American Couple & US Marine Reacts: UK vs US Military Ration Packs! Food Wars! FIRST TIME REACTION!
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- American Couple & US Marine Reacts: UK vs US Military Ration Packs! Food Wars! FIRST TIME REACTION! We have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST on today's episode! Gunnery Sergeant Brian (long-time friend of Natasha's) United States Marine! Brian is here to help us better understand what the USA calls MRE's, Meals-Ready-To-Eat and the comparison to the UK's Ration packs. There is SO much in this episode and it's very interesting to see all the different varieties, differences and nutrition content. As a Marine, Brian has eaten thousands of these and has a great deal of knowledge on the US's ration packs but what does he think about the UK's? This is a fun and fascinating episode and we are very excited for you to meet Gunnery SGT Brian! Please give him a warm welcome in the comments! Thank you ALWAYS to any Active Duty Servicemen & Women and ALL Veterans watching! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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We have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST on today's episode! Gunnery Sergeant Brian (long-time friend of Natasha's) United States Marine! Brian is here to help us better understand what the USA calls MRE's, Meals-Ready-To-Eat and the comparison to the UK's Ration packs. There is SO much in this episode and it's very interesting to see all the different varieties, differences and nutrition content. As a Marine, Brian has eaten thousands of these and has a great deal of knowledge on the US's ration packs but what does he think about the UK's? This is a fun and fascinating episode and we are very excited for you to meet Gunnery SGT Brian! Please give him a warm welcome in the comments! Thank you ALWAYS to any Active Duty Servicemen & Women and ALL Veterans watching! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
I have a very important question,what happens if you have a severe gluten allergy like me and can't eat like 95% or more of this food,or would I even not be allowed in the military because of my allergy?
Beverage whiter is basically powdered milk for hot drinks like tea or coffee
Beverage whitener =powdered milk
Porridge is made from Oats so it's what you'd call Oatmeal. And I bet they put some of the jam in it !
Thanks for the invite y’all! I had a blast!
What a lovely man Brian is, please bring him back especially for some more military reactions. ❤️🇬🇧
The main thing to remember..... MRE's main purpose isn't to be Gourmet eats, it's intended to put food in your gut and give you sustenance and energy to be able to keep fueled and fighting.
you're 100% right of course, but it can't be understated that their number 2 purpose is morale.
When my ex-UK Army husband used to come home from exercise, he would always bring home his leftover ration pack! I used to really enjoy them.
Bless him.
When I was in the RAF back in 88-92, I lived on a USAF Base and my wife worked in the Chow Hall. They used to sell MRE's for $1 each so she used to buy a bunch and I'd take them on exercise in case I didn't like the stuff we got. Thankfully, on most of exercises we had a field kitche so we'd get a proper full English breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper would normally be stuff like sausages, burgers, meat pie etc with chips and beans/peas and they'd even do a supper around midnight for those working through the night.
28:05 guys, a biriyani is a traditional Indian/Persian dish which is slow cooked and features layers of ingredients and rice cooked together and can be baked at the end to give a bit more of a dry consistency. Extremely delicious if done well, something everyone's Mum has a slightly different recipe for and overall one of my absolutefavourite things to eat and I'm as Northern European as they come. Not usually good in restaurants as thry try to Anglify/Americanise it but if a friend's Mum is making it and you get invited over then you're in for a real treat, it'll have been cooki g all day and, just the smell alone... Ambrosia.
There are a couple of restaurants near me that do good biriyani, but I live in an area with high immigration from India (also China & Philippines) so there's probably more pressure to do it well.
Thank you for your service Gunner SGT Brian…..
What a wonderful guy, great sense of humour and comes across as being a very well balanced man, especially after what he must have gone through during he’s service….
Please please do have him back again, he’s a natural for CZcams
Welcome Brian and thank you for your service.
I’d love to see you all re-react to some of your favourite military videos but with Brian, especially some of the Royal Marines videos to get a US Marine’s perspective.
Also thank you Brian for your service. As a Brit, your service in the US forces helped preserve my own freedoms and keep my country safe, as we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder as the greatest alliance the world has ever seen 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Semper Fi
Brian was a great addition as many others have said, would be nice to see him on more videos... especially British military reactions. love from the UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸
I want Sgt Brian back! For sure!!
Great episode.
We can pretty much guarantee his return 😉
This is one of the funniest videos you've done. Side note, my brother was in the Australian military for 23 years. I've always loved camping in the Aussie bush, and when my brother came out of service I suggested we go on an extended cramping trip in the Outback. "Bugger off", was the response I got. "I've done enough camping in service to last me 3 lifetimes".
lol 😂
I know what he means.
After serving for 18 years, hotels are very good when camping.
I had the same reply when I suggested me and my dad go on a camping holiday.
And he left the army over 50 years ago.
STARS
The Navy steer by them.
The Army sleep under them.
The Air Force rate their accommodation by them.
I’d have to agree. I’m not really one for camping in a tent anymore. I’d rather glamp it up now!
@@russcattell955iAnd the Marines shoot them bad boy! 😜
More Brian please. This was an interesting and fun episode and your very special guest added so much extra detail and insight.You should ask him back for more military content.
We already have! Thanks Mandy! ❤️
@@TheNatashaDebbieShowGive him my regards.
It was reported here in the UK that in Dessert Storm 1, that American troops were swapping bullet-proof vests for British MRE's (rations.)
I loved this video girls. It was great to get Sargent Brian's insights into this topic. He seems like a really nice guy! I'm not American but I thank him for his long service to the US Marines.
Gunnery Sergeant Brian Thank you for your service would also like to thank you for your insight on this video loved the point you made when you pointed out "Food is food, anything food in your belly is better than hunger"
During my reserve service I worked with a US liaison officer, an armor and ranger trained LTC. He referred to the MREs of the time as “Meals Rejected by Ethiopians”! This was about 15 years ago.
UK “rat packs” have changed quite a few times over the years, from can based storage to dehydrated blocks and now pouches. We were given experimental chocolate (Mars bars) designed not to melt in the Indonesian jungle - but given them in winter in Brecon. We had to saw them apart and lick the dust - it was impossible to bite them!
😂😂😂. Honestly never heard than one, but accurate!
Another amazing episode from you 2 awesome ladies. Was lovely to see your long time friend Gunnery SGT Brian and thank you for your service. Thank you to all military and veterans for your service. Was interesting to see the difference between the both ration packs.
Thank you Brian for your service and being part of the Natasha and Debbie show! I would love to see you back again ❤. Thanks once again N & D for a fun and informative reaction video. Lots of love to you both from the land of Hobbits and Kiwi's 😀❤❤
Thanks Heather! Tune in Wednesday for our 1st of many New Zealand Episodes!
A very interesting video. What a lovely down to earth guy Brian is. Thankyou for your service. Intriguing seeing the differences and likenesses of the military food our brave guys have to choose from. Going to watch it again. Loved it.
Thanks so much Richard ♥️
I remember many years ago when back home in England when the British forces moved from ration packs to the MRE style that they have now the defense minister that the uk had at the time after trying the MRE style meals he said that MRE stood for meals rejected by Ethiopia
Welcome Brian all military do an amazing job whatever country they serve thank you love from England x x
Welcome Brian thank you and all forces for your service. I have watched quite a few mre videos in the past from different countries
This was an absolutely fascinating video. Having Brian there to add his military take on the video was an inspired idea and I think we need more Brian. Perhaps on a live chat? My oldest son was in the Air Training Corps and did camp out. On these camps he did try MREs, some he liked, others he said were ok and others were not enjoyed. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK. PS A large and heartfelt Thank You to all serving and ex military.
Gunny Brian brought the SME! The oat blocks were my favourite. I used to soak them in hot water for a sweet porridge type thing. Great way to start the day. And most of the hot food was OK with seasoning and Tabasco 😊. I can’t believe they’ve removed the choccie bars…it was the best bit! Yorkie bars branded as “not for civvies”…always made me chuckle, even when cold wet and feeling a bit miserable 😂. I remember the tinned ‘Rat Packs’ from my early days in the RAF. HORRIBLE mostly. They had such a stock that when the new rations arrived we were fed the old rations in the mess to get rid of them. I remember seeing cans with dates in the 60s and 70s being used…amazed I’m still really😂.
I used to mix my oat block with the chocolate powder until it was a paste. Spot on.
Thank you for a superb video, I loved that and Brian is an amazing guy and I hope we will see him back soon. Love ya ❤️
Really really enjoyed that reaction, Gunnery SGT Brian is so lovely and what a guest to have to go through the ration packs with you and how interesting we all learnt something there between uk and usa ration packs. Loved that please do invite Brian back on I bet his knowledge Is amazing, sending you all love❤
This was a really interesting video. All your videos are. Please bring SGT Brian back for some more reactions. He was such fun to watch and a lovely man. Thank you for the video. X
More Brian please he’s lovely ❤
He really is!!
I like this, the fella Is clearly a chilled good man with a respectful past 👍🏻
Always love your channel ladies and the addition of Brian was excellent. Brian comes across as a very decent stand up guy, good man 👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you! What you see with our channel & the guests we have on is what you get. 100% genuine
Bring Brian Back! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you Natasha, Debbie and especially SGT Brian for such an interesting video. Thank you for your service sir and sharing your personal experience of the US ration packs.
Wornick has been owned by the Baxter soup company from Fochabers in the Scottish Highlands for several years.
I wonder why they don't make provisions for the UK army too.
Brian seems like a great guy, loads of personality and good fun.
Thanks to all three of you, I really enjoyed this one. You've got to get Brian on video with a retired British soldier so they can compare everything (not everything, you know what I mean lol) 😂
I’d be down with doing this! It’d be awesome to see what their retirements are like and what their ceremonies look like.
I'm guessing from the Stoke City badge that like myself you're from Stoke on Trent.
Definitely need more Brian on the channel, absolutely fantastic gent and a star guest 👍🏻 great video ladies 👍🏻 much enjoyed.
He seems like a great friend.
🤣Natasha face while Gunnery Sergeant Brian was trying to explain the slang terms for snack food! Made the whole video for me!
From the old UK Rat Packs: Oat biscuits, mixed with apple flakes and sugar , add hot water - hit the spot every time!
The British ones come with a flameless heater, which is virtually always going to be used due to a brew going on (tea, or some people like instant coffee these days)
It's the same as ours
Bring Back Hexamine cookers and cleaning the black off the the mess tins on the wet grass lol.
He has good knowledge Brian thankyou.❤
Great reaction Natasha & Debbie & Brian. The issue with some of the items were as Brian said they were not heated. Hope Brian is in some more videos, he seems a great guy.
Thank ypu! And Brian is a Legend!!
Absolutely love me this Ty Gunnery Srgt Brian for your service and it was great having him on your show girls absolutely loved this xxx
when i was in the RN rat packs came with a hexi stove to cook with, yes i'm old
thank you for your service Brian and to all those that served all over the world, i had the honour to nurse veterans from WW2, RAF, Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines in a nursing home opened in WW1,to nurse veterans from WW1, it still nurses veterans from the RUC, UDR and others that served in our conflict
Natasha, and Debbie, you have hit this video for six (that’s a cricketing term), or as you Yanks say “out of the ballpark”.
Sgt Brian is a great addition to the team, and it’s a great idea to have his take on the military videos you guys do.
As for Australian army ration packs, you say sweetened condensed milk to almost any Australian soldier, and watch his reaction, it will near be ecstasy, one small tube of that was like gold, you never put in anything, you just squeezed it straight out of the tube into your mouth, glorious!
I left the army many moons ago, but the one thing that is a constant is there is a tube of sweetened condensed milk in the fridge.
A great video girls, and from a Royal Australian Artillery Gun Sgt, to Sgt Brian, thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇦🇺
Thank you & Thank YOU for YOUR service 🫡
Who remembers Babies ‘eads, treacle pudding, milk and jam in a tube (like toothpaste), powdered tea (I actually liked it) and tinned sausages?
Treacle pudding in civilian life just isnt the same, cant get it just right... babbies 'yed, gorgeous.
I loved babies heads
😅 Don't forget cheese possessed, Screech and biscuits AB. It took your body's digestive system a week to recover once you finished eating rat packs.
Babies head, pilchards (I used to get all the cans others were not wanting and end up like Buddha) and Bacon Grill!
Good morning , yes looking forward to this one , out of all my nephews and nieces I have 2 in the Police force , one about to join the army and another about to join the Marines , so very proud , just leaves me as the black sheep of the family lol , xx
That was an eye opening video and it was a nice touch to have a 22 year veteran in Gunny Brian to share his views for us. 💪👍
That was excellent and very informative . Please come back Brian.
Thanks! We will certainly have our Certified Expert back!!
Respect to Brian for his service and great video guys! As a Brit I found your comments on curry particularly amusing 🙂
I'd love to see Brian back ! Nice guy.
When I was in the British military. The ration packs were still in tins. I was a cook in the Royal Air Force and the most popular things in the 10 man packs were the tinned sausages and the tinned steak puddings x
Babies Heads were my favourite followed by compo sausages and bacon grill... I wouldn't eat any of the stuff in these modern packs.
Do you remember chocolate bars in tins…or did I dream it?
@@Cleow33 I don't recall a chocolate bar but they might have done a chocolate sponge pudding.
Well done girls, dragging a Marine kicking and screaming out of his foxhole 🤪- -I'm ex Royal Artillery - the respect we have for each other across the pond is eternal. 👍 What they do is astonishing ... all we did was make rude noises and make things go "BANG" ... at least we were loud.
Marines are good at two things….. killing and blowing s*1t up! I think you’ll agree! Rude and crude noises are a must with Marines. The ruder and cruder you can get, the better!
Aww ask Brian back he was lovely xxx
We used to go camping at Easter and it could often snow - best meal of the weekend was "all in stew". Any food left so like a tin of soup - some beans - a tin of sweetcorn - some peas and a tin or steak in gravy for example was chucked in a pan and heated up and had with any left over bread .......... THE BEST MEAL of the camp !!!
I did 32yrs in the Royal marines I joined the boys army at 16 and the marines @ 18 just retired the MRE's are very good now but back in the 90's they were terrible 99% of British soldiers hate it when someone says to them thank you for your service,I think it's an American thing
M.R.E used to mean: Meals Rejected (by) Ethiopians. That was back in the 70's-80's so there must have been an improvement to them. Greeting from Down Under.
I found this really interesting. Thank You and yes Sgt Brian was cool 😎 😂😂❤❤❤🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you for another great video and thank you for your service
Natasha & Debbie, Great video once again, I would Love to see more reaction video`s with you both and Gunnery Sergeant Brian, he seems like a very chilled and cool person.
If you can find Scots Porridge Oats.a serving is 3 quarter cup of oats to 1and one half of cold water. Pinch of salt and heat until thickened in microwave. 1minute at time stirring each time.
It will easily keep you going for a number of hours.
You can serve it plain (as in Scotland), with milk and sugar or with fruit.
Absolutely gorgeous any way you serve it - and very economical!!!
I will say that the steak one from the UK Ration Pack was likely a type of stew seeing as how it came with dumplings. Traditional UK dumplings (also known as dough buoys in the part of Scotland I grew up in) are nothing like the types of dumplings found in other countries. Theses are balls of flour, suet and water that can have herbs and seasonings added and are generally cooked in a stew, though sometimes baked in an oven but even those that are cooked in a stew are sometimes placed under the grill (broiler) to brown the top once cooked. They are delicious balls of pure stodge. But I do think that if the steak had been heated up, the colour would have been darker (due to the fat melting back into the gravy) and more appetising looking.
That was great. I really loved it. That was so cool. Very much appreciated.
A very informative and fun episode - get him on again 😁👍🏼
Really enjoyed this episode and may I say, what a lovely man Brian is, would like to see him back in more episodes and thank you for your service.
Love from the UK 🇬🇧🇱🇷
That was fun and informative. Loved Gunny, got to bring him back sometime
I remember having the Tinned version of British MRE (Commonly called a Rat Pack) between the 70's and 90's. For breakfast we would use the oatmeal biscuits and milk powder and add hot water to make porridge, sachets of jam also got added for a fruity version. We carried bottles of Tabasco and Worcestershire Sauce and curry powder to make the Rats at least palatable. If we were pushed for time, we would gather all the hot meals and cook them all in one mess tin, That led to such delicacies as Beef stew with dumplings and chicken casserole all m,mixed together with lashings of curry sauce to kill the taste. I love the memories this video has stirred :) Thanks Ladies :)
The UK military used to have "biscuits brown" which as the name suggests were biscuits which were brown. They were renowned for stopping you up for up to a week if you overindulged.
British rations have changed a lot since I was in the army. I don't what they're called now but they used to be called compo (short for composite ration) and when I first joined the army way back in 1987 a lot of the meals came in small tins and a tin opener was issued as part of the kit, in the 90's they replaced the tins with boil in the bag pouches and were known for a while as arctic rations but essentially stayed the same. There was also no vegetarian option. Depending on which menu you had breakfast could be bacon and beans, sausage and beans or corned beef hash, all menus had porridge oats. Evening meals could be beef stew and dumplings, chicken supreme with rice, burgers with beans and some others that I can't remember, for desert there was rice pudding, mixed fruit cake or fruit dumplings and most menus came with dried apple flakes. There wasn't a meal for lunch but there was high calorie snacks such as chocolate, boiled sweets and glucose tablets. There was also a sundries pouch which contained a small packet of chewing gum a sachet of powdered soup, fruit drink powder (orange or lemon) also a small tin of chicken pate with a ring pull lid and 2 packets of hardtack biscuits that was a substitute for bread and a packet of fruit biscuits (nicknamed the combat garibaldi) as well as tea bags, coffee powder, whitener (aka powdered milk) sugar, regular matches and windproof matches and sterilising tablets. I'm glad they still have the oatmeal block, I love oatmeal blocks. They didn't have a self heating bag so they also came with a hexamine burner.
It is interesting to have a retired vetran to really explain what kind if food the uk/USA have.and thanx Brian for his ervixe.usa.❤❤
That was excellent and informative. It would be good to have Brian comment on other military subjects.
And a special 2:48 good morning to Sgt. Brian! My beloved brother was also a Marine and Vietnam Veteran even though he was Canadian!
There are a number of videos out there that feature soldiers from different countries, comparing their own ration packs to that of other nations. Some really interesting comparisons.
Happy New Year to you both 🎉
Loved this video and wanted to welcome Brian and thank him for his service .
I was in the Army Reserves in Australia back in the 80’s and did get to try the Army ration packs while away on weekend training exercises. Most of it was edible, but things like the biscuits were hard enough to resole your boots with lol 😆 The MRE/ Ration packs are so much better now 😊
It's Ange
lovely to meet Brian this was really interesting the meals were more varied than i thought they''d be Very interesting
Omg what a gent Brian is! Please send my regards and thank him for his service, also, how interesting is this! Never even thought of the rations people in the military have here and the US ❤
Thank you! I do miss my Marines these days.
Awesome video girls. Loved Brian, what a cool guy!.
Could listen to Brian all day- what a voice!
I see you rocking that US Marine Corps gear with the Gunny! Hey Gunny.... SFMF !!!!! OOH-RAH!
Coming back later to watch, looks like a good one again girlies xx ❤
"beverage whitener" is what it says on the tin, a 'whitener' for your beverages. ie: coffee and tea. So powdered milk basically.
I’m digging all the comments everyone! Anyone following, just call me Guns or Gunny!
There's a great spoof CZcams video, from (I think) the 1990s, made by a Royal Marine Training Team, revealing the contents of an "Officer's 24hr Ration Pack".
From the box, on the table, the NCO pulls out silver cutlery, linen napkins, silver candelabra & candles, a bottle of Claret, a bottle of Port and on it goes, all with a straight face - very, very funny!
Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year.
You too!
Looking forward to this, good morning everyone and happy Friday :-)😊
The thing to remember is that Indian food is to the UK what Mexican food is to the US. As a nation we consume VAST quantities of curry and it's especially favoured by tough young men, such as you find in the armed forces, for whom "how hot can you take it?" is a challenge that must be accepted. Also, cold weather and fresh air makes you want stronger flavours, which is another reason why you see so much curry and chilli in these packs. As for mixing rations, yes I've seen video of Brit troops doing that. Putting biscuits in stews to bulk them up is the one I remember.
Fantastic video thank you.
Thank you for watching ♥️
I remember (long, long ago) the UK MRE's used to contain a foil pack entittled "Biscuit, Brown". One of the main functions of these was not particularly to provide nutrition, as much as to (ahem) save you having to go for a walk with your entrenching tool... most squaddies I remember used to keep a couple of packs in their bergen in case of developing the squits whilst on manouvers. Think they were Dark Digestive biscuits, with Arrowroot baked in there - but damn they were effective. Faith may move mountains, but it couldn't move me after a pack of those damned things.
from my time in the British Army. MREs only came in towards the end of my service. The best mix. Was the hot chocolate powder mixed with the rolled oats( porridge)
This was a real interesting video and I learnt a lot. Welcome to the family Brian, hope to see you again soon :)
Thanks guys that was Class
love your show, all the way from Belfast UK
I loved the oat biscuits and chicken curries, the beverage whiteners is basically powdered milk for tea, coffee
When I did my time in the UK forces (late 60s,70s,80s) the rations included sausages that were to die for. I enjoyed them so much that I used to get some and take them home as the wife liked them as well. It wasn't long before she noticed when they were made ............ 1947 ............ needless to say she stopped eating them but I still loved them. Anyone from that time and from the UK forces who are reading this will remember eating 'Babies Head'.................?????
Until recently flameless heaters weren't a thing in UK ration packs, the troops were issued with hexamine blocks in a little metal stand which could be used to heat water to heat the rations. Or you'd use a boiling vessel in a vehicle to boil water to heat the rations.
Boiling water is of course also integral to tea, which is what keeps the British military working.
Please bring Brian along for some reaction videos of Royal Marines. My son is an active RM Commando, recently returned from California USMC mountain warfare center. From time to time some US Marines come across to the UK for a few months to take the All Arms Commando Course and earn the green beret.
With his rank and length of service, Brian will undoubtedly have worked alongside our British RM units.
Hi you two 👋 serving British squaddie here - if we deploy on exercise/operations each man would carry a complete 24 hrs pack split down so it will fit into our packs/webbing, although we may also have an extra 1 or 2 depending on how long it is between resupplies.
Brian is right though 😂 food is food, especially if you've been put for a few days or more - at that point people just want something hot and filling
What regiment/corps? I'm ex RAMC.
@@clayhead12000 Former KRH, now R Sigs
Welcome to the gang Gunny Brian!
Porridge is similar to oatmeal. In the old ration packs you also got chocolate drink powder and apple flakes. Mix all three together food of the gods.