Heating your meal with C-4 Plastic Explosive was the normal method.
Above is a 20 minute YouTube video with more than you ever wanted to know about C-Rations
All the above pictures were sourced from the internet. Below is a picture that I took. After a long day we took a break and as I sat there resting and dreaming of home, I looked down at my feet and saw my world for the next ten or so months. The tools of the trade that I neither wanted, or sought but would hopefully see through to the end. I made a few promises to myself in Vietnam. Some I kept and some I forgot. I never tried to make a deal with God, but I came damn close.
Believe it or not, I still eat fruit cake at Christmas. It one of the few sweet memories I have of those days .
I made it out and the one promise that I know I have kept. I have never touched or placed my hands on an M16 or M15 Civilian rifle variant since my discharge.
February 2016
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Just got back from a neighborhood Get together. One of the guys is a Commander in the Navy and a current Submariner. I ask him about the food between carrier and sub. He says the carriers had good food because of the large storage areas, but subs had much better food because everyone ate the same meals and the groups were much smaller due to limited dining space. The cooks on a sub were better Chefs than the carrier. It seems that the inter unit rivalry is still alive and well in our military.
During the discussion I ask him about which movie was the most realistic about Submarine duty. Not Red October, Not Crimson Tide. And the answer is.. Down Periscope |
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No camp fire at night. Scary.
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I can't take credit for the images but I am told that Old C-Rations are sold on Ebay for collectors and there may even be some reproduction meals for sale. I wonder if they have to have the ingredients on the label. Ain't this a great country or what? I understand that Submariners also ate well until the storage space was depleted.
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The Carrier had great food. Friday Specials included Steak or Pizza night.
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Informative post B.T.
Fantastic images. |
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One of the eerie things about the boonies, is that you never saw any lights on the horizon. For the most part there was no electricity except in the cities. It would get so dark you could not actually see your hand in front of your face. That is when every sound is magnified in your imagination. It is as close as I could imagine to being blind. Without a full moon you could see the B52 tracing across the sky at night. Naturally, I have a funny story about my buddy Dale pulling guard duty facing the wrong way because of the dark.