tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post5149437276249709063..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: "Marching On Our Belly"A Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-81428990640917699892015-01-06T03:24:53.343-07:002015-01-06T03:24:53.343-07:00Thanks, Brian. I was one merit badge short of Eag...Thanks, Brian. I was one merit badge short of Eagle Scout...always regretted not finishing it up.<br /><br />Good for your son.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-42524220499375644452015-01-05T11:48:15.632-07:002015-01-05T11:48:15.632-07:00I enjoy all of your writings. I only post when it...I enjoy all of your writings. I only post when it hits a nerve, mostly political crap. I laugh and sometimes just nod or shake my head at some of your stories. Keep them up we all enjoy them. <br /><br />Been carrying a p38 for 11 years since my son started Boy Scouts,<br /><br />Proud parent of an Eagle Scout.Brian Kaliforniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485410213937702714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-52845864310027565882015-01-05T11:34:28.519-07:002015-01-05T11:34:28.519-07:00Thanks, Brian!
Thanks, Brian!<br />A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-82404669458097722632015-01-05T09:35:02.918-07:002015-01-05T09:35:02.918-07:00I for one thoroughly enjoy these military remembra...I for one thoroughly enjoy these military remembrances. I've just been up north hunting the last few days and am only catching up now. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453990769681687739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-35410452886522841342015-01-05T01:29:30.498-07:002015-01-05T01:29:30.498-07:00Glad you liked them, Randy.Glad you liked them, Randy.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-40024582450058964092015-01-04T15:53:23.139-07:002015-01-04T15:53:23.139-07:00My father was a Korean war vet that stayed in the ...My father was a Korean war vet that stayed in the reserves. When he did his 2 weeks a year active duty, he used to bring me and my brother C-Rats. We thought that was the coolest food in the world.TheRandyGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-15796641135161818962015-01-04T04:31:11.130-07:002015-01-04T04:31:11.130-07:00I had a couple of MRE's, Corky. They are bett...I had a couple of MRE's, Corky. They are better than the old C-rations but still not that good. I hear they are doing a lot of research up in some labs in Illinois or somewhere...trying to inject taste in the meals. Guess it's hard when it has to stand up to extreme temperature ranges and such.<br /><br />Yep, that P-38 is pretty damned handy!A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-68950800398402377312015-01-03T16:04:00.142-07:002015-01-03T16:04:00.142-07:00Yep remember them well. I also carry my p-38.
Will...Yep remember them well. I also carry my p-38.<br />Will try to remember to post so you do not feel so alone.<br />Corky<br /> P.S. I eas'd when mre's were just coming in now that as edibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-70492861939723418642015-01-03T10:12:03.464-07:002015-01-03T10:12:03.464-07:00I just had to laugh at that, Craig! Yeah! Put th...I just had to laugh at that, Craig! Yeah! Put that stuff in the Food Stamp program and see what it does for obesity rates! A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-51314373141801217062015-01-03T09:51:45.371-07:002015-01-03T09:51:45.371-07:00Dog and cat food looks more appetizing than the st...Dog and cat food looks more appetizing than the stuff in that picture.Giving anybody that to eat is wrong, especially our Military. With the obese problem we have in this country maybe the govt. could distribute any leftover quantities to the size challenged population, just an idea.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713780751036681768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-13155721531114324702015-01-03T08:37:25.934-07:002015-01-03T08:37:25.934-07:00Frank, we had guys from places where spicy foods w...Frank, we had guys from places where spicy foods were part of their diet. Like guys from Louisiana who packed little miniature bottles of hot sauce in an effort to doctor the stuff. Didn't help much.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-25102994885106224432015-01-03T08:36:05.284-07:002015-01-03T08:36:05.284-07:00Hey Unknown, sounds like you've been there, do...Hey Unknown, sounds like you've been there, done that. So you know! :)A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-65880481578732572942015-01-03T08:35:21.036-07:002015-01-03T08:35:21.036-07:00Thanks, Jerry. During Vietnam, when we had the dr...Thanks, Jerry. During Vietnam, when we had the draft, there were certainly enough folks from the general populace who participated and understood what military life was like. Not so much today because of the all volunteer force.<br /><br />And yes, the President showing up on TV sharing a big plump brown turkey is a bit misleading. The other 363 days outside Thanksgiving and Christmas sucked pretty good. :)A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-86078350742980817602015-01-03T08:01:30.545-07:002015-01-03T08:01:30.545-07:00I wouldn't have lasted 5 days on those rations...I wouldn't have lasted 5 days on those rations. I grew up with an Italian Mother who REALLY knew how to cook so eating crap like that would not have done it.I thank my lucky stars every day.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-3481348784849607502015-01-03T06:45:24.872-07:002015-01-03T06:45:24.872-07:00Good summary and reminder; not to mention an accur...Good summary and reminder; not to mention an accurate assessment.<br /><br />thanks for posting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11193714868806177485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-72171733980458688082015-01-03T06:18:13.518-07:002015-01-03T06:18:13.518-07:00It is always interesting what people comment on or...It is always interesting what people comment on or whether they bother at all. This is stuff I have ever really known and I find it interesting. In time of war I think civilians should be eating the very same diet as our soldiers. Times have changed. We have wars now, people getting killed and we are not even aware of it. Not like the '60's, today's wars do not even make the evening news.<br />It seems like we need the adrenalin rush of Enquirer type news and headlines to arouse us and even then we would rather watch the video than, God forbid, actually have to read something!<br />Sometimes it is the mundane and picayune of life that really influences us. If we don't know "stuff", how can we make decisions?<br />I see the chow halls as shown on television, even see the President (any President) bring the troops a turkey and assume our service people are well taken care of. Until the V.A. scandal broke and when people were blissfully unaware, it was assumed that we did a pretty good job taking care of our Veterans. We "see" communities building brand new housing for the disabled veterans and we think "everything is OK". I think we are supposed to think that. We are getting used to the idea of abstract war in places we can not find on a map, about issues we are unfamiliar with and at a cost we know nothing about.<br />My brother served in Vietnam, some kind of special operations crap and,<br />over 50 years later, he will not tell me of one day there! Like 3 years of his life totally erased. I think there is a cost to this also but, not having that experience, I do not know what that is.<br />I feel like a fool when I say, "Thank you for your service" when I have no idea what that means.Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.com