Jesus, you idiot fucksticks.

One way the military makes long, dangerous deployments tolerable is sometimes providing high-quality food when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere. When I was in Egypt, once a week at the (excellent even in normal times) chow hall, we got some special meal: lobster, lamb, sometimes grilled fish. It made the deployment a whole lot more tolerable, knowing that we’d have good to great food. There was also high-quality ice cream and desserts available.

Some of the better food I’ve had was at that chow hall in Egypt, and I do not begrudge spending on quality sustenance for any of my brothers and sisters in arms. They deserve it and should have it.