Rotten Food Being Served to Soldiers

[noobiechickenlady]

I seriously hope this is isolated too and I hate negative press against the military, but the word needs to be spread so this doesn't continue happening. There are ways of shipping & storing foods that help prevent this.

I agree with what others have said, this is compost, not food.

 

[Wifezilla]

The lettuce was beyond what I would feed the ducks for sure.

As for the contractors, my son said the contractors have been complaining for a while about the food they are told to use. No one appears to care.

My son usually eats with the contractors (who are from India). He says their chicken curry is great, but he does get sick of it after a while.

 

[~gd]

Back in the day I spent a lot of time in food prep both ashore and at sea. The food at sea was usually superior because every package of fresh food would be checked as it came on board both at home and in other's waters. I remember one supplier of pepperoni and other cured meats and stable cheeses kept having some of his product returned to his boat because it was moldy. He got so upset that he took a swing at the old cook who was doing the checking. The cook was well liked and the supplier soon found himself swimming. Things got out of hand as he went to the local police and we went to" repel borders" to keep them off the ship. The city gov. demanded that we turn over the wrong doers and we told them that they had the supplier and he was the one that did all the wrong. They ordered us out of the harbor never to return. Well the stuff hit the fan and started up through diplomatic channels. Our Captain went right to fleet command. Who ordered a court martial to be held on board the next day. Well we were all convicted and given 3 days of extra liberty for punishment The fleet commander could report that justice had already been done and that all involved had admitted what had been done and accepted punishment. Back in those days we had a policy where one Navy ship couldnt go the rest of the fleet wouldnt. When the city realized what was happening they invited us back. All was forgiven except that meat vendor never sold another pound to the NAVY.
Got off track, even ashore there was usually a fair amount of trimage to fresh produce both on shore and on ship. That is the crap you get when you contract with the lowest bidder. I live near fort Bragg and more solders shop the Wal-Mart than do the PX or commissary mostly because of the quality.

 

[bibliophile birds]

Kudos to your son for speaking out. I hope this has a positive outcome for both him and the soldiers.

i wouldn't bet on it, unfortunately. no matter what anyone's personal opinion of the military is (note: military establishment, NOT soldiers), you have to admit that they don't take kindly to criticism, especially from within their own ranks.

Wifey, I hope that your son is rewarded for doing the right thing, but i don't see that happening. tell him not to rile too many feathers. he can leave that to YOU!

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Kudos to your son for speaking out. I hope this has a positive outcome for both him and the soldiers.

i wouldn't bet on it, unfortunately. no matter what anyone's personal opinion of the military is (note: military establishment, NOT soldiers), you have to admit that they don't take kindly to criticism, especially from within their own ranks.

I agree . . . that is why I said what I said.

 

[Wifezilla]

He is up for promotion, but we don't see that happening. Doing the right thing doesn't always mean rainbows and lollipops. But we knew that.

 

[~gd]

You don't understand how the military system HAS TO WORK, If you are lucky you can send suggestions up the line but what comes down the line must be obeyed without hesitation or debate. Old sargents or other senior enlisted ranks can put their own twist on how things are actually done but they MUST be done. The weak link is the very junior officer who may have tons of book smarts but when it comes to practical matters often forget to duck. Because of the rank system he outranks the ones that really know. Sometimes the only answer in combat is to 'frag' him so it looks like enemy action and the senior enlisted ranks take over until a new junior officer is appointed or a more senior officer takes command.

 

[Wifezilla]

I have heard stories of "accidents" on Navy ships back in the day from one of my relatives.

 

[~gd]

I have heard stories of "accidents" on Navy ships back in the day from one of my relatives.

Well I had plans for my Navigation officer but the Chief said it was too cold for man overboard drills, maybe when we got warmer weather..... I was a radarman worked in a dark room right behind the bridge one night just a little after Midnight The Old Man (Captain of the ship) popped in and asked me where we were. While I told him I could see his face get red even in a darkened room. When he asked me if I was sure I just said you know how to work this rig check me out. Well we were steaming off the NC coast and point hattares (spelled wrong) shows up like a sore thumb, the old man took one look and read the distant scale. And went storming on the bridge and did a quick turn with the oil tanker that was my ship. A quick 180 turn takes a little over a mile with that ship and I could hear the old man cursing all that time, the officer of the deck was upset because he was following the captain's orders exactly. once we got turned around heading back out to sea. The captain had the messenger roust the Navigator out of bed and report to the chart room that was next door to the radar shack. the captain closed the doors to the bridge and the radar shack. Steel walls didn't cause us to miss a word said. We were all old salts that could cuss the paint right off the wall but we learned new words and combos that night that made us feel like new kids. Seems the navigators position had us 200 miles out to sea from where we actually were and the captain had ordered us to sail West all night so we would be in good position to hit Norfolk VA in the morning as it was we almost hit the diamond of low water off NC and we would torn our bottom off for sure.
Well Soap flows down hill so the Navigator blamed his mess on me and rode me the rest of our term of duty. I was all for arranging a trip overboard but the chiefs talked me out of it. The old man knew what was going on and would talk to me in the code room where only he and I were allowed to enter. When my hitch was up the navigator refused to approve me for reinlistment so I got the heck out.~gd

 

[abifae]

Is he going to get in trouble over posting?