>  CS> You missed modern Navy chow.  Even back then, the army guys loved our
 >  CS> chow.
 > 
 > Never had army, but had airforce and it was BAD.

Thats odd.  AF chow now is normally good stuff.

 >  > I always thought the messmen did a far better job for the officers than t
 >  > white hats?  More like the stuff at IB, but on a daily basis?
 > 
 >  CS> Nope, they get the mid-lin cooks there and far less to work with so the
 >  CS> chow is not somthing i would pay for.  I remember when on the Fort
 >  CS> Mchenry, the officers bitching that they had to pay 150$ a month for
 >  CS> food.  This was an upgrade from previous amounts it cost.  Think about
 >  CS> feeding a person on that vice 278$ a month and you can see the result.
 > 
 >  CS> Officer chow generally 'sucks'.
 > 
 > How odd.  Not the rule during my days.

Things change.  When we had closed messes, CPO food was definately 'best' and
even now, it's got extras we buy with our CPO Mess money to augment things. 
Most common problem then was the Marines wouldnt kick in the same share of
money but eat up all the goodies.  Not all of them mind you and some groups
were really good about it, but now and then you'd have to lock the goodies up
til they left.
            xxcarol
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