AF doesn't give you steak and shrimp in basic training. The only thing I ever got "offered" was a choice between two fruits, cuz they wanted you to be able to take a dump. A lot of AF chow halls are way nice, you're right about that, but I don't know what your definition of gourmet is. Maybe you've been talking to officers
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But they are not all the same. When you are way out in the middle of nowhere they're is no telling what you may get. I ate more MRE's, powdered eggs and spam then I could ever count. But it didn't sound like a complaint to me more like a statement of fact, i.e. he doesn't feel he's getting enough veges.
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