Please explain.

[HENRY B]

anybody see the movie Furry ,best job i ever had.... 1969 was drafted in the army. went to mp school Augusta GA. They had too many in the mp school PEOPLE WHERE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR. started weeding out students .i was one of the weeded out students, too many traffic violations as a civilian. either infantry go to Vietnam or be a cook? hard decision , Became a cook. 10 months later ended up in Vietnam, made spc 5 was about 30 miles from Saigon . (BEST JOB I EVER HAD. ) Both wife's knew nothing about how to cook let alone boil water.

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[fjruple]

anybody see the movie Furry ,best job i ever had.... 1969 was drafted in the army. went to mp school Augusta GA. They had too many in the mp school PEOPLE WHERE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR. started weeding out students .i was one of the weeded out students, too many traffic violations as a civilian. either infantry go to Vietnam or be a cook? hard decision , Became a cook. 10 months later ended up in Vietnam, made spc 5 was about 30 miles from Saigon . (BEST JOB I EVER HAD. ) Both wife's knew nothing about how to cook let alone boil water.

Henry B--

A lot of folks do not realize how important and thankless your job in the military is. I was a Engineer battalion S-4 (Administration Logistics Officer) for 4 years. I only took the position because no one else wanted the job. It had to be one of the most important and challenging positions in my career. Running a 24/7 operations for mess, maintenance and logistics operations can be mind numbing to say the least and without excellent people who can act on their own initiative to get the job done. For without the beans, bullets and gas, all operations will very quickly stop and all eyes will turn to you. I believe it was Napoleon that said an Army travels on its stomach. I cannot count how many times our cooks were thanked by the troops for providing a hot Class A meal or hot soup in cold weather operation or hot water to shave with. Thank you for your service.

--fjruple

[Gil Boyd]

An Army marches on its stomach, a saying started by Napoleon and probably long before him.
These lads are taken for granted..............but by God, a bloody good meal is everything.

In terms of the guy who was jailed, he should have been proud of his service as a Chef absolutely NO need to inflate your Army record.
Besides that, a qualified Military Chef will always bring more money home I nearly said put(food on the table) than a guy who was an infantry soldier, who can only bring limited skills to civvy street........."in Joe Publics eyes anyway"