What kind of food do you eat in Army basic training

If you are going to Army basic training or even OSUT and are wondering what the food will be like then this is the video for you.
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[@jusslookin9826]

It doesn't matter how it looks or tastes. You'll spend 10 minutes staring at it and shoving it in your mouth and the DS are going to be there screaming at you to hurry up everytime

[@patrickmahomesll5107]

No they won't dum dum

[@scarzandy436]

@@patrickmahomesll5107 your fucking hilarious

[@annabell3385]

@Jeff Ourun if you can't drink soda or caffeine or eat any of the fast food, or snack during non-meal times, they are looking out for health.

[@ollicron7397]

"Chew! Chew! Drink! Swallow! Don't talk!"

[@dangreene9846]

When I went thru basic, which was back in the stone age the food was pretty good . Now we had KP, kitchen police this little this little trip into hell started around 430 in the morning where you washed dishs ,clean the line, washed pots, and pans ,cleaned the mess hall seating area three times a day ,with cooks who were worse than the DIs. You finally got finished around 730 to 8 o'clock. Good times had by all.

[@grimreaper6557]

my first pepsi after basic was the best thing in the world

[@jonathanmillender3170]

It burned my mouth but it was go

[@Deadly_fox512]

Pepsi? 🤮

[@tajiSOG]

Mine was a Dr Pepper, I know the exact feeling brother.

[@scarzandy436]

@@tajiSOG A MAN WITH TASTE

[@nebwachamp]

I had kp with a dude on profile who got busted drinking a coffee. Good times. I was a pt stud tho.

[@troth3200]

“My food tastes better with my heels together”

[@redjack7296]

Omg I had to yell that before

[@dylanclark9488]

*chow tastes better

[@michaeljackson7021]

thomas roth Thank you Ft Benning.

[@vincentgarcia9167]

“Heels together make my food taste better”

[@TheJorgeags]

Bowl bowl bowl bring the bowl to the food

[@345Mike]

The food at fort Jackson was pretty good there were no desserts but only on Sunday would they have cheeseburgers. Every other day was healthy ish food and breakfast was always good. And Everytime somebody dropped a spoon or something we had to yell "sorry spoon" over and over until u got outside . 🤣🤣

[@RoundenBrown]

Lucky you, we had no cheeseburgers in Navy boot camp.

[@gotmurica6225]

Food at Jackson was horrible.. don't lie to these people

[@justahuglyahhboi9676]

@@gotmurica6225 Facts! I was in 3-60th Bravo Co “Bushmasters” at Jackson & the Lunch was complete dog shit. Even though we only had lunch on Sunday, the shit was still terrible. For breakfast they always had them hard-ass waffles that was hard asf to cut thru unless you had hella syrup on that shit😂. It was so bad to the point I enjoyed the Hot AIDS more 😂😂😭

[@bluehavencd]

B 1/61 here back in '97. The food was good, the burgers, soda, and candy were available only at my AIT.

[@bryanb2541]

You are so hungry at chow time that everything tastes super good.

[@arianebolt1575]

My parents tried that approach to raising me. It didn’t work.

[@stevenfiore8576]

YES!!! Best breakfast I have ever HAD! 😊

[@Playwithdeutschland]

honestly so true when youre hella hungry and you'd rather eat expired food just oeat lmfao

[@christophershanklin112]

DSRLEADER ‘ 🤣🤣🤣

[@jthavorn]

Glad I ate before watching this. When I was at basic we had access to dessert the whole time but we were highly discouraged from taking it. No food trucks for us but I remember my first time having Burger King after basic it was so good! Army breakfast chow was always on point. Here’s a hack: if you’re out in the field save the candies and peanut butter spread from your MRE’s. You can use them later as a snack so long as no one is watching. 👍

[@redjack7296]

Don't forget about the cheese spread

[@jaymartin4543]

MOS ?

[@IncognitoSprax]

mac burger In retrospect all of that is pointless

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Yes, My overnight pass after basic ((to go on the other side of post for AIT the next morning at 0400) I had 3 Whoppers and a case of Budweiser. I was hungover so bad that first day (or two) of AIT

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

@@redjack7296 That was the Best ever!

[@billinpraha]

We never had MREs for lunch in basic training. They were a new thing when I went to basic and were to expensive to give to basic training recruits. At lunch when in the field we had a KP line with food from the mess hall kitchen. The one experience I remember is I was loosing weight and entered basic training at 147 Lb. After four weeks at Fort Lost in the Woods I was hungry all the time and down to 129 pounds. For clarity I am 70 inches tall. Drills saw this and took care of me. They fed me a pizza every night for the next two weeks. The Drills will take care of you in basic. That is their first task and they hold true to it!!

[@PrjctWRX]

You ate an entire pizza everyday, for two weeks? Yeahhh cap.

[@novacorp1442]

Hey man thanks for all the useful information you put out there helps me get a head start on my career

[@TV-xc5ut]

Drills be yelling "Side step!!!!!" "One peanutbutter one jelly!!" "One scoop and go!!!!!" "No talking in the chow line!!!!!" One last thing.... UPU SUCKS

[@jaymartin4543]

you forgot " Swallow it and taste it Later!!! " Pick up your tray you DONE!... good times man

[@cargoload1324]

Oh man the apples in the oatmeals and rain and mud inside it in FTX’s and dropping the orange in the mud then peeling it or the apple YEEEE

[@TV-xc5ut]

@@cargoload1324 ah sounds exactly like my ftx days

[@sixtorocabado2501]

I fainted during breakfast chow line. Because I donated blood the night before and went Monday morning running for PT. I made fun after that by all Drill Sargents.

[@tibivaslo]

Hi! Went to Basic in 2013. Halfway through Drill Sgt told us we're actually authorized to eat/drink anything in the chow hall. But just cause you can, doesn't mean you should.

[@KonfusedFish]

AV8R PhoenixRabbit lucky. We weren’t allow sweets or condiments until turning blue😭 only once during thanksgiving when the LTC and his family let us have pastries.

[@christopherchaos]

Ya I remember them telling us “go ahead, eat some cake and soda” but it sound very sarcastic. Like go ahead and do it and we will just make you pay for it later.

[@jaymartin4543]

@@christopherchaos @ B138/inf we had none of that! unless you had KP then maybe get sum from the Cooks... Rock of the Marne Hooah! thanks Brotha'

[@johnstafford6458]

@@christopherchaos Were the cakes riding a carousel with lights?

[@lars1701again]

@@christopherchaos Kind of like when you wife says "go ahead and have fun with your buddies" lol don't go have fun with your buddies lol

[@aturner711]

Because of Basic Training and AIT I drink milk with most of my meals. I also eat a lot faster than my wife. She doesn't understand the struggle 😂🥺

[@bria1978]

Anthony Turner I hate milk 😭

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

@@bria1978 It's good with Oreo cookies, but that's about it.

[@dustinmccarley6141]

Same

[@johnziegler2127]

I completely understand,I'm the fastest eater in my house also ,I wonder why ?? Lol lol basic in 1971

[@jaybenew5655]

john ziegler vietnam?

[@anthonyvigil7567]

I love how you walk in to KZbin intros like Robert Stack it’s pretty funny

[@whiteiverson6696]

ive been asking myself this question for WEEKS. thank YOU

[@johnstafford6458]

Really? The food is good, but you won't get time to enjoy it. Of course, it could be that I was starving since you only get three meals a day and you're doing PT all day if you count the smoke sessions. Don't expect to gain weight in BCT.

[@trangtet6880]

@@johnstafford6458 y

[@johnstafford6458]

@@trangtet6880 Why what?

[@spaceman5089]

No Popeyes chicken sandwich? I’m out.

[@theoleonardo6064]

Remember those days, kinda miss them. Our Drill Sgt have a special meal for my Charlie CO. Appetizer 50 push ups/ 50 sit ups Desert 10 pull ups Best times ever

[@jimmymartin]

Don't touch the cake or pudding...and white phase at fort Jackson was MRE's for breakfast and lunch for then chow hall for dinner

[@rinowatson]

jimmy martin jimmy deans breakfast, MRE for lunch. Hot A’s for dinner for the whole white phase.

[@onlinecomrade5737]

jimmy martin I ship to fort Jackson in 16 days. Kinda nervous but excited

[@jimmymartin]

@@onlinecomrade5737 right place, right time, right uniform and keep your mouth closed and it'll be easy for you...don't get angry at the 5 people that mess everything up for the whole company because yelling at them don't help

[@FalseIdolization]

57th American I ship out Oct 2 to Ft. Jackson

[@jimmymartin]

@@FalseIdolization good luck

[@cocean158]

I was lucky enough to be assigned to a Company in the new "Starship" barracks at FLW. The DFAC was like going to Golden Corral 2 to 3 times a day and shoving it down your throat in 3 to 5 minutes. I think I ate sandwiches the first month after I left there.

[@nebwachamp]

In blue phase me and my battle would run to the front of the line screaming "DETAIL"!! HAHAAH great times

[@alexlifts277]

Thank you for your service Christopher

[@matthewchapman2494]

Hey Brother! Thank You for your service and The video! Yes, ours was pretty much the same.. however I remember it being so good!! We were hungry. Yeah, a couple of The Cadre had standards as far 😢 what You could have.. depending on pt results. I do remember milk All the time in dispensers. Whole and chocolate and maybe a low fat variety. I just put it in the cereal boxes! Again Man Thank You!

[@rockstarJDP]

The main takeaway I'm getting from this (no pun intended) is that if food is important to you then join the Air Force 😅

[@louisrandall2007]

Can you do some officer MOS on MOS Monday? Such as 36A Financial Manager, or 42B Human Resource Officer. I’m currently in the Guard as a 11B, but trying to become a 36A or 42B via ROTC. Love your videos, helped out a lot.

[@stevenfiore8576]

I LOVED Army basic training BREAKFAST!!! 😊. Because I only had one bowl 🥣 for breakfast, at home 🏡.🥣

[@Roochfan20]

Sundays were usually what I looked forward to! They served this breakfast pizza at the chow hall on Sunday mornings and that was something!

[@wushuXr]

The food at fort Leonard Wood was terrible ain’t no damn soda, lmao it was milk and water with sloppy ass noodles or some liquid eggs every day lmao!!

[@PaulC001]

LOL the green scrambled eggs you'd get in the field! 😂 (boiled eggs get that green color from being over cooked. the eggs were fine)

[@gxtemxte9428]

Ewwwww

[@darnajam7423]

I am going there

[@nachitoelcarajo8193]

Leonard wood breakfast was the best honeslty 😂 they had soda in non training dfacs

[@nebwachamp]

Steak and Lobster every Thursday. I TORE UP FATTY CAKES!!! PT stud here. My sit ups actually stalled tho I put on some pounds but ran my 2 miles in 12 minutes n did 100+ push ups.

[@lostsoul3154]

"HURRY UP AND GET OUTTA MY MESS HALL!." -- 1967 A-11-3 (5th Platoon, 7th & Gold Vault Rd.). . . . . that's all we heard, all the time.

[@mortdemott5786]

Remember the breakfast SOS.

[@claudinebernadettejimdar1681]

Love this one! Oh, yeah! They should do it in the Chicago’s inner city! Good deployment means to find the food sources! Dumpster diving and everything! You gotta do what you gotta do! Be resourceful!

[@nickc6346]

Basic training food tasted better then the food at my current unit 💀

[@necromanteerrante8095]

Just MRE like a man, like a badass, like a monster soldier, like the boss, like Christopher Chaos. ☠️☠️💀💀

[@TheGooser123]

Necromante Errante I enjoyed MRE’s not as good as Chow Hall food. I was always satisfied with the food. But then again it’s basic training and always hungry, (burning tons of calories all day every day) so don’t worry if the food tastes good. ITS NOT FOOD. ITS FUEL!

[@TheGooser123]

mac burger true. Where’d you go to basic. I went to Ft. Leonard Wood MP Bn. Went in 2013 but injured my knee and didn’t pass my last pt test. We were OSUT and I came home in the second week of AIT.

[@eqlzr2]

"Your drill seargeant's going to be angry one day and you might not get to eat in the chow hall for a week." Gosh, where can I get in line for that?

[@RoundenBrown]

In Navy boot camp if you messed up real bad, they'd have you eat a brownbag meal in the barracks instead of the DFAC food.

[@dianaolivaresrobles7357]

I’m getting prepared to go to MEPS and omg I’ve been watching all these kind of videos ugh wish me luck 😰

[@georgemaxwell3467]

Good luck!! Well, hows it going?

[@dianaolivaresrobles7357]

George Maxwell it was actually pretty good not bad at all i got all worried for nothing lol

[@ChickentNug]

Diana Olivares Robles what MOS are you going for?

[@dianaolivaresrobles7357]

Chickent_Nug 92a

[@sarahrosenow6405]

How was it?

[@clintdawgjohnson]

This is very informative! Thank you so much for your service to our nation! I appreciate everyone in the military because they sacrifice so much to help keep the United States the land of the free and the home of the brave! You are super awesome!

[@Bathtoasterr]

Heyyy I literally just asked this question on another one of your videos. I feel special

[@dylanclark9488]

The food I had in basic was better than the food at AIT and the food at camp vilseck, or maybe it just felt better 🤔🤔🤔

[@rparl]

Early Vietnam era, we went through overhead parallel bars going into the chow hall. Speed was of the essence. By platoon? Probably. I don't really remember.

[@mortdemott5786]

Yes, do remember the monkey bars before chow. Every time, every meal.

[@psychicumbreon326]

US Army, trained at Ft.Benning here. We had orange chicken twice. No idea how since I've yet to have orange chicken again from the DeFac (now at Ft.Stewart) but somehow that was by far the best orange chicken I've ever tasted. I personally enjoy the DeFac food, for both training and service, and will heavily suggest, along with that orange chicken, the chicken with fish inside stuff, and the meatloaf. Personal opinion, though, and the only real way for you to know is to have it put on your tray while a drill sergeant ruins the day of the guy behind you for whatever reason he can find

[@Funkydood]

If I have to say something positive about my time in the Air Force, it's the great food and barracks with AC from day one! Can't complain!!!

[@RivetGardener]

Once you become a Soldier, you will go to different posts for training, etcetera. You will experience "Oh Wow" food from some chowhalls, to oh gawd ones. Always a fun perk of being in the Army. Hot Tip: Get some sort of trip that gets a layover in Hawaii. The Naval Base there makes gourmet box lunches for Army people leaving there! Former Army paratrooper here.

[@ButcherBird-FW190D]

Lackland AFB, summer 1984. Surprisingly good food, wide variety, generally given at least sufficient time to eat, albeit you really could not lolly-gag around or chat with others much. The 10-minute rush thing the other branches was more along the lines of 15-20 minutes.

[@chipblock2854]

I did basic during the summer of 1973 at Fort Lost in the Woods as well as AIT. The chow was good there. We did only have a few minutes to eat but unlike a lot if my buddies, I made a sandwich of as much of what was on my tray. That way it was far faster to eat. I sure came up with some odd sandwiches.

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

My dad went through 10 years after you did in September of 83.

[@georgemaxwell3467]

Honestly my recollection of Army chow back in 87-94 when I served was really not that bad!! Of course, everyones story will be different!!

[@patrickwaters4896]

I recall a drill sergeant calling the company to attention and ordering all Regular Army to the front of the line and the reservists and national guard to the rear of the line. That was at lunch. Breakfast was after PT at 0630. Lunch was often C rations of canned food eaten cold. I even got a pack of cigarettes occasionally. I recall the drill sergeant standing at the end of the chow line and shaking salt all over our food. He salted down my green jello. Breakfast was the best because we got OJ, eggs, hash browns and bacon. But I learned to chew my food quickly. The one drill sergeant would circulate among us and yell at us the to chew our food x number of times to get the maximum nutrition out of it. But to do it rapidly.

[@danielkliemczak3450]

Can you do a video explaining the main abbreviations used in the army?

[@mikerobbins6078]

Drill Sergeant: "TWO Boxes of cereal!!?" Me": "Well, Yeah" DS: "What are you doing with TWO boxes of cereal!?: Me: "I'm going to eat them, Sereant." DS: "Sit down and eat and move it!"

[@PaulC001]

my experience was about the same as described in the video. i never had to pick up someone else tray though. the food is just "meh" nothing special. most of it was fine but the asparagus always sucked balls, and stayed that way in every unit I was in after training (14 year veteran). the food is the constant all through your military career. there are exception days. maybe you're over seas and they cook some local dish. as for standing in line... yeah that is gonna sound like something you might not be able to handle... you can though. standing with maybe an inch between you and the guy in front of you and the guy behind you isn't what i consider natural. that whole personal space thing. but this as with many of the other things is necessary! you're a soldier and you follow orders. you'll be surprised that you're doing it one day and not think anything of standing so close to another guy. LOL or the day you're told to drop into a roadside ditch with 4"+ of gross looking water and lay there. after a while. following orders is just what you do. and the sight discomfort of not being an total individual but something more will fill that "but I'm an individual" space with pride in yourself and what you and they others have accomplished as a group. being a soldier kinda sucks, not gonna lie. but you'll get to tell stories about it for the rest of your life. stories about things no one else will have been through. some of them will be slightly embellished. but others will be so out of the ordinary you might feel the need to tone them down just so they'll be believable. here's a few examples of mine where just the title might captivate you... "Adkins ate the banana" "Where did ice cube go" (over seas bar story) "SAC2 ammo/explosives return" "Ft. Hood: your uniform for tomorrow will be a towel" "PLDC commando hill slide maneuver" "pink mist... yup that was a hit!" (war story) "i can sleep through anything" (multiple stories) i have way too many of these to list.

[@DudesWithACamera]

I liked things I didn't have to chew haha. Like pancake with peanut butter and a banana. Or cornbeef hash or biscuits and gravy. I really liked the bellpepper with hamburger meat inside.

[@jonron5238]

He’s 100 percent right about your experience can be different depending on your company because my company was the farthest away from the chow hall in my battalion so we pretty much only ever ate in the chow hall for dinner and that was it unless it was a Sunday. Don’t ever remember really having lunch there but breakfast was pretty much always upu or hot As I’ve heard people call it both and lunch was always brought to wherever we were and then dinner typically we would come back and go to the chow hall but that even depended on the situation there were times where we wouldn’t see the chow hall for a week so it just depends completely

[@dominickgolden6197]

Breakfast at fort benning was the only thing I really looked forward to. That’s the only meal I actually got full off of.

[@rmay883]

So I take it dinner isnt that good

[@dominickgolden6197]

rmay883 it’s hit or miss to be honest. Some days it’s good others no so much but in basic the taste of the food isn’t horrible, you’re gonna eat what’s on your plate regardless. There’s a saying drill sergeants used to say during my cycle and it was eat fast taste it later. That’s how it is in there aha.

[@samuelharris2533]

What if you're allergic to chicken. I eat chicken and I'm deathly sick for a week. Can I survive Ft Benning with a chicken allergy?

[@SteffanHunt1232]

@@samuelharris2533 im sure they sub for that kind of stuff, you have to tell them what you're allergic too before you signup anyways

[@jeffburke2910]

Chili Mac!!!!!!! Did you forget?

[@phoenixdavidson4979]

Food at Benning is good, whole fried catfish, general tso chiken, spaghetti, ect was very impressed.

[@lilal8848]

Any advice? I leave next month and I'm nervous.

[@phoenixdavidson4979]

Lil' Al do your pushups, sit-ups, and jog. You don’t want your body to feel over worked cause you didn’t prepare physically. They will smoke the dog shyt outta you but stay confident don’t break. Learn the soldiers creed, the army song, and if ur cav scout learn fiddlers green and know your military vehicles cause there’s a test to each to identify as a soldier . You won’t have to much time to study/remember in basic cause of classroom time and drills so learn before you get to 30thAG (reception). You will be hungry, tired, and strained but in the end it will be worth it. I came from harmony church, 2/15 delta company 1st platoon.

[@lilal8848]

@@phoenixdavidson4979 Thank you very much.

[@devinwilson1526]

I’m glad to hear this leave on the 13th thanks dude

[@XGCSoulEater]

Oof, I forgot about the catfish! 😍😍😍

[@koreanjesus738]

Thanks for the vid, leaving for Benning in a week

[@jordanking5273]

Korean Jesus good luck!!

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I wonder if they still have unsweetened Kool Aid? That was one of my nasitest memories, but I had to devour whatever was given. He said " if you can taste it Your wrong Privates"

[@chrissmith9088]

Excellent video as usual. I leave for BCT next week, so this video was helpful. Thanks. Hooah!🤘

[@thegoldenwolf5554]

What day?

[@chrissmith9088]

@@thegoldenwolf5554 3 Sep.

[@spicedtyler]

@@chrissmith9088 How is it so far lol

[@Upinthe214]

How did it turn out

[@RoundenBrown]

Where u at now?

[@oldreliable40]

as a former 94b the breakfast meal was outstanding!

[@cricketking8450]

I went to basic training at fort Jackson south Carolina on tank hill A-3-1 2nd platoon in August of 1979.and graduated on October 5th 1979, we slept in the world war two barracks and our mess hall was a world war two mess hall, they fed us good 3 meals a day and if we were out in the Field we ate C.Rations and they were better than the MRE,S anyday. My favorite at breakfast was shit on a shingle, and I can't remember what we had at lunch and dinner except the sausage and sauerkraut was great all the food in basic training we good they had a despencer that had coke and Sprite and Pepsi and white milk and chocolate milk we were allowed to to drink it. But in the company area they were drink machines and ice cream vending machines and we were not allowed to touch it one of my buddies in my platoon would volunteer to help severe chow and got caught with a peach in his pocket when we were in formation and the drill sgt made him cram the whole thing in his mouth and eat it

[@molochfilmstudio1037]

Also, considering spaghetti as healthy food...lol

[@jaymartin4543]

Sloppy Joe

[@Sernival]

Its no different than rice which is staple food

[@wherecar54]

Very accurate Sir! My basic was just like that. No talking no looking around etc. If you didn’t eat it timely you didn’t eat. They want you to lose weight. When you were out in the field I barely was able to get the food down. I remember being so hungry I stuffed food in my field jacket. To this day I can’t stop eating fast. Sad.

[@Shes-wicked]

So did they make you eat everything on your plate or is it just you that you eat what you can as fast as possible and what’s leftover goes in the trash ?

[@wherecar54]

@@Shes-wicked they never encouraged you to eat, you ate it in the time allotted and the rest went into the trash. I was always hungry in basic. In AIT it was the opposite.

[@Shes-wicked]

@@wherecar54 thanks for the fast reply. I ship this summer. Trying to think ahead ; I cramp up pretty bad if I eat a lot before working out/activity lol.

[@wherecar54]

@@Shes-wicked keep your mouth shut, pay close attention to everything, never, ever lose sight of your M4 in training, and try to be respectful to the Drill Sergeants, and you should be fine

[@Shes-wicked]

@@wherecar54 thanks, I appreciate the advice

[@devinhartlaub8221]

I left graduated from basic back in March at fort Jackson, rarely got chow hall especially during red and white faze, mostly got something called HOT A’s and MRE’s

[@345Mike]

Devin Hartlaub you mean hot ass

[@Shes-wicked]

I’m leaving for basic soon and out of curiosity in chow hall or with MREs do they make you eat everything on your plate ? I’m very physically active but if I eat a ton at once or before activity it makes me sick.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

What is your MOS?

[@sgtstetsonbennettiv2075]

Nice vid man. Semper

[@layneadams161]

Basic 1972 Fort Polk When your name came up for kp the first one in the chow hall next morning got to be the DRO dining room orderly the others had pots/pans or other kitchen work for the day

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Ft. Benning GA. Harmony Church summer of 1986. We stood at parade rest and read smart books. The Drill Sergeants asked you questions from the smart books like effective range of the M16A1, subjects in there like the M18A1 Claymore Mine etc. If you got the answer wrong, you went to the back of the line. If it was correct we did the pull up bars with 5 good pull ups. If you messed that up, back of the line along with answering questions from the smart books. If they were pressing for time it was read your smart books and do 10 push ups before entering. The foods I got introduced to which I never had as a civilian high school student but at Basic Training. First was Parmesan Chicken with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, Chicken Fried Steak, Chicken Ala King, Turkey Ala King, Tomato Ground Beef, Tuna with Noodles, Fried Ground Beef with Spaghetti Noodles with no Spaghetti Sauce, and my favorite was Chili Mac. That was for lunch or dinner. For breakfast was French Toast, Grits, and my favorite SOS. Never had them as a civilian. My Dad who served in the Army for 23 years never made or cooked these foods for us but told us how terrible they were. For breakfast Dad only had was bacon, eggs, toast and coffee. He never got "Fancy" like the Army did. Our Mess Hall at Harmony Church back in the day but now no more. Were wooden buildings made before and during WWII. They creaked as we walked or ran into them with green linoleum floors, painted white on the outside, and had shingles on the roofs. It was like being transported back to WWII, Korea, and the Vietnam era. The mess hall at reception before Basic was a modern red brick with air conditioning and very modern like a high school cafeteria. That ended when you got inside the cattle cars headed for Harmony Church. Same food but very old mess halls which they called the "DFAC". We called it the mess hall as our Drill Sergeants would call it. My Drill Sergeant was an E-7 Vietnam combat veteran from the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was very old school. Those were my memories of Infantry OSUT at Harmony Church in 1986.

[@lay1763]

My fondest memory of chow during bct is a private taking two peanutbutters and he had to hold the extra up to a portrait of Michelle Obama saying "would you like some peanut butter former first lady?" Over n over . 😅🤣🤣

[@yeffry]

As someone with a fast metabolism, and who likes to eat, let see what they have in there, looking forward on joining to the Army.

[@commosection]

Always remember eating was fast. In the chow line the Drill Sgt's would ask random people stuff from your smart book like your 3 General orders and so on. If you fail to answer correctly you were sent to back of line which meant you would have about 5 mins tops to eat. C-rats when out in the field or ranges. Funny story about AIT chow hall experience. We didn't have Drill Sgt's i guess you would call them NCO soldier herders :) Made sure they got there troops to class /mess hall/Etc. To this very day when i'm in a rush to go somewhere and i'm trying to get the family to eat quicker i would go back to the time the AIT NCO with the strong southern accent would say ( Put down the rake and pick up the shovel) Means put the fork down and use the spoon obviously. Sounded funny with his accent.Happened 37 years ago and it's one of the things that sticks in my head.Do they still have KP in basic?????? That was the worst part of basic for me.I joined knowing and excepting training to be in the Army but not washing dishes.

[@joelcarlin9193]

I was very underweight and actually was allowed and told to eat dessert or a bigger helping ... Other people that were overweight seemed to be the ones seemed to be on a quicker time limet

[@4rnnr_as]

I still don't feel like I have an idea of what kind if food is served from the video. For my BCT class breakfast had 3 meats (bacon, sausage, and Turkey sausage), scrambled eggs, some sort of carbs like rice or potatoes and breakfast breads (pancakes, waffles, or french toast) everyday. You could pick one of each. There was also a huge selection of breakfast cereals in single serving containers. Lunch and dinner similarly had 3 meat entrees to choose from (always a beef and chicken and either pork or fish), overcooked steamed veggies (carrots, green beans, or mixed brocolli/cauliflower), a full salad bar and dessert was usually a nature valley granola bar or yogurt. Fresh oranges and apples and slices if bread are always available to those who want to take them and condiments (peanut butter, jelly, butter, mustard/ketchup) are available too. To drink you'll have water, fruit juices, Gatorade, and milk.

[@aidsskrillex5355]

Once we got comfortable at Fort Leonard Wood. We marched ourselves to chow. "What were you doing privates"? We were just taking initiative Drill Sgt...

[@brandonshaw7619]

It cost 7 dollars for an mre. To feed a soldier in a mess hall only cost 3-4 dollars

[@stephanieeortiz533]

Currently in bt (I’m guaranteeing tho) food is good but I’m always hungry I’m used to eating plates for to 8 meals dayy !! So it’s pretty tough

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Chris, is "kp" a thing of the past?? I recently asked Erica Bernie during one of her live streams. She is a drill sergeant on active duty. She told me she has never heard of "kp" and what the detail consists of. LOL!!!!! I know that I peeled plenty of potatoes during the three times that I pulled "Kp" during basic training! Food trucks? We referred to them as the "roach coach", "maggot wagon" , "scarf and barf", etc. Although like you mentioned, the food from the trucks was almost gourmet stuff compared to the mess hall, chow hall or DFAC. LOL!!!

[@patlynch2101]

Doug The Eliminator it’s definitely still a thing lol

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

@@patlynch2101 It's crazy. You ask ten different people and get ten different answers! I read somewhere that the Army was thinking of scrapping the whole KP concept.

[@christopherchaos]

So it is still kinda a thing but not sure they still call it KP or not but it also depends on the units. A lot of soldiers I talk to did not do it in basic but would sometimes do it in the field.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

@@christopherchaos I did it three times during my eight weeks of basic. Usually from 0500 to 1700 hours. We did everything from peeling potatoes to scrubbing pots and pans. LOL!

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

@@dougtheeliminator1077 Same here. I guess I was lucky. They had a drum with a grinder type wheel on the bottom that peeled the potatoes. Still had to cut them though. BCT 1989 Ft. Jackson.

[@rparl]

Private Benjamin: I want to do brunch! (standing guard duty in the rain)

[@steveedwards4868]

i remember morning training and they would bring a duce an a!/2 full of chow - the best was the sos at lunch they brought us c rations and dinner was spegetiy

[@jaymartin4543]

KP KP... KP all day Long!!!

[@austinbrach5990]

An attempt was made... “spaghetti”

[@aidsskrillex5355]

Best meal at Basic was Thanksgiving. The DS was super nice, that was weird... Also Prosperity in the Green Zone had a pretty good Thanksgiving meal.

[@henrye6547]

Just watched the video. I was in basic in 1990 Ft McClellan Alabama in the summer our big rule was 2 glasses of water every meal hideration was important. In air toward the end we were allowed to go to Burger King for lunch on Sunday wow. Also one time I was eating with 3 others when someone said how's it going it was the base commander a 2 star he actually talked with us for 5 minutes.

[@jimcolebank8469]

I was in basic training in 1978 in Ft Jackson. SC. The food was good. Even the. MREs. Good. Chow

[@redleg56]

My daughter's mother still blames me for her telling mommy - "Eat it now, taste it later."

[@JamesAxis13]

There are two types of food. Defac and MRE’s. Also Hot A’s. And keep your heels together.

[@daytona_200]

I just graduated basic back in august and we rarely went to the dfac, I think during the final 5 or 6 weeks we only went 4 times, we went there maybe once a day during red phase but once we hit white phase and blue phase, we rarely went

[@sonder007]

I only had 10 minutes to eat so wasn't concern with how food taste, objective was just trying to get full fast. Semper Fi

[@shaneparrish1987]

I remember the first soda I had on family day was the best. That was in 2007. The chow at Ft Jackson was good,I liked the breakfast most days,scrambled eggs,sausage,toast,fruit of course

[@shawnmeador94]

"Chew and. Swallow!!!! Taste the food later"

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

Don't taste it, eat it!

[@jiujennie]

When you throw it back up? Lbvs xD yikkeeeeeessss

[@GMATveteran]

When I was in basic (summer 2001 at Ft. Knox), soda & desserts were strictly forbidden, as were short order lines (don't think they had one at my DFAC, or at least I didn't notice) regardless of PT scores or achievement of any milestones. The main line almost always had something good ~90% of the time, but the portions always felt inadequate. It was the healthiest diet I've ever eaten, since the inadequate portions forced me to fill up on salad - the only thing that wasn't portion restricted for basic training soldiers. Even though I still ended up being a disgusting fat-body after leaving the army, to this day I still hardly ever drink soda; this is perhaps one of the few remaining healthy habits that I kept from the army. 🤣

[@bluehavencd]

I did basic in Jan 1997....at Action Jackson and like you, everything was strictly prohibited. AIT on the otherhand the chow hall rules were laxed and we were allowed the desserts, soda and we even had snack machines on our first floor in the building. It was during AIT when I was at my lightest and lasted until about a year after grauduation. I got a hip injury that affected my ability to run and do situps but just enough to pass. The one thing I do miss, is the camaraderie and the bullshitting with buddies.

[@chessmaster1115]

I used to think it not possible but i managed to get away from soda in basic and i went back to soda afterward and now i am trying to get away from soda again but it very hard so i am trying to learn what foods they had so i can avoid soda again.

[@isaachigdon1812]

In basic you will eat 3 meals a day. When you go to the range and stuff during white phase that’s when you start eating mre’s. Get used to not eating at the d fac for lunch and eating an mre instead lol. Sometimes it happens like that

[@isaachigdon1812]

Mre’s are not bad though you will get used to them

[@dustinmccarley6141]

Our lunch truck meal was usually breaded veal

[@CaoticaVomita]

When I was in military school they gave us just water or milk with salt less and sugar less food with nasty ass burritos. Eating w/ your feet at 45 degree and only for 5 mins was annoying xD getting yelled at while eating was so annoying too but I get now haha

[@raulduke6105]

Boy wish I had some of that in ‘72!

[@sgtjarhead99]

I always thought the chow was pretty darn good when I went through Parris Island. It wasn't until I got into the fleet when I I thought chow hall food wasn't all that good.

[@javathechava26]

how many calories a day would a soldier get In a day? it would have to be over 2000 calories. giving how much is being burned continuously.

[@bradmetcalf7832]

1982 Benning, Harmony Church. Breakfast was usually good, At least half our lunches were C-Rts or out of mermite since INF is always out on a range somewhere, I did have a couple of 4-5 day periods that we never went back to the Company AO. Supper was usually good. The only nasty ass meal I ever got was when I stuck my plate out to fast and got liver slammed on it, couldn't do that. I would have to say looking back that Army chow ain't bad and the omelets in the morning were pretty damn good! I really wish I had stayed in.

[@September2091]

I dont drink soda anyways so i could live without it

[@reijiminato8762]

When is coffee typically started to be allowed?

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

"Back in my day". In basic (1989) , lunch and dinner in the mess hall was basically meat and carbs (potatoes/noodles) and a vegetable. No salt or pepper at the table, just Mrs Dash.

[@georgemaxwell3467]

Went in 87 and definitely remember the potatoes and noodles!! Usually beef stroganoff!! Always rice was available with everything too..

[@mortdemott5786]

In 67 it was meat and potatoes. Best thing was chocolate milk.

[@wookychewbacca5184]

When I went through Basic it was the old WWII wooden barracks and each Company had its own Mess Hall (Tank Hill SC 1979) The MH Staff were for the most part cool with us Recruits when we were on KP and no, no sodas and very limited on sweets/deserts. Platoons rotated on who entered first and whoever the last man in line, (each Platoon) had to announce "Last Man" and we were then told we had 15 minutes to finish eating if we weren't done already. This was before MREs and we had field meals in the hot buckets (whatever they called them LOL) OH, and absolutely NO TALKING, pass the salt was ok

[@steel90912]

The food at ft Leonard wood was cooked by civilians. I always liked the food in the army but didn't eat in the mess hall a lot during my last year in (I lived off post).

[@paulfournier6509]

Basic training 1979 I was underweight drill sergeant always made the server give me extra, and it was heaven when you got to eat from the Roach Coach

[@Isaac-ql1xn]

" TWO HANDS ON THE CUP"" TWO HANDS ON THE CUP"" TWO HANDS ON THE CUP"" TWO HANDS ON THE CUP"

[@Eaa-jz2wj]

I was always hungry in basic we had tons of food it really wasn't bad. You just burn up the calories that you consume . We ate mres 2 times out doing range stuff for lunch . Otherwise we were in the chow hall at Ft Jackson SC .

[@BleedCubbieBlue77]

My luck when I was doing mortar training we'd have to eat chow in field and rain

[@tonybarnes6154]

I did basic in Fort Will 2003, the food there was good but we didn't have time to enjoy it.

[@richardnoah2922]

I graduated Inf school at Benning in July, they didn't care that we were in basic or AIT, we ate just from the main lines, and we always had the same mediocre serving sizes, We were always short on time due to half the DFAC being under work the entire time, 8-10 minutes from entry to leaving. sometimes a nicer drill took some pity on us and asked the workers to give us the good stuff, but the only manadated long eating day was the "Warriors breakfast" at the end of basic(we got ice cream) Often we would eat MRE's even at barracks days, due to the dfac being messed up. got three saturdays as "off" days in the whole 24 weeks, we got our phones and could go anywhere on Post and get whatever. still usaully only got phones for 30 minutes on just sundays normally-

[@aidsskrillex5355]

I'd get an omlett, but that took too long. In Korea the biscuits and gravy with kimchi was really good!