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02-17-2013, 06:03 PM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Jun 2006
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| Anyone serve on a carrier? Today I watched the show about the USS Reagan. They said the mess halls operated 23 hours a day. Do they make you eat in shifts and only at a certain time or can you come back as many times as you want and eat as much as you want? |
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02-17-2013, 06:45 PM
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| Power Chord  Member Since: Aug 2006 Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace Springfield
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| Wirelessly posted USS Saratoga sailor here. 23 hour a day meal service. You went to eat when you got time. Usually, one time through the line was plenty. Food wasn't really appetizing enough for seconds.
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02-17-2013, 06:52 PM
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| I Need a Life Member Since: Oct 2006
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| Yes, something is available 23 hours a day. As sailors, we love to B**** about things and the food was one of them. But in reality, I never saw anybody starve to death. Most of it was actually very good (especially in the Chief's Mess). Saratoga 1983-84, 85-86, Independence 78-79, and some AOE's/AOR's. I can state with experience the food was best in this order: Chief's Mess, enlisted mess decks, and a far third, the wardroom. Bean Machine likes this.
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02-17-2013, 06:55 PM
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| Lobster Land  Member Since: Sep 2004 Location: Maine
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| Served months on the USS Independence. Work goes on 24 hours a day, more than just one mess hall, so it's eat when you can. Eating in shifts would be mission impossible. |
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02-17-2013, 07:00 PM
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| Not White House Approved Member Since: Oct 2012 Location: Socialist State of Maryland
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| Nothing like beef stew on rice, or for mid rats, chicken patties, rice and corn. Like every one has said, there was something available 23 hours a day, but that doesn't mean you really wanted it. Was on the Nimitz, Saratoga, Stennis and Ike (along with a few CQ Dets on the America and Roosevelt). When the Airwing was aboard, you could get something most of the time, though some of the stuff made box lunches look like a four course meal.  |
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02-18-2013, 09:23 AM
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| Waiting for beach weather  Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: North Beach
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I watched that show! It was great! Some of the things I knew about and some things I learned for the first time. Seemed to be excellently done!
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02-18-2013, 09:34 AM
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| Thought pirate  Member Since: Dec 2010 Location: Mechanicsville
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| Slider line was the best! Bug juice for all my friends |
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02-18-2013, 09:39 AM
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| NASCAR Fan  Member Since: Jun 2008 Location: North Carolina ,The Home of NASCAR
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| Was on JFK as a DoD contractor but never served . Food was good.
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02-18-2013, 10:01 AM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Sep 2011 Location: Lurking in the background in flat, humid Fl
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| Sailors don't lose weight because of the food, for sure. This here one sure didn't. All underway ships are on a 24 hour schedule, but not usually as hectic as a carrier
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02-18-2013, 10:42 AM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Mar 2003 Location: California
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| I didn't "serve" on a carrier, but I conducted ops on CVA-14 (TICONDEROGA), CORAL SEA, MIDWAY, CV-59 thru CV-67 to include CVN-65, CVN-68 thru CVN-75, several LHAs, and two foreign aircraft carriers. Officer's mess only.
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