Don't even get me started on the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse that is making officers PAY for food while they're underway: one of the biggest crimes in the Navy.complaining that I had to pay for another dinner
Don't even get me started on the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse that is making officers PAY for food while they're underway: one of the biggest crimes in the Navy.complaining that I had to pay for another dinner
Don't you pay for your food while not on deployment? Be it from a galley, Chipotle, or the grocery store, you're paying someone so that you can eat. I don't like mess bills any more than the next guy, and I get that many OCONUS DFACs ashore are free, but I've never understood the argument that you shouldn't have to pay for your food just because you're underway. Help me out.Don't even get me started on the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse that is making officers PAY for food while they're underway: one of the biggest crimes in the Navy.
Bazinga. It's a monopoly for one. I don't have any other choice of where to eatI get that many OCONUS DFACs ashore are free
You are collecting BAS while deployed, no?Don't even get me started on the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse that is making officers PAY for food while they're underway: one of the biggest crimes in the Navy.
Don't you pay for your food while not on deployment? Be it from a galley, Chipotle, or the grocery store, you're paying someone so that you can eat. I don't like mess bills any more than the next guy, and I get that many OCONUS DFACs ashore are free, but I've never understood the argument that you shouldn't have to pay for your food just because you're underway. Help me out.
So you object based on the absence of free market principles? Absence of choice means it must be free? I still don't follow.Bazinga. It's a monopoly for one. I don't have any other choice of where to eat
Mainly I object because of DFACs.So you object based on the absence of free market principles? Absence of choice means it must be free? I still don't follow.
So you're really only upset that someone else is getting something for free - not that you are inherently entitled to free food. It seems like your argument should be that people who eat in DFACs should be paying their fare share.Mainly I object because of DFACs.
I believe that they should pay their fair share, or we shouldn't be charged on the boat.So you're really only upset that someone else is getting something for free - not that you are inherently entitled to free food. It seems like your argument should be that people who eat in DFACs should be paying their fare share.
I believe that they should pay their fair share, or we shouldn't be charged on the boat.
How shall we rectify the other inequities that present themselves? Would you advocate for berthing every O3 and below ashore in a 6-man style room? Shall we remove WiFi access and slow their wired internet down to boat speeds? Should Navy adopt glow belts while embarked? I'm sure we can come up with others.I believe that they should pay their fair share, or we shouldn't be charged on the boat.
I object more to the quality of the food that I'm paying for. Ashore, like you mentioned, I'm able to choose what kind of food to purchase and how its prepared. Yes, I get its a military deployment, so I'm not expecting five star dining.Don't you pay for your food while not on deployment? Be it from a galley, Chipotle, or the grocery store, you're paying someone so that you can eat. I don't like mess bills any more than the next guy, and I get that many OCONUS DFACs ashore are free, but I've never understood the argument that you shouldn't have to pay for your food just because you're underway. Help me out.
Which would be preferable - paid boat food or free MREs of 8 months?I object more to the quality of the food that I'm paying for. Ashore, like you mentioned, I'm able to choose what kind of food to purchase and how its prepared. Yes, I get its a military deployment, so I'm not expecting five star dining.
Contrast that with my last deployment, where we had (I kid you not) weeks straight of only five different kinds of chicken for lunch and dinner, and then weeks straight of only cold pasta, and you can see my issue. I understand factors outside of the Suppo's control, but in this case we had regular UNREPs and she just hadn't planned the food deliveries appropriately. I'm certainly not expecting higher quality food than the troops, and I know that CS does not equal gourmet chef. However, when the food sucks because the SUPPO is incompetent, I'd like there to be some accountability, or at least the ability for us to withhold mess dues until its fixed.
Ohh...ohh...boat food! Boat food!Which would be preferable - paid boat food or free MREs of 8 months?