> The concept of a paid mess is kinda beyond me?  Was this true back in my
 > days as well?  (51-54.)  I know the CPO had their own mess, but did they
 > pay for it or was it in a general budget?

 CS> CPO's are enlisted so get the same money E1-6 get.  This is turned over
 CS> to the mess and then, in a closed mess, they buy food with it and cook
 CS> it.  In an open mess, it all goes to the same buy as the E1-6 mess and
 CS> we just pull out our share of the foods.  We also have an ancillary bit
 CS> that we voluntarily kick in from 10-15$ a month for (varies by ship)
 CS> which is used to get 'extra stuff' we want.

I guess there's some advantage to never being more than a 2nd class, and 
having a job that was so tightly focused you didn't even know about how the 
messhall was funded.  :)

I find it interesting that as a CPO you were so deeply involved in this 
stuff?  I thought that was what officers were for?

Obviously, even in my day, someone had to budget this stuff but I never 
gave it a thought and if I did I would have guessed that someone came up 
with a overall budget of xxx dollars per white hat per day thing.   It 
would then be up to the base commisary officer to decide do we buy steaks 
or cold cuts with it - and just prior to my arriving at Skaggs that dude 
was arrested for pocketing the difference.  :)

The only extra I ever had was on the eve watch we always made a run to CPO 
club and ordered hamburgers for the watch.  I think they were 35c back 
then?


 
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