Les Schaffer wrote:
i was VERY IMPRESSED with the script these kids were running. if there
is not some Madison Avenue marketing firm involved in this
on-the-streets recruiting effort, i would be VERY SURPRISED.
and these guys were wouldnt-hurt-your-grandma sweet.
hey, one guy told me the money was really good! i didnt have the heart
to look him in the eye.
les schaffer
I can't imagine that the pay is better than a welfare check when you
consider the working hours... and the working conditions? Indentured
servitude is probably a step up for the average infantryman. Although
the sign-up and re-enlist bonuses might be tempting if you want a new
car for your widow to drive. ...And if you have a kid, well, it's a job
that supplies the family with health insurance, unlike most workplaces
in America today.
But there IS one definite advantage to military service in the new
millenium, the food is ... trendier, and perhaps tastier (the latter
courtesy of International Flavors & Fragrances labs, perhaps...).
New Army Food Trendier, Perhaps Tastier
Troops Won't Suffer Indigestion With New Ready to Eat Meals
http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=2085135
By TOM GIUSTO
June 16, 2006 — - Army food has gone trendy. Pretty soon, U.S. forces on
combat patrol in Iraq can pause for some chicken pesto pasta, and wash
it down with Irish crème-flavored coffee.
It's no secret that an army travels on its stomach, and the military is
trying harder to make sure its troops don't suffer from indigestion. In
celebration of its 231st birthday, the U.S. Army has offered a taste
test -- at the Pentagon -- of some of the new meals ready to eat this week.
Fondly known as MREs, the prepackaged meals are for U.S. troops not able
to get to food service facilities. MREs are wrapped in heavy plastic and
have a shelf life of more than three years.
A Wait for the New Menu
The list of new MREs includes chicken pesto pasta, chicken and
dumplings, instant granola, chipotle snack bread, vegetarian lasagna,
mango peach applesauce and the Irish-crème-flavored coffee.
The MREs on their way to extinction include beefsteak with mushroom
gravy, chicken tetrazzini and chicken with cavatelli.
To supplement the new MREs, the Army is offering HooAH! energy bars, an
energy drink called HooAH! Soldier Fuel and a chewing gum that packs as
much caffeine as a cup of coffee. ("Hooah" is a military battle cry that
means anything but "no.")
The military offers 24 different meals, four of which are vegetarian.
The chicken pesto pasta was a favorite in field tests, but it will take
a couple of years before it makes it to the troops.
It takes up to three years for a new MRE to get from the test kitchen to
the field. In the meantime, soldiers can just reach for the little
bottle of Tabasco sauce or the red pepper flakes that come with almost
all MREs.
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