I recall an anecdote about (I think) a Japanese admiral during WWII, who upon realising the US Navy had a ship dedicated to making ice cream, knew that they had lost the war.
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I had to look this up. If numbers are down this would make great recruiting material.
The Americans truly fight like kings. Having an ice cream ship is definitely something yoh should all feel patriotic about!
Tbf, these had two good reasons. 1, coolant for Project Manhattan if something went horribly wrong with a nuke while getting it to the Pacific theatre. 2, the South Pacific is f-ing brutal without AC when you depend on your armor for safety.
That said, this is clearly an OpSec-related disguise. I'm not military but I've heard enough to pretend I saw nothing unless I hear someone inside begging for help. Usually it's just ammunition transport, so that nobody gets a bright idea to steal military-grade weapons.
If you think that's just "halfway between Hollywood and reality" BS, look up Project Mogul on wikipedia and keep in mind the CIA can pose as "a former FBI agent" if need be to spread disinformation about military assets. They were terrified the Soviets might get/drop nukes, the more paranoid you are, the more you should be able to relate to spies, generals and anti-terrorist personnel, even if it's not that likely to go bad in practice.
Remember, the last time military intelligence wasn't on the ball, 9/11 set the ball rolling for the current mess we're in. Not that the US under Trump again is in any way fully trustworthy.
Not just BK either. Taco Bell, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Wendy's all have contracts with the military, probably more.
Re: your username. Navy nuke?
Do they do air drops? That would be kinda cool.
No clue. I was a Navy nuke. Not my department
Itβs a continuous test cycle of logistics. If you can get familiar fast food, XBoxes and other creature comforts to troops stationed half a world away from home, you can get much spicier fare over when circumstances demand.
That makes sense, actually, yeah. Logistics is a difficult task, take it from an OpenTTD player.
It was burger king, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Starbucks that I remember. They even had some kick ass delicious food. Never thought pizza hut would be this good, I swear. Pizza was fresh and fucking thick crusted. Burger King was just out of this world. π
The power of not employing minimum-wage 16 year olds who donβt give a shit.
Spot on. Lol
I miss the honkey-tonks, Dairy Queens and Seven-Elevens...
Y'all had those on base? I never did. It only the ones I mentioned. We had an RX. It was like a mini Walmart/bestbuy/microcenter/GameStop/RadioShack and whatever all in one place. lol
The camo on the cab is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting for the rest of the truck.
The cab portion is military owned. The trailer portion is corporate owned.
What trailer? I can't see a thing.
Is that camo or is it just dirty as hell? I really can't tell
Yes. It's camo and dirty as hell.
Sneak King?
The Pacific theater in World War II had entire ships dedicated to distributing ice cream.
I am unaware of any historical evidence they blasted "Turkey In The Straw" when approaching another ship. But we can dream.
An army marches on its stomach
If you also increase moral at the same time, even better
Oddly thematic.
The prop for the W.O.P.R. sold a few years ago. IIRC, someone paid $25,000 for what my father said was a refrigerator box, with Christmas lights inside, painted black, and with plastic caps. He did all the computer graphics on Wargames. Apparently I threw up on Matthew Broderick the time my dad brought me to the set. I would have been 1 or 2 at the time.
I could listen to stories like this all day long.
I love that all, thanks for sharing the story!
It's busy computing the tastiest recipe!
Above all else the US defence has the best logi
You need a whole trailer for a microwave and fake ass "broiler"??
There are an abundance of sandwich shops with low overhead, simple ingredients, and decent quality. And America chose Burger King over all of them.
What a weird thing to bitch about in a thread celebrating the military's ability to literally setup fast food for troops while skull fucking the OPs.
Which burger of theirs do you like most?
Gotta export those deer ankles they use for nuggets somewhere.
DRONE BARRAGE INCOMING!
"Sir this is a Wendy's"
The only problem is BK sprite literally, not figuratively, tastes like Lysol, in stark contrast to MCD's "best sprite in the galaxy."
That was a lot more relevant than expected
Hey WOPR, how about a nice game of chess?
"Functional"
Burger King is trash by comparison.
Ronald McDonald gang
You clowns keep beefing with the slow kid that wears a paper crown, meanwhile Culver's and Wendy's fuck back.