cold. I even got a pack of cigarettes occasionally. I recall the drill sergeant standing at the end of the chow line and shaking salt all over our food. He salted down my green jello. Breakfast was the best because we got OJ, eggs, hash browns and bacon. But I learned to chew my food quickly. The one drill sergeant would circulate among us and yell at us the to chew our food x number of times to get the maximum nutrition out of it. But to do it rapidly.
Can you do some officer MOS on MOS Monday? Such as 36A Financial Manager, or 42B Human Resource Officer. Iâm currently in the Guard as a 11B, but trying to become a 36A or 42B via ROTC. Love your videos, helped out a lot.
I LOVED Army basic training BREAKFAST!!! đ. Because I only had one bowl đ„Ł for breakfast, at home đĄ.đ„Ł
Can you do a video explaining the main abbreviations used in the army?
Honestly my recollection of Army chow back in 87-94 when I served was really not that bad!! Of course, everyones story will be different!!
I did basic during the summer of 1973 at Fort Lost in the Woods as well as AIT. The chow was good there. We did only have a few minutes to eat but unlike a lot if my buddies, I made a sandwich of as much of what was on my tray. That way it was far faster to eat. I sure came up with some odd sandwiches.
My dad went through 10 years after you did in September of 83.
Once you become a Soldier, you will go to different posts for training, etcetera. You will experience "Oh Wow" food from some chowhalls, to oh gawd ones. Always a fun perk of being in the Army. Hot Tip: Get some sort of trip that gets a layover in Hawaii. The Naval Base there makes gourmet box lunches for Army people leaving there! Former Army paratrooper here.
Private Benjamin: I want to do brunch! (standing guard duty in the rain)
The food I had in basic was better than the food at AIT and the food at camp vilseck, or maybe it just felt better đ€đ€đ€
Excellent video as usual. I leave for BCT next week, so this video was helpful. Thanks. Hooah!đ€
What day?
@@thegoldenwolf5554 3 Sep.
@@chrissmith9088 How is it so far lol
How did it turn out
Where u at now?
Lackland AFB, summer 1984. Surprisingly good food, wide variety, generally given at least sufficient time to eat, albeit you really could not lolly-gag around or chat with others much. The 10-minute rush thing the other branches was more along the lines of 15-20 minutes.
I did Basic at Ft. Lewis in 1970. I wish that I could tell you what I ingested. The issue was that the Drill Sergeants stood over us yelling: Eat faster! Swallow now; taste later! They then took us at double time, for a nice 5 mile tour of our base (in the rain).
As someone with a fast metabolism, and who likes to eat, let see what they have in there, looking forward on joining to the Army.
Love this one! Oh, yeah! They should do it in the Chicagoâs inner city! Good deployment means to find the food sources! Dumpster diving and everything! You gotta do what you gotta do! Be resourceful!
Drill Sergeant: "TWO Boxes of cereal!!?"
Me": "Well, Yeah"
DS: "What are you doing with TWO boxes of cereal!?:
Me: "I'm going to eat them, Sereant."
DS: "Sit down and eat and move it!"
Heâs 100 percent right about your experience can be different depending on your company because my company was the farthest away from the chow hall in my battalion so we pretty much only ever ate in the chow hall for dinner and that was it unless it was a Sunday. Donât ever remember really having lunch there but breakfast was pretty much always upu or hot As Iâve heard people call it both and lunch was always brought to wherever we were and then dinner typically we would come back and go to the chow hall but that even depended on the situation there were times where we wouldnât see the chow hall for a week so it just depends completely
I liked things I didn't have to chew haha. Like pancake with peanut butter and a banana. Or cornbeef hash or biscuits and gravy. I really liked the bellpepper with hamburger meat inside.
This is very informative! Thank you so much for your service to our nation! I appreciate everyone in the military because they sacrifice so much to help keep the United States the land of the free and the home of the brave! You are super awesome!
My fondest memory of chow during bct is a private taking two peanutbutters and he had to hold the extra up to a portrait of Michelle Obama saying "would you like some peanut butter former first lady?" Over n over . đ đ€Łđ€Ł
Hey Brother! Thank You for your service and The video! Yes, ours was pretty much the same.. however I remember it being so good!! We were hungry. Yeah, a couple of The Cadre had standards as far đą what You could have.. depending on pt results. I do remember milk All the time in dispensers. Whole and chocolate and maybe a low fat variety. I just put it in the cereal boxes! Again Man Thank You!
my experience was about the same as described in the video. i never had to pick up someone else tray though. the food is just "meh" nothing special. most of it was fine but the asparagus always sucked balls, and stayed that way in every unit I was in after training (14 year veteran). the food is the constant all through your military career. there are exception days. maybe you're over seas and they cook some local dish.
as for standing in line... yeah that is gonna sound like something you might not be able to handle... you can though. standing with maybe an inch between you and the guy in front of you and the guy behind you isn't what i consider natural. that whole personal space thing. but this as with many of the other things is necessary! you're a soldier and you follow orders. you'll be surprised that you're doing it one day and not think anything of standing so close to another guy. LOL or the day you're told to drop into a roadside ditch with 4"+ of gross looking water and lay there. after a while. following orders is just what you do. and the sight discomfort of not being an total individual but something more will fill that "but I'm an individual" space with pride in yourself and what you and they others have accomplished as a group.
being a soldier kinda sucks, not gonna lie. but you'll get to tell stories about it for the rest of your life. stories about things no one else will have been through. some of them will be slightly embellished. but others will be so out of the ordinary you might feel the need to tone them down just so they'll be believable.
here's a few examples of mine where just the title might captivate you...
"Adkins ate the banana"
"Where did ice cube go" (over seas bar story)
"SAC2 ammo/explosives return"
"Ft. Hood: your uniform for tomorrow will be a towel"
"PLDC commando hill slide maneuver"
"pink mist... yup that was a hit!" (war story)
"i can sleep through anything" (multiple stories)
i have way too many of these to list.
Boy wish I had some of that in â72!
Always remember eating was fast. In the chow line the Drill Sgt's would ask random people stuff from your smart book like your 3 General orders and so on. If you fail to answer correctly you were sent to back of line which meant you would have about 5 mins tops to eat. C-rats when out in the field or ranges. Funny story about AIT chow hall experience. We didn't have Drill Sgt's i guess you would call them NCO soldier herders :) Made sure they got there troops to class /mess hall/Etc. To this very day when i'm in a rush to go somewhere and i'm trying to get the family to eat quicker i would go back to the time the AIT NCO with the strong southern accent would say ( Put down the rake and pick up the shovel) Means put the fork down and use the spoon obviously. Sounded funny with his accent.Happened 37 years ago and it's one of the things that sticks in my head.Do they still have KP in basic?????? That was the worst part of basic for me.I joined knowing and excepting training to be in the Army but not washing dishes.
Remember food taste better with the heels together
I only had 10 minutes to eat so wasn't concern with how food taste, objective was just trying to get full fast. Semper Fi
You're not going to get enough time to taste it, so don't worry about it.
I dont drink soda anyways so i could live without it
When I was in military school they gave us just water or milk with salt less and sugar less food with nasty ass burritos. Eating w/ your feet at 45 degree and only for 5 mins was annoying xD getting yelled at while eating was so annoying too but I get now haha
LOL, the fact that people remember what they ate in basic training tells me it's become a lot easier than it was. The only thing I remember was using a spoon to shovel everything into my mouth before they told us time was up.
I was very underweight and actually was allowed and told to eat dessert or a bigger helping ... Other people that were overweight seemed to be the ones seemed to be on a quicker time limet
"Back in my day". In basic (1989) , lunch and dinner in the mess hall was basically meat and carbs (potatoes/noodles) and a vegetable. No salt or pepper at the table, just Mrs Dash.
Went in 87 and definitely remember the potatoes and noodles!! Usually beef stroganoff!! Always rice was available with everything too..
In 67 it was meat and potatoes. Best thing was chocolate milk.
Drill SGT we took initiative and marched ourselves to the chow hall.
i remember morning training and they would bring a duce an a!/2 full of chow - the best was the sos
at lunch they brought us c rations
and dinner was spegetiy
KP KP... KP all day Long!!!
An attempt was made... âspaghettiâ
Ft. Benning GA. Harmony Church summer of 1986. We stood at parade rest and read smart books. The Drill Sergeants asked you questions from the smart books like effective range of the M16A1, subjects in there like the M18A1 Claymore Mine etc. If you got the answer wrong, you went to the back of the line. If it was correct we did the pull up bars with 5 good pull ups. If you messed that up, back of the line along with answering questions from the smart books. If they were pressing for time it was read your smart books and do 10 push ups before entering. The foods I got introduced to which I never had as a civilian high school student but at Basic Training. First was Parmesan Chicken with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, Chicken Fried Steak, Chicken Ala King, Turkey Ala King, Tomato Ground Beef, Tuna with Noodles, Fried Ground Beef with Spaghetti Noodles with no Spaghetti Sauce, and my favorite was Chili Mac. That was for lunch or dinner. For breakfast was French Toast, Grits, and my favorite SOS. Never had them as a civilian. My Dad who served in the Army for 23 years never made or cooked these foods for us but told us how terrible they were. For breakfast Dad only had was bacon, eggs, toast and coffee. He never got "Fancy" like the Army did. Our Mess Hall at Harmony Church back in the day but now no more. Were wooden buildings made before and during WWII. They creaked as we walked or ran into them with green linoleum floors, painted white on the outside, and had shingles on the roofs. It was like being transported back to WWII, Korea, and the Vietnam era. The mess hall at reception before Basic was a modern red brick with air conditioning and very modern like a high school cafeteria. That ended when you got inside the cattle cars headed for Harmony Church. Same food but very old mess halls which they called the "DFAC". We called it the mess hall as our Drill Sergeants would call it. My Drill Sergeant was an E-7 Vietnam combat veteran from the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was very old school. Those were my memories of Infantry OSUT at Harmony Church in 1986.
Chris, is "kp" a thing of the past?? I recently asked Erica Bernie during one of her live streams. She is a drill sergeant on active duty. She told me she has never heard of "kp" and what the detail consists of. LOL!!!!! I know that I peeled plenty of potatoes during the three times that I pulled "Kp" during basic training!
Food trucks? We referred to them as the "roach coach", "maggot wagon" , "scarf and barf", etc. Although like you mentioned, the food from the trucks was almost gourmet stuff compared to the mess hall, chow hall or DFAC. LOL!!!
Doug The Eliminator itâs definitely still a thing lol
@@patlynch2101 It's crazy. You ask ten different people and get ten different answers! I read somewhere that the Army was thinking of scrapping the whole KP concept.
So it is still kinda a thing but not sure they still call it KP or not but it also depends on the units. A lot of soldiers I talk to did not do it in basic but would sometimes do it in the field.
@@christopherchaos I did it three times during my eight weeks of basic. Usually from 0500 to 1700 hours. We did everything from peeling potatoes to scrubbing pots and pans. LOL!
@@dougtheeliminator1077 Same here. I guess I was lucky. They had a drum with a grinder type wheel on the bottom that peeled the potatoes. Still had to cut them though. BCT 1989 Ft. Jackson.
Guess I'll find out Tuesday đ
Good luck
Probably not. Meps is not fast đ
Awesome background Brother
My daughter's mother still blames me for her telling mommy - "Eat it now, taste it later."
So good enough to get by
Heels together make the food taste better
My AIT was on an Air Force Base. The food was awesome.
I went to basic training at fort Jackson south Carolina on tank hill A-3-1 2nd platoon in August of 1979.and graduated on October 5th 1979, we slept in the world war two barracks and our mess hall was a world war two mess hall, they fed us good 3 meals a day and if we were out in the Field we ate C.Rations and they were better than the MRE,S anyday. My favorite at breakfast was shit on a shingle, and I can't remember what we had at lunch and dinner except the sausage and sauerkraut was great all the food in basic training we good they had a despencer that had coke and Sprite and Pepsi and white milk and chocolate milk we were allowed to to drink it. But in the company area they were drink machines and ice cream vending machines and we were not allowed to touch it one of my buddies in my platoon would volunteer to help severe chow and got caught with a peach in his pocket when we were in formation and the drill sgt made him cram the whole thing in his mouth and eat it
Once we got comfortable at Fort Leonard Wood. We marched ourselves to chow. "What were you doing privates"? We were just taking initiative Drill Sgt...
Basic training 1979 I was underweight drill sergeant always made the server give me extra, and it was heaven when you got to eat from the Roach Coach
Yakisoba was the best! âTake it to the headâ is what the DS would say to us to finish our drinks after only 3 minutes to shovel food down our throats.
Best meal at Basic was Thanksgiving. The DS was super nice, that was weird... Also Prosperity in the Green Zone had a pretty good Thanksgiving meal.
I always thought the chow was pretty darn good when I went through Parris Island. It wasn't until I got into the fleet when I I thought chow hall food wasn't all that good.
Currently in bt (Iâm guaranteeing tho) food is good but Iâm always hungry Iâm used to eating plates for to 8 meals dayy !! So itâs pretty tough
Basic 1972 Fort Polk When your name came up for kp the first one in the chow hall next morning got to be the DRO dining room orderly the others had pots/pans or other kitchen work for the day
Im going to ask my drill instructor if he can have fresh fruit and cookies out for me. I like that.
Donât forget to ask for a mint on your pillow also.
thabks for the advice guys, I cant wait for boot camp, will they have stress dogs, I like that too.
Dont do that
I want to ask them to take me to buffet.
Iâm gonna ask for a few Big Macs, 2 large fries, a large sweet tea, a large sprite, some ice cream, some apple pie and pumpkin pie, and 1 chocolate milkshake and 1 vanilla to top it off.
The Army serves great food. I was never disappointed
It cost 7 dollars for an mre. To feed a soldier in a mess hall only cost 3-4 dollars
Just watched the video. I was in basic in 1990 Ft McClellan Alabama in the summer our big rule was 2 glasses of water every meal hideration was important. In air toward the end we were allowed to go to Burger King for lunch on Sunday wow. Also one time I was eating with 3 others when someone said how's it going it was the base commander a 2 star he actually talked with us for 5 minutes.
My luck when I was doing mortar training we'd have to eat chow in field and rain
Maybe do a video on Army body Composition?
I don't drink pop or alcohol, I prefer clean food... Whatever food I have access to is what I'm happy with eating
It's crazy talking about not being able to eat short order. When I went to Basic Training in 06 I could eat whatever I wanted with no problems but I was skinny and needed to eat whatever to put on weight
When I went through Basic it was the old WWII wooden barracks and each Company had its own Mess Hall (Tank Hill SC 1979) The MH Staff were for the most part cool with us Recruits when we were on KP and no, no sodas and very limited on sweets/deserts. Platoons rotated on who entered first and whoever the last man in line, (each Platoon) had to announce "Last Man" and we were then told we had 15 minutes to finish eating if we weren't done already. This was before MREs and we had field meals in the hot buckets (whatever they called them LOL) OH, and absolutely NO TALKING, pass the salt was ok