Army base short on cooks (enlisted, taxes, how much, cost of)

[oldsoldier1976]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

Then the exchange is the BX......not the PX?


OKAY, if in all the decades since I've been in, it has changed.....I stand corrected. Carry on.

Look I guess only squids and wing nuts want a BX. The grunts and ground pounders need to have the PX.

Be At Ease.

[Clemencia53]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

There must be restaurants nearby in the local community that services the base. I am sure they are loving this. Business must be booming.

There are even restaurants on base where they can eat.

Darn, when I was stationed on a "remote" Air Force base in Sicily, they closed the dining hall.

We had to make do - buy food at the small commissary or go to the little cafe on the base. We survived.

Also I think they should hire civilians to cook. Darn 10 chow halls - wow.

[Clemencia53]

Originally Posted by Clemencia53

There are even restaurants on base where they can eat.

Darn, when I was stationed on a "remote" Air Force base in Sicily, they closed the dining hall.

We had to make do - buy food at the small commissary or go to the little cafe on the base. We survived.

Also I think they should hire civilians to cook. Darn 10 chow halls - wow.

oh also if you could not use your meal card due to this type of thing, they would would reimburse you. Talk to your supervisors - people.

[Clemencia53]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

Then the exchange is the BX......not the PX?


OKAY, if in all the decades since I've been in, it has changed.....I stand corrected. Carry on.

On an Air Force base, we call it the BX. Base Exchange.

Army is PX - Post Exchange.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Originally Posted by Clemencia53

There are even restaurants on base where they can eat.

Darn, when I was stationed on a "remote" Air Force base in Sicily, they closed the dining hall.

We had to make do - buy food at the small commissary or go to the little cafe on the base. We survived.

Also I think they should hire civilians to cook. Darn 10 chow halls - wow.

Sicily is not that big of an island. There must have been some small town nearby that services the base. The location being Italy; I am sure even the most "hole in the wallest" restaurant in Sicily serves the most godly food. Where you allowed off base from time to time?

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by Clemencia53

There are even restaurants on base where they can eat.

Darn, when I was stationed on a "remote" Air Force base in Sicily, they closed the dining hall.

We had to make do - buy food at the small commissary or go to the little cafe on the base. We survived.

Also I think they should hire civilians to cook. Darn 10 chow halls - wow.

Fort Cavazos has over 40,000 troops assigned, and the land area is huge, over 300 square miles.

[Yoski]

Originally Posted by victimofGM

https://www.military.com/daily-news/...od-months.html

Base so short on cooks that mess halls close and alternate schedules causing soldiers to stress food,…but at least the base changed it’s racist name.

Because the had such a sterling reputation before the name change right? If this is the type of issue that arises at Fort Cavazos these days we should all be happy. I'll take this over it being the murder capital of military installations any day.

[skeddy]

every meals a feast, every day's a holiday.

[Threerun]

If I recall back in the 90's Ft. Sam Houston's mess hall was contracted out. And those ladies made the best damned salsa I ever had. Made crappy eggs a treat, lol.

[Clemencia53]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Sicily is not that big of an island. There must have been some small town nearby that services the base. The location being Italy; I am sure even the most "hole in the wallest" restaurant in Sicily serves the most godly food. Where you allowed off base from time to time?

oh yes - we could go off base all the time. And yes the food was amazing. The small town was Comiso.