It wasn’t a joke. During the initial invasion of Afghanistan, one of the first pieces of infrastructure was a self-contained Burger King truck. Airdropped in on a C-130.
Even way back, one of the biggest things during the Pacific Theater in WWII was the fact that the US had three ships dedicated just to transporting frozen and refrigerated foods, so that the troops had fresh food. The ships colloquially became known as ice cream barges because they had the capability to make a ton of ice cream. The Americans in the Pacific were eating fresh meat and ice cream, while the Japanese soldiers were eating shitty rations. It was a major morale killer for the Imperial Japanese.
Dammit, you dropped the two pieces of trivia I wanted to! hehe
The only other one I can think of is also from WWII, where the Germans became aware that Americans were sending things like birthday cakes to their soldiers - that would arrive before spoiling, indicating how good the supply chain was, and no only for weapons, but enough room for personal items like that.
What modern Republicans would call a “waste” was a major form of power projection.
It was a signal. “We are so strong that we can send our troops shit like cake to keep them happy and fed. You’re eating slop and wearing torn boots. We’ve already won.”
Not only did it boost American troops morale, but it crushed the enemy morale.
An enemy that feels they’ve already lost because of the massive machine coming towards them is easier to beat than a motivated enemy that can smell the incompetence from a mile away.
Now we know the food was full of HFCS and slowly killing the people. All those regime changes that are necessary for the bases around the globe are likewise a hidden dept.
High-fructose corn syrup is simply a simple sugar made from corn that increases the fructose content over the glucose content to mimic the sweetness level of cane sugar.
While food in the US suffers from having too much added sugar, the “HFCS” thing was a stupid misinformation campaign.
It wasn’t a joke. During the initial invasion of Afghanistan, one of the first pieces of infrastructure was a self-contained Burger King truck. Airdropped in on a C-130.
Even way back, one of the biggest things during the Pacific Theater in WWII was the fact that the US had three ships dedicated just to transporting frozen and refrigerated foods, so that the troops had fresh food. The ships colloquially became known as ice cream barges because they had the capability to make a ton of ice cream. The Americans in the Pacific were eating fresh meat and ice cream, while the Japanese soldiers were eating shitty rations. It was a major morale killer for the Imperial Japanese.
Dammit, you dropped the two pieces of trivia I wanted to! hehe
The only other one I can think of is also from WWII, where the Germans became aware that Americans were sending things like birthday cakes to their soldiers - that would arrive before spoiling, indicating how good the supply chain was, and no only for weapons, but enough room for personal items like that.
Yeah that was a huge part of it.
What modern Republicans would call a “waste” was a major form of power projection.
It was a signal. “We are so strong that we can send our troops shit like cake to keep them happy and fed. You’re eating slop and wearing torn boots. We’ve already won.”
Not only did it boost American troops morale, but it crushed the enemy morale.
An enemy that feels they’ve already lost because of the massive machine coming towards them is easier to beat than a motivated enemy that can smell the incompetence from a mile away.
It’s like the old anecdote about Kruschev seeing full grocery stores and realizing how far the US was ahead.
Now we know the food was full of HFCS and slowly killing the people. All those regime changes that are necessary for the bases around the globe are likewise a hidden dept.
High-fructose corn syrup is simply a simple sugar made from corn that increases the fructose content over the glucose content to mimic the sweetness level of cane sugar.
While food in the US suffers from having too much added sugar, the “HFCS” thing was a stupid misinformation campaign.
You lot sound dissapointed that us troups have low moral and don’t have ice cream 🤔
I never joined the military and I can acquire iced sweets anytime I want
When did they airdrop one? Only picture I can find is one rolling off the back of a landed C-17. Airdropping stuff is far more fun.