New Zealand Army Soldier Rates US Military MRE | Boot Camp | Business Insider

[@jiema2020]

you guys handing him a spinach fettuccine is the worst thing to happen to NZ-US relations in the last half century

[@BIGJATPSU]

🤣🤣☠☠ I mean.... he did pick it for his own reason.

[@yaseer_507]

😆 🤣 😂

[@derrickheng564]

Baked bean on toast enuff said aha ha ha ha

[@Johnthecollie]

You’ve never had the veggie omelette. My dad brought one back for me from Kuwait. The worst i had while I was in the service was the southwest black bean. Shit fucks your stomach up.

[@jastrapper190]

I agree. The “veggie” MRE options were consistently the most awful tasting meals. He needed Beef Stew with cheese and crackers mashed up together. That was tasty.

[@Nemo-wk9tu]

You gave him the Spinach Fettuccine MRE? That is one of the worst you could give. Even Steve1989 could barely eat it and he literally ate century old rations from the Boer War.

[@misterhat5823]

Steve has a habit of saying how bad something is and then going for another bite. If he could barely eat it, that's saying something.

[@wmd202]

Those US Vegetarian MRES arent going to eat themselves you know ! (hint for NZ you bury them when no one is looking)

[@ody734]

creamy is my favorite lol guess im weird

[@bradbrown7273]

Meals rejected by everyone 😂

[@coolgamers2794]

Spinach Fettuccine MRE is still way better than EGG Omelet MRE! 🤣🤣🤣

[@pwollerman]

“Aah, it’s not too bad” is how he rates everything. Good bloke.

[@barbsmart7373]

Typical Kiwi.

[@alvarohigino]

He doesn't want to say something is bad, it's called manners.

[@sadie8558]

generic answer for a kiwi lol

[@ivgotballsofsteel4048]

lol

[@TheGreatestTerrariaPlayerEver]

Its like eating but you dont like it but you do it for the sake of energy

[@Janko630]

2:57 "That's the MRE heater." "What's it for?" "To heat up your meat pack..." Rock solid interviewer, Business Insider.

[@hairetikos6402]

Just Kiwi responses are pretty dead pan.

[@nuck-]

He's American, tells you all you need to know.

[@TicklmypicklGaming]

end of interview, what are you gonna eat when your back home? Mate, oi already said KFC do you not listen

[@mullups]

I think the interviewer was asking what food was he heating with it. Not what the heater was used for?

[@pingapete666]

no the interviewer specifically said 'what's it for?' when he was holding the heating pack@@mullups

[@kieranogle8916]

Literally the most kiwi guy i have ever seen and thats coming from a New Zealander

[@antonschollum3128]

Legend

[@NatMG]

aye, sounds more kiwi than me lmao

[@JaemanEdwards]

Shameful having this South Island hick representing NZ

[@JaemanEdwards]

​@@NatMG???

[@NZKiwi87]

Yup, and he’s got that down south drawl on some of his r’s

[@SomethingOrganic-m7e]

Dude is so polite and chill. Maybe I'm overreaching a little bit, but I don't think I've ever encountered anything to do with New Zealand that I haven't liked. Never been there, but from what gets to me here in the US, I'm envious.

[@LogieT2K]

The only bad things here are ours road and current geopolitical apathy 😂

[@ma61king]

@@LogieT2KDon't forget the outrageos house prices and cost of living in general, ever-increasing gang violence and failing infrastructure

[@richardscanlan3419]

Sadly,the truth.@@ma61king

[@JaemanEdwards]

​@@ma61king"Gang violence" 😂😂😂 Stfu.

[@NZKiwi87]

It’s good here 😊 wish he’d clean under his nails tho, specially for filming.

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

Out of 24 different possible MREs he gets the worst ones. Love our NZ homies though! Especially the ones in artillery, love seeing a fellow gun bunny. 🇳🇿 🇺🇸

[@alexandralite835]

We love you to.

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

@@alexandralite835 eat shit

[@SKKT1992]

tortelinni isnt that bad brah

[@3Dwesley]

Cannoncockers.

[@llliiimmmeee]

sending love from the other side of the world! (just dont set up any military bases here please, don't want to end up like aussie XD)

[@JosephMts2]

KFC, the most NZ answer 😂

[@LeSwexy]

facts hahahahaha give this man a Zinger box 😂

[@SKPonr]

Agreed

[@AkashSharma-vj4ck]

@yakkattack unlike the aussies "feesh n cheeps"

[@Rooxie973]

fəsh and chəps

[@LayzDaVinci808]

@@Rooxie973 nah that’s Australian cuz 😂

[@apollogaming7439]

This dude has incredible teeth, surprised no one has noticed?

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

His pearly whites are brighter than my future. 🙃

[@sghaxzor202]

We get free dental till we turn 18,most of have good teeth

[@gsd4me00]

I did, more than likely done on the NZ taxpayer dime too. They look even more so against the make-up.

[@garethpreston8275]

New Zealand people are like American people, we're not British.

[@tamimi9231]

@@garethpreston8275 British dentalcare is one of the best in the world, better than America lmfao

[@CaptainBill22]

Col. Sanders: "Captain, get that man some fried chicken!"

[@misterhat5823]

KFC is the worst in the US. Supposedly it is actually good in other countries.

[@M4A1_DELTA6]

@@misterhat5823here in Canada Quebec is disgusting but mostly from neglect from the workers rather the food being bad Depends where you go some are ok and pretty decent but most of them are ppl that hate there life’s and don’t respect cleanliness of being a fast food place

[@ShadowOfDeadRhodes21]

It depends on where you get it from though yeah. Not to judge but a lot of the people around here who work the fast food restaurants don't really take pride in their job.​ I have never really known what it was about but in small little areas like Theodore Alabama down here people around the Black folk who work them and they seem like they always have an attitude but idk. That maybe most people. I'd say the Popeyes is a lot better than KFC though@@misterhat5823

[@ghoward562]

After Covid lockdowns the lines outside the kfc stores was miles long worse then McDonald’s in Auckland Nz

[@ytzpilot]

He is correct KFC is still good in New Zealand and very popular with Maori and Pacific Island people

[@bigboi7817]

20 pack of wicked wings goes hard

[@deceptivesheep5792]

Glad to see Old Greg cleaned himself off and started a new life.

[@ou4534]

😂

[@johnriddington9514]

Ask him how he illuminates the target ;) ;)

[@ausinasmith96]

I WAS THINKING THIS ASWELL!!

[@Lex-wx3ib]

imagine if there was baileys in the MRE

[@fallout28]

lol great comment

[@fuzzy3440]

During Desert Storm we would put the main meal in the engine bay of our armored vehicles and leave them there all day, so they'd be warm and we could eat quickly, since we didn't know how long we might be stationary. I lived off those things for many months. I can attest to the fact that it's Meal-Resisting-Exit.

[@charleslumberger8441]

Thank you for your service

[@ronv6637]

Fuzzy, you weren't hydrating enough. At least one canteen per MRE plus 3-4 more. But too much cheese could stop you up.

[@truedemoknight6784]

I can't imagine going that long off just MREs. I get so stopped up after just two days in the field, much less weeks or months. I'm usually a regular daily shitter but after being in the field I'll be shitting at the weirdest times, or sometimes I just can't shit at all...

[@DarkHawk666]

You lose or gain weight?

[@JaemanEdwards]

Bullshit. You would only need an hour to cook. Not all day you fool.

[@asahearts1]

He didn't prop it up on "a rock or something."

[@dabakes]

i die every time i read that

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

😂

[@elchaposione5808]

This dude makes me proud of all our pakeha kiwis who are just chill in any setting..

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

Our Pakeha brothers are honestly chill, well most of em😂

[@daniellenard2872]

He is being polite not to be disrespectful which he wouldn’t be at all. The initial look and wince on his face said it all

[@CombatBodies]

But he did say he had eaten to many.

[@seanrota3359]

For our American friends, this soldier sounds like he is from the Southland region at the bottom of the South Island of NZ. As a Kiwi, yeah his "accent" is heavy, the way he sounds his Rs suggests he's from the deep south. Kiwis love KFC, anything free too so doesn't matter just put it in the bag they'll eat it!

[@tancredbey606]

Definitely not a Jaffa for sure

[@seanrota3359]

@@tancredbey606 Agree!

[@JaemanEdwards]

Shameful to have a South Island hick representing NZ.

[@kevin5073]

Nope. I'm a Southlander and the Southland R is a lot harsher than what I am hearing. Definitely a South Islander though.

[@seanrota3359]

@@kevin5073 As a Wellingtonian I shall defer to you on this!

[@ianray8823]

Not even thes awful MREs can deter him, glad he's on our side

[@tannerbyrd9958]

The small laugh before the first bite of fettuccine is accurate.

[@kiwiryker]

KIWI PROUD - ANZACS ❤

[@_stutu2JZ]

Love our USA Brothers. This was an awesome watch. Respect from New Zealand.

[@kraftyboi]

Sending love from US to our Kiwi brothers

[@jinwoooooooo1]

*he has this nice vibes and i can feel it lol i think, we need more mre episode with this guy lol*

[@Loscha]

At 4:45 he is saying a "pottle" of peanut butter. A pottle in NZ is a small container of something, either pre-made from the factory like peanut butter, jam or Vegemite, or a small serving of nuts or dried fruits.

[@subculturenz]

A pottle is pretty much a plastic jar, but in NZ we only call it a jar if it is made of glass, if it is a jar made of plastic then it is a pottle.

[@houstonswisha143]

roughyl how big like something to grab and eat at once or like a small container fora couple days

[@drewmis1]

​@@houstonswisha143 i would presume enough for a day or two

[@SomethingOrganic-m7e]

A bottle, but paller.

[@Hyoscyamus369]

How did I end up reading this comment thread after eating some shiny golden blue mushrooms . Pre pottle everything seemed easier and made sense and now nothing doesn’t 😮

[@rodjones482]

Just another bloody awesome Kiwi. Kiwi proud!

[@NewKanyeFan]

Basic training US Army. On a field training exercise, I was handed a pork sausage MRE. The worst in my opinion. I told my drill sgt "I can't eat this it isn't Kosher, I am jewish" Drill sgt gave me a tortellini MRE. I was satisfied. Next day I was in the DFAC eating bacon. Drill sgt blew his fuse, asking me "why tf are you eating bacon? You said you were jewish!" I responded. "Freedom of religion drill sgt, I smelled bacon and converted" "Well played carry on private"

[@madeintexas3d442]

One day me and my dad are at a gun show and they had some of these for sale. My dad called my mom and said go downstairs I am bringing something special home for dinner. We laid out a bunch of MREs on the table and invited her up. She was not impressed.

[@emeralse]

"Do you just open it by hand?" This is the worst interviewer ever, what did he expect? For him to pull out a pair of kitchen scissors to cut the packet open???? LMAO

[@BunderChowed]

Alright, let's get this out on a tray. Nice!

[@ravenks1sr15]

Lmao saw this one coming

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

*sniff *Oh God! that smells rancid! *continues sniffing 😅😅

[@BunderChowed]

@@jackiechan_wtf4041 the takes a bite

[@FutureRobert]

You dont know how good those energy bars were. Everytime I got them in my MRE it was like Christmas.

[@nickwojtow6787]

Those First Strike bars suck dude!! The old Mocha Dessert and Peanut Butter dessert bars are 100x better. The Salted Caramel energy bars that come in the extra foil pack are awesome too. But they don't put those in the regular MREs anymore. US military MREs are laced with seed oils, soy, GMO corn, HFCS, and absolute toxic crap. They just got rid of trans fats in all their stuff a few years ago.

[@miguelm6195]

This soldier deserves a Medal of Honor for giving it a 6 out of 10 😂

[@fern9234]

"I'm old Greg!"

[@mrdodge4529]

I'm from nz, when I was living in canada i would always suggest getting kfc and people would look at me like i was some kind of animal. I finally got some when i was on my own and thru it out after one bite. The difference is night and day.

[@brohanfromrohan5771]

Block you up is an understatement. It came to a point in Iraq where I was only eating crackers and peanut butter and didn't shit for a week.

[@georgespringett1063]

everyone saying interviewer got him the worst MRE, the guy literally said he asked for it as he hadnt tried it before, clearly you lot dont listen 😂😂

[@StealthFB22]

Now you should give the US soldiers a Kiwi MRE haha!

[@SomethingOrganic-m7e]

For some reason I suspect it might be better than the creamy spinach fettuccine.

[@JaemanEdwards]

The hangi mre is the best. That and the steak and cheese mre.

[@paulredinger5830]

Thanks for your service brother!

[@teaodaly5335]

crazy to see this just pop up haha kiaora from Aotearoa Opotiki soldier and thanks for your service

[@JaemanEdwards]

Do you know Dean Mio from Opotiki ? He was a senior when I was a junior at school and in army cadets. I heard he went into the SAS.

[@teaodaly5335]

@@JaemanEdwards cant say i do know him, I know the Mio family though but Willie Apiata is our legend

[@muhammadfahmi7159]

In Singapore, our own version of MRE or Combat Rations has improved but many Singapore service personnel will agree that US MRE is much better than Singapore version.

[@tesstickles1280]

Did he paint his face just for this challenge? So perfectly done!

[@kwerk2011]

On exercises in Hawaii, it says at the start.

[@everythingUTrealestate]

The directions on the MRE heater bag is to literally put it on "a rock or something" while warming lol

[@colonelfustercluck486]

I'm pretty sure that he is aware of this, but thru practical experience he understands that there is no need for that. The rock thing is a precaution for inexperienced users, so that they don't lay it on their cellphone or their chocolate bars or on an inflatable boat. (Directions are for the absolute obedience of the inexperienced, and for the guidance of the wise)

[@wrath231]

The Kiwis deserve better leaders. The handling of the pandemic there is disgraceful.

[@jujumaccas]

The horse head’s gone…..to a job with the UN of course.

[@Schlickness-p9q]

Soldier: "Theres chewing gum" Producer: "Can you try that?" Soldier: *Chews* "its peppermint" 😂😂😂 dunno why i found that hilarious

[@nathangriffiths6218]

Scroggin and KFC, the cornerstones of New Zealand cuisine :)

[@StreetLightPony]

Came to the comments in outrage only to shed a tear in solidarity as it is a mutually accepted fact that the spinach fettuccine is, indeed, a war crime on its own.

[@donnakawana]

I was homeless during the pandemic...An we were given a case of MRE's which is 2 wks worth of meals it you eat 1 a day..plus all the extras saved our lives .. but flavor,well its missing some flavors...! This was fun to watch!!

[@matthewcullen1298]

I hope you're ok now mate

[@russjacks4583]

Man, so much better options than when I was in the Marines. Hopefully they got rid of the omelette MRE. Sooo bad. Chili Mac was pretty good and I loved the MRE bread and granola bar.

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

Oh, stop daydreaming about the good ol' days, ya old fart! (I got out in 2016...I constantly find myself saying "Well, when I was in...") Lol, these kids really don't know how good they have it though. Semper Fidelis

[@dethofgod666]

I had one in 2010 I'm almost positive it was rotten unless it was supposed to smell like vinegar

[@vipergtsmre]

You gave him the worst of the 24 menus... not cool, but I do like the maple pork patty.

[@Bonk-oz3pv]

maple pork patty fucks

[@Ohmygodstfu2045]

Gave the poor guy the worst mre of them all since the omelette

[@skidlinerz]

Classic Kiwi, good on ya Mate

[@kennethquinnies6023]

New Zealand army? Thats like my national guard unit rating US MRE

[@balaramalauder]

I can taste that water bottle from just watching this video 😂

[@megladon89]

NZ folk are pretty good people, glad they're on our side!

[@KingDeadMan]

The pretzels taste like combo's pretzels. They're really good! 😯👍

[@ForgottenHonor0]

My uncle was in the Marines in the Gulf War and they quickly realized their British counterparts had canned goods to spare and readily gave away their MREs to the Iraqi POWs so they could dig in to what the Brits were bringing. The POWs didn't argue and just wolfed down the rations they got because they were all pretty much starving when they were captured.

[@Polish_Gopnik]

kiwi accent through the roof. i have a kiwi friend of mine, sometimes its hard to comprehend what this guy is saying XD

[@Tommyxp420]

C'mon they gave this man 3 of the worst MRE's you could ever give man 😂😢

[@TheRawdawg]

Chili Mac was my favorite

[@braydensites8894]

Gave him 2 of the worst and one of the most “eh” MREs they had lying around

[@Marcellolin22]

Gotta try out the American Halal and Kosher MRE. Now those are amazing. I always bring myself some good ol Tapatio or Sriracha to get the flavor going.

[@SpcKringUSA]

What happened to the Hot Sauce bottle that was in the MRE's? Those made the MRE's way better

[@BuzzzdLightyear]

Can't believe Old Gregg joined the military

[@andoyskies9855]

Handsome soldier

[@JaemanEdwards]

Gaybo

[@stephaniemarwan9763]

He forgot to lean up against "a rock or something"

[@kitsunenz87]

BTW a kiwi saying "not too bad" = Bad, just trying to be nice about it :D

[@colonelfustercluck486]

"Not Bad" or"Not too bad" mean good, good enough or reasonable in NZ. Its a backhanded compliment. Said in a laconic way. We often understate things.

[@Crusher6436]

The soldiers were probably asked if they had any spare mre's and gave them the worst ones.

[@simonkupa5041]

Good old fashion kiwi lad . Gotta love the kiwi humor chur bro

[@JaemanEdwards]

He's a hick

[@markf5609]

The interviewer interpreted his favorite meal as beef ravioli. But I think he meant beef ragout. If MRE makes a beef ragout? I think he meant beef ragout. Or maybe he meant beef ragu. But I don't think he meant ravioli. French and Italian dishes get all scrambled up by the US Army.

[@1.4142]

awkward but funny

[@IAmGeeeWiz]

Nah mate, not awkward, that's just a typical kiwi

[@sadie8558]

That bloody accent, always warms my heart to hear my fellow countrymen speak

[@MattUK36]

Next time try the 🇪🇸 Spanish rations.....thank me later 😉

[@halfrightface]

ALWAYS good time working with Kiwis 100%

[@georgesheffield1580]

The Freach and Italian equivalent are by far the best , much above most other nations . Their restaurant food is also much above other countries also .

[@shannonbuck7357]

Spinach caught in your teeth makes great tooth camouflage.

[@Jose-wf6po]

Imagine being allergic to anything in your MRE (peanuts) lmfao yall would be SOL

[@FinancialShinanigan]

You'd think the soldier would get subtitles lol

[@kimjongun2105]

Anyone else notice that the cardboard heater cover was for hashbrown casserole?

[@melodyparra2960]

Not the worst looking thing but I wonder if they trade mres with each other

[@corvettesbme]

Probably!

[@TheWaifu4Laifu]

we 100% do. During an exercise in Poland I traded with the British and Polish for theirs. Objectively speaking they're more or less the same quality of ingredients, but the novelty of a foreign MRE in different packaging (i.e. Polish MRE had potted meats or canned stews) really made it taste better when in the field.

[@CadyCadwell]

NZ is so far from war and no one bothered to invade them. yet here they're, with us allies. glad to have kiwis on our side

[@SCRB1GR3D98]

Spinach fettuccine is ranked up there with the vomlet as far as worst MRE's

[@shygorilla8082]

I don't know if anything can compare to that veggie omelette.

[@robertrainey9350]

drink a lot of water and take a laxative every day

[@thegingergiant2683]

Y’all gave him three bad ones. 😭

[@D_Handler]

People don’t know how fyre 🔥 NZ KFC is

[@blackberuang]

SUBTITLES?

[@asahearts1]

Press the cc button

[@thomasshi7717]

Feels bad for him having to eat all these “food”

[@Big.Stepper.]

New Zealand has an army? For what?

[@georgesheffield1580]

For dumb questioner, worked with them in beautiful sonny SE Asia . Quality Soldiers they are .

[@MinecraftDelivery]

Bro thinks NZ is only about sheep and lord of the rings I bet he has never been to New Zealand

[@mamingakuri2436]

erm.....for defence?

[@subculturenz]

Umm maybe for all the World Wars we have fought in and peace keeping we do all over the world. What a dumb question.

[@subculturenz]

And the Boer War, Vietnam and the Korean War.

[@VenturiRSA]

"I've never had a wicked wing, what is it" "it's a spicy wing" God I love my southern hemisphere blokes. We're too simple and straight to the point 😂

[@Theire1]

I was raised by a working Mom that hated to cook and she was married to a man that lost his sense of taste and smell to an illness at age 23 .... she was a horrible cook but as a kid I knew nothing else until I got to school. Man those school lunches were fantastic, I don't think there is an MRE in the World that I would not enjoy . 18 of years of bad food makes you admire even the simplest meals. Im very Blessed

[@spankyharland9845]

poor chap, the guy is turning green due to eating MRE's.

[@Zulutime44]

These MREs look pretty good for field rations. In my active duty days the best were "individual meals", consisting of excellent canned food . The worst were the old Combat Rations, everything you need for one day. Three of those in you kit and you were ready for the line of departure.

[@jefffaulkner2875]

For those of you who do not know. When you're in the field, you don't EVER get to use the heating source! It's lunchtime, you have three minutes!

[@holdenmcgroin8699]

What a polite guy… US personnel would most likely curse on this review

[@MarcusTheDarkness]

You have captions for the wrong person! 🤦‍♂️

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

Wait is KFC actually popular in New Zealand or is he just joking?

[@bobknee4127]

“Whats the best MRE you’ve had?” “Beef ravioli” This man knows.

[@donseuala9843]

Im convinced this guy is half Samoan/Tongan with the KFC answer😂👏🏼

[@classeklintan4793]

This dude is a real MRE goat😊

[@Polish_Gopnik]

when he said : "heathen baeyg" i felt that

[@Rooxie973]

3:24

[@Polish_Gopnik]

Thanks for the timestamp❤😊

[@Zachieboi_12]

NEW ZEALAND MENTION RAHHHHHH!!

[@evangonsalves4347]

No, I think anyone should try the veggie cheese omelette as their first MRE for the authentic experience. For some reason that gray jiggly blob was mostly our only option for a period of time

[@joshuapierson5682]

Thank you for your service, soldier.