US Army Canteen in Iraq
http://www.thisisjustcool.com/cool-p...nteen-in-iraq/

Ok not all Americans enjoy this luxury but fact is the Brits in Iraq and Afganistan have less gear, less commodities, less pay, less leisure and less cake. They are very close to the WW2 grunts, and i respect them very much, as it must sometimes piss them off that they are so underfunded. Still they perform with the sterotypical British calm, humor and courage in ****ty conditions under fire.¨Salute.:up:

Give the Australians a couple of months to work on it, they'll get a beer fridge installed one way or another!:D

Crud! If they had a tank as big as the new Challenger, no problem!

Salute indeed. I doubt I could stomach a British MRE.

Once KBR got the chow hall up and running in Fallujah it was quite a nice establishment. And the some of the Brits got to share it with us.:D
For Thanksgiving and Christmas I heard they had, amongst other things, boar, lobster, caviar and ice sculptures! Friggin' ice sculptures!

I missed both, since the insurgents decided to attack the Al-Kharma police station to celebrate Thanksgiving, and on Christmas I was delivering hot meals to the grunts. Fortunately, every Sunday they served steak, shrimp, and lobster,(all you can eat:D ) so I didn't miss out entirely. They even had soda and ice cream.

As much as I abhor such a waste of taxpayer money, it is nice to have things like that in such a miserable place. Thanks America!:up:

It will be easy to spot which are the Australian tanks and which are the Americans. The Australians will have half a dozen eskys straped to the back!:up:

- giggle -

Giving fighting troops good chow is never a waste of taxpayer money. At least this is how this tax payer feels. :yep:

What is the MBT the Aussies use these days :hmm:

We took delivery of the first 18 M1A1 Abrams a little while ago. Phasing out our old AS1 Leopards. Not sure when the rest, 59 in total purchased, get delivered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_A...Armoured_Corps

I've had British MREs and they are fine. I heard US ones aren't that great either. Then again is any boil in the bag food really any good?

I'm sure they're okay if you like British cuisine.
The U.S. ones can be fairly good, too. It just depends on which one you get, and what kind of food you like.

Heh, I always kind of liked eating in the field for the show that accompanied it. The line to get into the MRE cases was always slow, as everybody went through the case to try to find a "good" MRE.
Once everybody got what they wanted (or what was left) the whole thing turned into a scene worthy of a street market in Marrakesh.
Everyone trading and re-trading to try and cobble a decent meal together.
"Jalapeno Cheese Sauce" was particularly prized, but not as much as regular "Cheese Sauce" unless one got one of the newer MREs with the oily, lumpy cheese sauce. Poundcake and "Cookies with pan-coated chocolate dics" (M &M cookies)
were also favorites. Any of these were easily worth a good entree or 2 good side dishes, but woe betide the poor sap that got "Country Cap'n Chicken" or "Jambalaya". They had nothing to trade.


It can be, if you're hungry enough.:D

The same show here, funny to watch adults fighting for chocolate bars.:lol:

I suppose it depends how big an appetite you have :lol:

You lot seem to have a closer business relationship with the US than with the UK when it comes to armament deals (OH Perry class etc) :hmm:

I doubt that. The UK and Aussies both get equal treatment. They get any weapon they want from the US as long as $$$ are available. The US treats both countries like its brother and these two countries are the only ones with preferential treatment like that. Crap, both the Aussies and the UK even have full control over the US Echelon systems. That says something right there.

-S

What I meant was....the Aussies seem to be purchasing more military merchandise from the US than they do from the UK.

Oh! My bad.

-S

The US has missed out in some of the most recent contracts (Air warfare destroyer, Eurocopeter Tiger, MRH 90 helicopter)

It once use to be U.K. all the way, then it switched to more U.S. based material as the two nations worked side by side in many conflicts.

It comes down to who can deliver what is needed at the best match for the price, and who has a better track record on delivering on time and budget.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...fare_Destroyer

Yeah what bookworm said. It all comes down to whomever give the kit we need at the best price. Also who bids for the deal plays a big part when this stuff goes out to tender as well.

Our tanks don't come with teapots, so I doubt we will win many more of these deals! :D :p

-S