/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18344174
why do you want to know?

>>18344180
Just interest in the logistics and what the typical menu you would see on them.

>>18344180
do the cooks get to cook what they want (ie. is the level of cuisine determined by the individual cook), or are they following set recipes with set ingredients?

>>18344189
>>18344197
that's classified

>>18344204

Did you try going to www.youtube.com and searching keywords such as "navy ship cafeteria" or "navy food/diet"? I just watched a video recently of a US naval ship dinner and the crew was served pot roast, potatoes, bread, corn, cookies and other stuff.

>>18344232
>cafeteria
It's called the galley.

>>18344204
Kek well play'd

>>18344232
I googled navy wiener buffet and all I got was open

Anybody interested in some Indian Navy aircraft carrier food?

don't they eat a lot of cock?

Eating at sea > eating on base
Navybros back me up here

>>18344242
I didn't know because I'd never sign my life away to Chase-Manhattan/McD's/Bank of England/Lockheed/Mossad/Pfizer/Aramco.

>>18344275
it's true, there's something special about eating food in the middle of the ocean with loads of seamen

>>18344292
Someone's upset that there vocab is small.

>>18344328
they're*, retard

>>18344332
Ok grammer nazi

>>18344174
Depends on how good your cook is. If they can't figure out basic shit, prepare for raw chicken and general garbage. I served 2 years on a coast guard cutter sailing the west coast of North America and we had amazing food almost every meal because our FS team actually gave a shit.

>>18344197
The cooks are the one ordering food so they plan what they want to make ahead of time and set out a menu for the crew. There's usually two different choices per meal, plus sides, salad, soups, sometimes desserts. If you don't like whatever they're serving you can ask for a grilled chicken breast. Most galleys will also leave out snacks and sandwich materials for people who might have missed the meal or just have a weird schedule.

>>18344174

>>18344197
that's like asking if naval officers can go buy their own cannons or if they have to make do with the ones already on the ship
Everything in the military is standardized and streamlined to the maximum efficient level, they don't even get to choose what temperature their salad is served at

>>18344372
Stop talking about things you have no idea about

>>18344174
obligatory

>>18344232
There are also a couple good ones from c-span about submariners and food is covered in the shows. They're old shows so might take some time searching.

>>18344197
>>18344370
On our ship there was a semi set menu, in that we would have certain things on certain days most of the time, subject to change depending on what was available. Taco Tuesday, Asian Wednesday, Fish Friday, Saturday was just fat fuck fried food and pizza. Ice cream socials once in a while. Then there's midrats for people who have watch at midnight, usually more fried food but sometimes the cooks experiment with recipes and test it out on the midrats crew. Anyone else can eat midrats after the initial watchstanders have eaten

>>18344174
>Commercial naval vessels
How can a ship be both commercial and part of the navy?

>>18344232
That's Jewish propaganda

>>18344204
I classified your momma last night

>>18344453
Merchant Marine I think its called

>>18344506
That and plain ol impressment

Naval ships are places of pure insanity. You have a bunch of 18 year old dudes who aren't top notch mentally, stuck 24/7 on a floating house with no way out, so people go crazy.

A ship was right off the coast of cali during the start of covid, because of that no one could come on or leave and it was like this for months

someone, some heinous individual or group of individuals, would secretly shit in the hallways of the ship. No one was ever caught, but for months there were random shits in the middle of hallways and some of them were so large they must've been taken by multiple people.

Do not glorify naval ships, it's a barely functioning frat house with kids who would never be accepted into a real frat.

>>18344346
OK,* grammar* Nazi* , retard.

>>18344174
>>18344174
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJUVKizh90

>>18344596
destin is an uncanny valley person for me. First off, his name is destin, which isn't even a name.

>>18344596
how tf was that video from 2020, I swear to god it was released this year, wtf.

>>18344524
say what you will but taking a stealth group shit with the boys would be a unique bonding experience

>>18344375
what's the mean about with the USAF eating so well?

>>18344615
Seems like that gay shower scene from Top Gun

>>18344626
Airforce is prissy bitches who don't really have to do anything since their command is in the air, and that's all been taken over by drones now. As such, they have a budget the size of a country and can feed their recruits like kings because wtf else are they gonna spend money on.

>>18344637
No, if you take the human element out then you might as well be robots and remote controlled terminators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLKl6FIBH0U

>>18344598
google says otherwise

>>18344600

>>18344596
this made me happy, thank you

>>18344598
>destin, which isn't even a name.
not from the south huh?

>>18344596
Wtf is wrong with that dudes haircut in the beginning with the freezer

>>18344769
took too many loads to the head

>>18344174

I was on both the USS Truman and USS Eisenhower back in the 2010's. The food isn't awful overall but a hot meal is a hot meal. I never used hot sauce much before deployment, now I use it all the time.

There's always a protein, carb, and veggies at the mid-ship galley. Sometimes it was okay, other times it could be real bad. Sometimes the rice would be both overcooked and undercooked at the same time. The pork adobo was almost always done well due to the amount of Filipino CSs in the kitchens.

I also got to see the Captains personal galley. Pretty sweet set-up compared to the craziness on the third deck

>>18344800
How much bussy did you pull or put out?

>>18344806

I had a slam piece in Bahrain from our time in A-school but she got fat so

>>18344866
Should have went Seabee. Hard to get fat, when you work for a living.

>>18344180
What is a scullery and what is a galley?

>>18344769
He's a bubble head. What else do you need to know?

>>18344796
it happens to a lot of military

>>18344875
why would you want to not get fat

>>18344875
yea but can you keep you neck thinner then you head?

>>18344907
I believe it's an old wooden ship.
>>18344922
Well, a reasonable amount of fat when you're young, I understand. Having a wife, and the two of yous both get old and fat together, I really understand.

>>18344925
I haven't been really working lately. So, my neck/shoulders aren't as thick, but my neck is about the same width right now as my head. I can't help it that moma's boy is all muscly.

>>18344875

Couldn't get fat on the ship. We did have a porky Chief get stuck in a hatch one time though. That was pretty funny, especially because he was a dick to his sailors anywau

>>18344174
Sex with the one in the back

>>18344242
That file name, lmao.

>>18344332
>tries to correct grammar
>fucks it up himself.

>>18344907
Scullery is where you wash the dishes. Galley is the whole eating and cooking area

I ate broccoli on a submarine once. There were other foods as well, but I remember the broccoli most for some reason.
Was adequately broccoli-like.

>>18344524

There is really a Phantom Shitter at every duty station. Someone shit outside the door of maintenence control on the carrier and no one was ever busted

>>18345104
It's a real thing! I'm glad the boat doesn't hold the only phantom shitter.

what the fuck is wrong with new recruits

>>18345110

Waffle stomping was also a thing on the ship for some reason

>>18344174
Was on 2 ddgs, food was alright. Better out to sea than when in port usually. Although I was deployed when covid broke out, and the food was abysmal. All ships follow the same menu. You have Asian Monday, taco Tuesday, burger Wednesday, Italian Thursday, pizza and wings Friday, Saturday is usually a toss up, Sunday is holiday routine so there's brunch around 9 and dinner is usually a traditional Sunday meal. If you get steak and lobster on a ddg, your underway just got extended and the captain hasn't told you yet.

>>18344371
God I wish that were me

>>18344189
[redacted]

>>18344530
Lmao return to

>>18344371
deep friers have been banned for at least 12 years now due to too many people getting owned by boiling oil. Everything is baked, boiled, steamed, or just reheated.

I am active duty navy right now and took pictures of a few of my meals over the past few months, mostly to send to my wife when she was curious what I was eating. Do you want to see them?
>>18344197
Kind of, we had a CSCS who was god-tier with baking and so pizza/breadsticks/calzones became a lot more common when he was there. It was a shame when he left.

>>18344800
Was oxtail a staple for you? We get served jerk oxtails at least once a month on ship.

>>18346079
Please post pics

>>18344174

I work offshore and have played peggy (cook,a job typically given to people with a peg leg during the age of sail, hence the name) on and off for a few years on tugs/guard boats/transfer ships

Most contracts give the crew a daily subsistence payment of £10-20 a day on top of their wages to cover food costs. Typically on tugs and transfer ships the crew will receive this payment once a week, pool it together and just get the basic shop in. Given that these boats spend a fair bit of time tied up in port the menu is fairly flexible

On guard ships you'll be out for a longer period of time and the company typically covers the food cost directly. I would typically write up a flex-menu and calculate how much shyte I'd need to cover 4-6 men for 4+ weeks at a time and place bulk orders with butchers and green grocers. I would cook things like curries, roasts, ect. Given that weather can be an issue in regards to pans flying everywhere you typically wanna focus on meals that don't need too much prep or observation while cooking in case a general alarm goes off. The hob typically has a steel adjustable rod set you can use to hold the pans in place to a degree. Sadly there's no such setup for the inside of the oven so be sure to keep a lid/foil on top of your trays/pans depending on weather

Food storage is typically 2+ chest freezers and 2+ fridges. There is typically a spare room we use as a general store for tins of pop and vegetables. Carrots are the biggest pain in the ass to keep fresh for long periods

>>18344189
everything cooked in a brat pan
you never get to join in on the fun when it's bbq day (you have to do the bbq)

>>18346081

Oxtail was something I remember seeing but more than anything I enjoyed the days they served hamsters

>>18344174
Imagine joining the military and your job is lunch lady.

>>18346655
Lunch lady doesn't cook you boob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxc4uiOTnak&t=0s

>>18346655
Kek

>>18344371
If I recall, that's a submarine. Must be a big tube for a dining area like that. Not sure if I could handle a tube of that girth.

>>18344735
I've spent time in the southern states and encountered quite a few names I'd never heard anywhere up north. A guy I became good friends with is named Keric. That's just one that comes to mind.

>>18346655

You laugh but everyone loves the CSs

>>18346079
>Do you want to see them?
yes

>>18344349
*you're, retard

>>18348091
>Keric
Surprisingly pleasant and completely new to me.

>>18344174
I follow the facebook profile of a lady that works as a cook on barge boats that go up and down the Mississippi river. The food she cooks up is very home style and looks very good. Though I think it would put me to sleep from being a bit carb heavy.

>>18348173

Southern food was designed for longevity, hence the heartiness of the meals the sleepiness that comes after

>>18344268
very much so, yes I love indian food

>>18344371
kino

>>18346092
>>18346079
Apologies, forgot about this thread for a bit. Pic related was served because they found out our galley was getting renovated and they were clearing out the freezers. This was by far the fanciest thing I was served. I thought for sure we were getting extended though based on the quality. All of my pics are going to be upside down and sideways because I'm a boomer with technology :(

>>18349851
Chicken wangz and baked mozz sticks

>>18349852
Chicken parm

>>18349855
Some baked chicken thing, maybe a pork chop. I forget.

>>18349859
"Steak on a stick"

>>18349863
Detail of steak on a stick

>>18349866
Was much better off rhe stick and mixed with curry rice

>>18349871
Baked fish with tartar sauce

>>18349852
America is so fucked man, here this is not even worthy of a school meal for kids let alone for adults. How depressing.
T.frog

>>18346655
We had a senior chief making like 80k a year as a commercial kitchen worker and everyone loved him because he made killer baked goods, it was probably a comfy life

>>18349859
>>18349863
here we can see the exact moments an anon sailed away from australia

>>18349879
I'm an officer too lol this isn't enlisted food

>>18344174
Jesus Christ, is the food REALLY being handled by a ni-
>casio
-ce and trustworthy individual

>>18349888
The rightside up ones are the ones that got laundered through my wife's phone, I don't know why a bunch of mine are upside down :(
Based trips btw

>>18344372
>not setting up your own menu
>not serving nothing but all-authentic-like ramen
>not making your vessel become known as the S.S. Ohpee (the S.S. stands for slurping seamen)
what a gay

>>18345372
Our ship still keeps to this exact schedule
>>18346202
Based hampster connoisseur

>>18349889
Goddamn, not the best for morale. Thanks for the pics anon, tis interesting.

>>18349876
>>18349871
>>18349866
>>18349863
>>18349859
>>18349855
>>18349852
>>18349851
I don't have any breakfast pics but they basically had pancakes or frozen waffles with some kind of breakfast meat every morning. You can get either hard boiled eggs or get eggs to order, aka you request an omletter or scramble with cheese, peppers, mushrooms, etc and someone will cook it for you right there. There's also single serving cereal containers, bread for toast, and instant oatmeal if you want something light. There was always some kind of fruit available, after pulling into the Philippines 2 months ago we had fresh dragonfruit every morning for 2-3 weeks and I planted some of the seeds from one of them (pic related).

>>18349876
What the fuck are these trays? We had plates at least, and we have a fraction of your budget.

>>18346202
I fucking miss hamsters

When my dad was in the Coast Guard, he was stationed on a cutter* for a while, said they always ate well, especially when they were up in Alaska. Every once in a while they were able to fish from the boat and the galley would cook up whatever they caught.

*for those that don't know, these are the biggest boats the Coast Guard has, but they're significantly smaller than, say, a destroyer

>>18349851
>>18349852
>>18349855
>>18349859
Thanks for sharing the pics. Those most have been from your deployment to Australia

For those that have served on a ship, is it difficult to stay in shape?

>>18344274
what's with the gay sex meme around us navy? is it true?

>>18344371
>tfw you'll never experience this level of peak comfy coziness with the submarine lads

>>18349922
mega based, thanks for your service and pics/information

>>18348091
>>18348140

>>18344174
What I remember as seafaring food growing up as a young sailor in the Navy

>grog
>Van de Kamp's fish sticks
>Cracker Jacks
>ethnic cuisine from ports of call, usually deep-fried vermin with authentic local spit
>seagulls accidentally boiled in the nuclear reactor steam
>more grog (extra ration during homosexual pagan King Neptune ritual)
>one time, Dinty Moore beef stew confiscated from Somali pirates

Landlubbers have no idea how bad it really is. No one in the Navy knows what the fuck hardtack is or MREs. Navy food is disgusting. Literally the worst cuisine of any service branch. Makes sense because seamen are the branch of the military closest to animals. They make disgusting noises when they eat, slurp everything, seamen wipe their mouths with their jaunty neckerchiefs while laughing and chewing with their mouths full of food. Like what kind of idiot decided a giant boat is the most efficient way to project force in 2022. Starving Marines who eat crayons have a better diet than the average sailor.

>>18344174
ate a slice of cheese on a slice of wonder bread for a week because they ran out of food 0/10

i lived with a guy who was a navy cook for 6 years. he would cook all the time. all his food smelled like shit. he would use obscene amounts of oil

>>18350175
Depends on how fat your watch rotation is. There's not a lot to do other than play videogames or work out outside of the regular workday/watch so spending an hour in the gym isn't a big deal.

>>18350459
Based

>>18346079
>Do you want to see them?

No, but post pics of your wife

>>18344769
its prob. from being so close to ultra-power radio equipment.
someone link that video of the feminist cuck calling a guy a skin-head, because hes bald... who then goes on to explain how being a radio operator in the military causes men to get unsightly bald patches from the high power output.

>>18344232
>Did you try going to www.youtube.com
Big yikes

>>18350200
I think the whole “gay sex” thing is that when you cram 1000 mainly young men onto a ship, they’re going to be horny and try to fuck anything with a hole. And that would include other men

>>18344371
>be 600 feet below the ocean and the only thing between you and the crushing depths is a few inches of pressed steel so they give you lots of good food to distract you from these intrusive thoughts

>>18344174
didn't Obama's wife kill the bad health good tasting food off all ships except subs?

IN THE NAVY YOU CAN MEET ALOT OF GUYS
IN THE NAVY YOU CAN WEAR THOSE INTERESTING PANTS

>>18352000
I went to the military but I never heard even rumors of gay sex and you can bet your ass those would have spread instantly. The few females we did have did bounce on every NCO cock though.

>>18352014
Does it even matter if you're cruising underwater or not? Every single big military power has sonar sensors underwater so they know where all the subs are.

>>18352456
It's a big ocean.

>>18352539
4u

>>18344637
>>18344626

Can confirm. When I was in Iraq we (Army) used to crash the Air Force dining facility any chance we got because the quality & selection was dramatically better than what we got

itt: zogbots
Imagine signing over your body and soul to the people that tried to sell you on 'WMD's in Iraq'

Can a captain require boy bussy in his quarters every evening?

>>18353993
Yes

Military Sealift Command has a 35 day cycle menu of 3 proteins plus sides served per meal. I think the budget per sailor is $11 CONUS and $13 OCONUS per day.

>>18353993
In international waters anything goes.

I'd assume like eating food anywhere else since they have grocery store commissaries

>>18344637
u mad bro? Maybe if you had scored higher on the ASFAB you wouldn't have to eat MRE for every meal.

I remember when I was stationed at Keesler AFB, the DFAC was like a fancier version of Golden Corral and you would get surf and turf meals when it was your birthday or your friend's birthday. For breakfast they had people that would cook custom omelets for us.

338 Dark Knights!

>>18355254
We get surf and turf every week

the navy has a uniform menu. youre eating the same food in Pearl Harbor as you are in Japan that same day. only exception is the submarine. you get much better food just because it sucks more to be on a sub.

>>18355481
It's funny that people like this just spout retarded bullshit and think anyone would believe them

>>18355254
Congrats on 1 million civilian deaths achieved in the Middle East, zogbot

>>18355481
Yea thats not true because every region has its own vendors. Sure some items may be similar but the variety and availability of some items may be quite different.

>>18355700
Boohoo, some goatfuckers died. Maybe next time they shouldn't be stone age retards

>>18355893

muy basado

>>18355893
kek that's why US is afraid to go boots on the ground in Ukraine. zogbots are only capable of taking on things that can't fight back

>>18355700
>>18355913
>NOOOOOO NOT MY BASED TALIBANERINOS

cry more fag

>>18355913
Why would we fight the Russians when we have Ukrainians to do it for us

>>18355917
That's why we need the ukranians to do it for us

>>18355921
You're not very bright, are you

>>18355915
>20 years in Afghanistan
>Taliban Victory

>>18352000
Well, that would fit under the first 2 laws of homodynamics.

>1st Law of Homodynamics
>if the convict value of convict is greater than the sum of the convict values of all other non-convict entities
>2nd Law of Homodynamics
>A system of men left isolated will trend toward homosexuality, until a state of homodynamic equilibrium is reached
>3rd Law of Homodynamics
>"If balls touch, it is gay"

>>18344174
I have a friend in the Navy and he says that the food ranges from sucking to being mediocre.

>>18355923
We get the ukies to do it for us because we couldn't manage the fallout of actual US losses seen when fighting something other than goatherders and farmers. Ukies are stupid enough to fall for it because normies are dumb

>>18346079
How do you take pictures? I know smart phones are banned on board. Are cameras allowed?

>>18356113
Why would you think smart phones are banned

>>18356113
What the fuck are you talking about

>>18353968
I am getting out as soon as possible, I joined in 2016 to dodge a massive student loan bill for my doctoral program which the military was excellent for but no one should enlist especially in this climate when the risk of going to real war is higher than it's been in a long time

>>18344371
>no pride flag
>no multiculturalism

>>18355925
We could have won. We let them win because we were bored of it.

>>18356514

>>18349852
Whoa, why doesn't it fall off the tray?

>>18356538
Artificial gravity field

>>18355893
wtf i love American world policing and destabilizing entire regions to kill a few brown civilians now, simply because it gave me and Bubba 2 extremely shitty jobs

>>18344174
My brother in law was in the navy. He says there were lots of cookouts and swimming.

>>18352438
Why is this even allowed?

>>18357426
it technically isn't allowed.

>>18344274
yeah

>>18344292
you say and type the same shit way everywhere. if i look in the archive we can find you. including some stupid posts that give away your identity and location. really you fags need to kill your self. you arent a real woman. you never will be. just. kill. youself. the rope will feel nce on your neck. FAGGOT TRANNY KILL YOURSELF NOW DO IT!!!!

>>18344371
It's fucking unreal to me that the US has a military where you can be serving on a fucking submarine and get fresh coffee, hotdogs, corn, steak, etc etc - and this is regarded not only as routine, but practically to be expected, even in wartime.
Say what you will about the zog machine, but the level of sheer fucking logistical capability it maintains is absolutely ludicrous.

>>18358396
Reminds me of a story I heard about WWII, in which the Japanese intelligence had intercepted messages referencing the US Navy's "ice cream barge", and trying to figure what the "ice cream" was code for. Only to their dismay when they learned it was literally a barge with ice cream making equipment, and that the US Navy had the spare capacity to run such a thing.

>>18344268
Do they just put some bowls of rice on the poop deck?

>>18344936
>I believe it's an old wooden ship.
That's a scone and a gallery

>>18344204
It literally isn't
https://www.amazon.com/Cook-Book-United-States-Training-Station/dp/1375599291

>>18358667
have fun in prison

>>18358658
Minesweepers are still made out of wood to this day to prevent any interfettence

We need a chinkoid to get in here and tell us what the food is like in the PLA navy, I'm actually curious about that

>>18344769
Some dipshit E3 whose only job it is to cut hair probably did it

>>18358948
what food

Mess cook gang report in and list how many burnt food pans you've float tested. Four for me.

>>18350361
That is a strange mix of 1880s and 1980s

>>18344275
Nothing like some scrapple after an intense gay gangbang

>>18344174
Never done it myself but it seems like it would be pretty based.

Imagine grilling and chilling on the open sea surrounded by other bros (no fucking w*men around for miles) while standing on a vessel capable of annihilating a small country in a matter of hours.

>>18358948
assorted domestic animals
kudzu
wang dong
side of locusts

>>18349851
what boat? or galley?
galley here in North Island sucks, but we just had alright philly cheesesteaks for lunch

>>18355640
its true. a navy seal talked about in a podcast.

>>18344626
Well, the fact that you don't really station planes in straight-out hazardous combat areas cos they cost a shit load and are too valuable (especially bombers/ISR platforms) leads to better deployed environments. These places get decked out by funding. Plus were seen as the queens of the services because our commanders/leaders somewhat care more about us than the ground pounders and seamen. Stateside it's a hit or miss on the quality though depending on who is running the chow halls but overall still better than the rest. Also, I've heard in the Marines/Army you don't really get to go up for seconds, were in the Air Force you can go back as many times you want.

>>18345158
don't forget about the shower jellies.

>>18344174
Knew a guy that served on a sub.
Apparently they are served awesome food best in any service because of the fucked conditions and amount of time they spend out to sea under water

>>18359994
this
i also read it in his book

>>18352054
yeah

>>18357426
why not

>>18349922
thanks for sharing. do you ever fish off the side of the boat?

>>18346117
>Carrots are the biggest pain in the ass to keep fresh for long periods
Didn't see that coming

>>18358651
Bowls of poop on the rice deck

>>18359891
It's an amphib, pretty great for space reasons because most of the time the ship is only 1/3 full unless there's Marines onboard

>>18355640
It's true. I know because in the town that I was born there lived a man who sailed the seas, and he told us of his life in a yellow submarine.

>>18344637
>because wtf else are they gonna spend money on.
Newer, better drones?

>>18363357
I've heard of people doing this but never seen it. Honestly space is pretty limited so keeping poles onboard wouldn't be easy unless you have your own room (typically reserved for department heads and >O4)

>>18346655
Unless you're a shit cook you're probably the one person on the boat that everyone loves.

>>18344332
>>18344328
Neither of these anons are white.

>>18352438
Its basis is in the British Navy, back in the day (like pre-WW1) they said the navy was nothing but "rum, sodomy and the lash"

>>18358948
If it's anything like their ground forces, it'll give you severe indigestion

>>18346655
This. I was in the Navy and asked if I can be a cook, I was a huge fan of UK Kitchen Nightmares, and the Navy guy laughed in my face.
My rate choices were Nuke, CTR, or Coreman.

>>18345372
What is ddg?

>>18364492
>"Coreman"
Presumably that's the job you got.

>>18357426
Because the modern US military has nothing to do with martial efficiency, it's largely a welfare program. But that's also a point of subtle pride: due to technological and financial advantage, USA thinks it can easily defeat any enemy with "one hand tied behind its back." It's a pretty big flex when Ahmed al Mumhammed bin Jabar gets glassed by fat sassy Laqueesha with a drone joystick 10,000 miles away, it's like teabagging the whole terrorist world at once. Lowkey based.

>>18355254
>"ASFAB"
Fuckboy Aptitude Battery? Or did you mean ABFAB? I thought that was just for UK military.

>>18356514
>>18356517
JustPretendingToBeRetarded.jpg

>>18344268
something something jet catapults powered by the pressure from fermenting diarrhea

>>18352000
Degenerate cope. An isolated environment with rigid power/authority structures is ripe for abuse by a small number of deviant perverts (formed by childhood nurture plus individual choice) and the "powers that be" overlook it because it's chalked up to just another hardship in a brutal-but-necessary institution.

>>18344174
Submarine Captain R-41 here, AGB/Q forklift certified. On submarine boats, as you might expect, we exclusively eat submarine sandwiches.

You might think they're called that because they're shaped like submarines, but that's just a coincidence. The real reason for the shape is that long sandwiches can easily be stored in torpedo tubes for snacking while on extended watch against terrorists, Russians, and killer whales. We normally get a choice of three fillings: tuna salad, spicy italian, or chicken-bacon-ranch. (During WW2 italian was unavailable for political reasons.) But due to the hardships of submarine service, the galley allows each sailor to customize his sandwich with the ingredients he likes, and you can also request the sandwich toasted. It's definitely a "perk" of life 20,000 leagues under!

And yes, it's true that the popular Subway sandwich chain was founded by a former USN submariner. The restaurant was originally called "Submarine Underway" but they shortened it. For you, it might just be a normal sandwich--but for those of us who spent months on end fathoms deep in the cold blue seas, it's incredibly nostalgic and undeniably authentic. (I myself, when I was just a humble Coxswains Mate 3rd Class, spent many hours loading giant plastic squeeze tubes of artificial "tuna salad" onto the sub before our dark silent missions. You'd think they could give us real tuna salad, what with submarines being in the ocean and all, but it's still the military, so every meal is still at least 50% sawdust filler.) Anyway, if you enjoy Subway submarine sandwiches, then you should definitely speak to a Navy recruiter about submarine service, because you'll not only get three square subs/day for the duration of your service, but also a lifetime voucher for free extra olives at any participating Subway restaurant.

>>18364751
god i wish this post was funny

>>18364687

>>18344232
the chiefs eat first and eat the most. tragic. good leaders eat last and eat the least.

>>18364492
>Coreman

>>18364452
It's very common on commercial vessels. Partly because the company-provided stuff is kinda shit, once all the fresh produce is gone, partly because they end up stuck at anchor outside a port for days, waiting for a pier slot to open. Once all the repairs and maintenance gets done, you need something to kill time, and fishing is one of those things.

>>18364850
Goddamn mutts

>>18364850
This is effectively the entire US armed forces at this point, fags named Sparkle who have never seen combat against a modern military

>>18364649
dick dick goose

So American culture use little to no peppers, onions and garlic?
I basically can't and won't cook if I don't have at least two of these at hand, it is so bizzarre seeing food being prepared without that or at least shives or leaks

>>18364653
No. I didn't want to be a nurse.

>>18364492
>>18364653
It's "corpseman"

>>18365877
>So American culture use little to no peppers, onions and garlic?
Italian-Americans do, the rest I'm not so sure

>>18365224
No modern military today has fought another modern military. The US military would have the most actual field experience, though. Afghanistan wasn't abandoned that long ago.

>>18367740
Afghanistan is not modern combat experience, they are farmers

From the USS Lexington

>>18367958
Whats "sweepers"?

I wasn't in the Navy but I was a shipbuilder for a few years and worked new construction and overhaul on aircraft carriers, got to see the crew mess and officer's mess before and after they were operational and it's like a completely different world. Crew had what you'd expect, a bigass cafeteria basically, while in comparison the officers had an almost fancy restaurant environment and much more upscale menu.

>>18346079
Deep fryers are still allowed on submarines, because the silent service screens out retards.

>>18367764
Funny, I thought people from all over the world went their and trained for a jihad.

>>18367984
To be fair, they aren't going to use those ships for shit.

>>18367764
You're not real good at reading.

>>18367963
Cleaning stations, you spend 1 hour of the day cleaning the ship, polishing brass, sweeping etc

>>18355254
Its ASVAB and stop being a fucking wank.

>>18344371
Hot damn look at those dogs.

>Anon your taking my watch, be happy I don't smoke you.

O..okay.

>>18344174
cant say about the navy but commercially we just had typical rations, canned stuff and all that, no cook/chef
not sure if its just us or if everyone does that

There are levels of misery few people can understand.
You think being homeless homeless miserable? Your dead wrong.

Imagine working 10 hours a day, then not being able to go home afterwards.
How many days would you sleep in your office before you wanted to kill yourself?

Think a food desert is bad?
Imagine not being able to own food at all, having no fridge, having a stranger choose what you eat every day.
It's not even about "good" or "bad" it's about being neither able to eat what or when you want.

I was offered a $100,000 job in the navy and I refused.
"What's 100k if I can't buy anything of value with it"
They told me I could buy a house and get an Education, so I asked.
"How would owning a home improve my life if I couldn't live in it?"

They called me back a month later offering 110k.
These people just don't get it

>>18368628
What kind of ship?

>>18368653
the idea is you do it for a couple of years, buy the house then quit.

>>18368653
Man, you're dumb as shit if you turned down a hundred grand for a few years of work

>>18367958
>Eight O' clock report held at 5:30

Also what is "tattoo"?

>>18369348
Everyone is forcefully tattooed

>>18368689
>>18368734
You guys don't get it, he knew he wouldn't be able to pass the month of calculus classes involved in the nuke programs that offer the $100k bonuses.

>>18352000
i think this is coomer mindset. when you're not around women you won't crave women as much. if you haven't seen a cow before you're not gonna want steak. your hormones just shut down when that fucking-women-option isn't around

>>18344626
>>18344637
holy based, I want to be a fighter pilot

>>18349889
I hate to be the one to tell you this but Navy chow was much better back in the 80s.
We would have lynched the entire galley staff if they tried to serve this crap to us.
We would get frogs legs and rabbit in and that was for both officers and enlisted.

>>18344275
Eating on a base on Sicily since you got P-3 orders and never have to step foot on a ship > eating at sea > eating on base.
We also could drink 7 days a week.

>>18346117
>Carrots are the biggest pain in the ass to keep fresh for long periods
Has anyone tried putting them in a bucket with slightly damp sand?
It's the classic method to store them for long times.

>>18368653
Yeah sounds fun as fuck to me. My parents don't bring food home for like half the week and I certainly don't get to pick it as is.

>>18364751
This post is great, I've been laughing.

>>18369872
Is that the one where you get a temp tattoo with your schedule?

>>18364751
reddit moment

>>18370180
Yeah I imagine deep fryers being banned has a significant impact on this

Navy sounds cool, not gonna lie. My brain tells me that it's all bullshit though and I'll probably be posted up in some base in a place that is hot as balls in a desert. I won't get to be on a boat at all. Also I can't stand routine and schedules so I know I'd make a shit soldier/sailor.

>>18370545
Fasting is good for you anyways

>>18344332
>>18344328

It's 'their' you fucking retards.

>>18349852
Food looks much better than on a carrier
t. former carrier O
>>18369872
5 minutes to taps, sometimes they'll do evening prayer during that time

>>18368653
In the Navy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGuy0jievs

>>18372647
>5 minutes to taps, sometimes they'll do evening prayer during that time
What, is that some cadet school thing?

>>18372694
We did it on our ship.
"tattoo tattoo lights out in 5 minutes, stand by for evening prayer"

>>18369938

>>18344524
Shipyards have phantom shitters as well.

>>18373028
Yardbirds are awful. The shipyards would visit homeless centers daily and pick up people to serve as fire watches. Absolutely awful standards where they would be lazy to get overtime pay or just walk out immediately, leave piss bottles everywhere that won't be found for years or sleep in compartments hiding out somewhere

>>18352456
even with those sonars it can be impossible too find a sub. Sweden famously sank a US carrier surround by an fleet without being detected during an exercise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jelwGUv9i_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WotN0_lWtwM

these videos showcase what kind of food you get in the Swedish navy. both videos are in Swedish with no subtitles but you can use your eyes.

>>18355254
why the fuck are there so many squadrons named knights.

>>18373042
My yard got rid of fire watches because they didn't want to pay people to stand around doing nothing. We now have record numbers of fires every year and the navy is threatening to shut down our yard, the cheap bastards running the company refuse to bring back firewatches and instead yells
at the mechanics for not maintaining clean workspaces.

>>18373042
>leave piss bottles everywhere that won't be found for years
Hey man, when you're down in seventh deck in freezing temperatures and you need to go, if your options are to either climb up to flight deck, out of the dry dock completely, or piss in a bottle odds are going to be the bottle.